One Clear Call, Upton Sinclair — 1st Edition

£65.00

One Clear Call, Upton Sinclair — 1st Edition

Name: One Clear Call, Upton Sinclair — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4207-RM-F-VG-6
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Publication: London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1949

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [iv], 711.

Condition Report: Very Good. Original dust jacket presents remarkably well for its vintage, retaining bright, unfaded colours across the front panel, with only minor rubbing and faint creasing to the top and bottom extremities. The underlying red cloth binding remains tight and square, featuring sharp corners and bold, unoxidized black lettering along the spine. The text block exhibits mild, uniform age-toning and light dusting to the top edge, but remains internally clean and free of substantial foxing, hinge weakness, or discernible damage.

Catalogue Note: First UK edition. The ninth instalment in the author's ambitious, Pulitzer Prize-winning 'World's End' sequence (often referred to as the Lanny Budd series). While the American edition was published slightly earlier in 1948 by Viking Press, this T. Werner Laurie edition remains highly sought after for its distinctive dust jacket artwork. Credited simply to 'Foley,' the cover provides a striking allegorical representation of the era's geopolitical struggles, depicting an eagle bearing an olive branch triumphant over a swastika and the globe.

Complete, well-preserved copies in their original dust jackets have become increasingly scarce on the open market, particularly those lacking the heavy paper browning or substantial jacket loss that frequently afflicts late 1940s British publications.

In One Clear Call, Upton Sinclair plunges his protagonist—presidential agent Lanny Budd—into the tumultuous heart of the Second World War. Covering the critical years of 1943 and 1944, Lanny serves as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secret emissary across a war-torn Europe. From evading Gestapo capture and narrowly surviving a harrowing escape, to encountering key historical figures like Adolf Hitler and General Patton, Lanny's perilous espionage mission culminates in the tense run-up to the D-Day invasion. Blending exhaustive historical authenticity with breathless narrative tension, Sinclair delivers an epic, action-packed instalment of wartime resilience and espionage.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Upton Sinclair

Book Publisher: T. Werner Laurie Ltd.

Book Language: Upton Sinclair

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Historical Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 711

Book Publication Year: 1949

Book Publication Date: August 1, 1949

Book Binding: Hardcover (Cloth)

Illustrator: Foley

Book Series: The World's End; Lanny Budd

Country/region of manufacture: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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