Academy Award-winning screenwriter (1905-1976) of such film as Spartacus, Exodus, and Papillon who attained worldwide notoriety as a member of the “Hollywood Ten” who were blacklisted as Communists at the height of McCarthyism. Signed book: The Devil In the Book. Limited signed edition of 750 copies (this copy No. 578). Published by the author, 1956. Printed wraps, 5.5 x 8.25, 42 pages. Signed in red ballpoint on the limitation page. The book is a denunciation of the Alien Registration Act (the “Smith Act”) and the Communist witch hunt. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. A second signed copy of the book, numbered 424, is also included. Light toning and handling wear (second copy with a few small ink notations), otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
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