Upton sinclair deceased (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. LARGE HARD COVER EDITION PRIOR OWNER NAME ON INSIDE COVER. FOXING DUE TO AGE. BACK COVER CRACK BETWEEN SPINE AND PAGES. .NO PAGES ARE TORN OR RIPPED AND SPINE HAS MINOR FRAY ON TOP AND BOTTOM 1948 . Used. HARDCOVER 1948 PUBLICATION. Upton Sinclairs Pulitzer Prize winning saga continues as Lanny Budd faces the horrors of Nazi Germany and steps into the fire of the Spanish Civil War Lanny Budd???s dedication to social justice and political action has placed a serious strain on his marriage to his heiress wife, Irma, but as he moves through the 1930s, the international art dealer is unable to turn a blind eye to what is happening in Europe. As the Nazi Party solidifies its power in Germany, Lanny recognizes a golden opportunity to make a difference when his arms dealer father strikes a business agreement with Hermann G??ring, Adolf Hitler???s second-in-command. ?? Robbie Budd???s alliance with the Luftwaffe commander and Lanny???s art world reputation enable the younger Budd to move easily among the Nazi high command and gather valuable information he can transmit back to those who are dedicated to the destruction of Nazism and Fascism. It is a dangerous???albeit necessary???game that Lanny is playing, and it will carry him from Germany to Spain on a life-and-death mission on the eve of the Spanish Civil War. ?? The fourth installment of an eleven-book series, Wide Is the Gate continues Upton Sinclair???s literary journey through the tumult of the twentieth century. An astonishing mix of history, adventure, and romance, the Lanny Budd Novels are a testament to the breathtaking scope of the author???s vision and his singular talents as a storyteller. 640 pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover/First Edition/Collec. Used. ORIGINAL OWNER SIGNATURE ON INSIDE FRONT PAGE.NO DUST JACKET. 1948 EDITION.HARDCOVER IN GOOD CONDITION World's End is the first novel of Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd series. First published in 1940, after World War II had begun in Europe the previous year, the story covers the period from 1913 to 1919, before and after World War I. 627 pp. Hardcover/First Edition/NO DUST JACKET.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. London: Werner Laurie, 1945. HARDCOVER 1945 EDITION EX LIBRARY. LARGE SIZE EDITION -FRAYED EDGES AND WEAR ON TOP AND BASE OF SPINE. NO DUST JACKET. FABRIC COVER - FOXING DUE TO AGE.   On the eve of World War II, Lanny Budd reenters the deadly snake pit of Nazi Germany as a presidential spy An American art expert raised in a world of European wealth and privilege, Lanny Budd is dedicated to his socialist ideals and to combatting the twin scourges of Nazism and Fascism. In 1937, a chance encounter in New York with Professor Charles Alston?his boss at the Paris Peace Conference and now one of President Roosevelt?s top advisors?provides Lanny with the opportunity to make a profound difference.Appointed Presidential Agent 103, the international art dealer embarks on a secret assignment that takes him back into the Third Reich as the Allied powers prepare to cede Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler in a futile attempt to avoid war. But Lanny?s motivations are not just political: The woman he loves has fallen into the brutal hands of the Gestapo, and Lanny will risk everything to save her.Presidential Agent is the action-packed fifth installment of Upton Sinclair?s Pulitzer Prize?winning series that brings the first half of the twentieth century to dramatic life. An astonishing mix of history, adventure, and romance, the Lanny Budd Novels are a testament to the breathtaking scope of the author?s vision and his singular talents as a storyteller. Hardcover/Ex Library/NO DUST JACKET.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. London: Frederick Ellis, 1942 . Used. LARGE SIZE HARDCOVER 1942 EDITION. NO DUST JACKET . SLIGHT TEAR & CREASES ON BASE OF SPINE -FOXING DUE TO AGE-  NO PAGE TEARS OR RIPS OR INSCRIPTIONS HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME MARKS THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM A PRIOR COVER,  Between Two World's is the second in Upton Sinclair's epic eleven book Lanny Budd series, offered in a two volume set. Upton wrote the 11 book series covering World History from 1913 through 1947 in a 13 year period. Between Two World's was first published in 1941, the complete story covers the period from 1919 to 1929. This volume covers the second part of the book ending with the financial collapse of the stock market in 1929. In this volume, volume three, Lanny Budd, continues his education and develops his business as an art expert and delves deeper into the conditions of the poor and the working class. He visits Germany with his friend and mother's lover, Kurt Meissner, and learns that Germany is preparing for rearmament for the next war. Lanny continues to watch the rise of Fascism and the systematic elimination of the opposition to this tyranny. Lanny becomes more involved with the socialist movements in Italy and is witness to the murder of the leading politician in Italy, Matteotti by Mussolini's gangsters There is a delightful sailing cruise with the Robin family aboard the luxury yacht, The Bessie Budd. Lanny's step-sister, Bess, falls in love and marries Hansi Robin, son of the rich Johannes Robin and an renowned violinist. Lannny continues to experience conflicted emotions between his comfortable and pleasant life and the exploitation he sees with the working class. He learns much from his uncle Jesse about the rise of communism in Russia and the spreading discontent among the working classes of Europe. After the death of his French ami, Maria and innumerable attempts by Beauty and her socialite friends to get Lanny married to the "proper" young woman, Lanny married a 23 million dollar American heiress, Irma Barnes and becomes Mr. Lanny Barnes. The ingenuity of getting married on a boat during the Bessei-Budd cruise illustrates Lanny's unlimited guile and resourcefulness. The roaring 20's are ending with speculation and avarice reminiscent of the United States housing bubble in 2007, as Wall Street crumbles, almost financially destroying Robbie. Please visit our website at uptonsinclair-lannybudd-completehardboundseries.com. There you can order any or all of the Lanny Budd series at 20%, 25% or 30% off plus free shipping. 691 pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. 1948. Used.1948. Hardcover/First Edition/Collec. Used. NO DUST JACKET.HARDCOVER IN GOOD CONDITION.FOXING DUE TO AGE - NO TEARS RIPS OR INSCRIPTIONS America is at war, and Lanny Budd risks life and limb from North Africa to Moscow on behalf of the Allied cause in this ???absorbing??? historical novel (The New York Times). Members of the German high command believe that American art expert Lanny Budd is sympathetic to their cause, but since 1938 he has been an undercover agent working for President Franklin Roosevelt. Now, in 1941, the United States has been pulled into the fray by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Lanny???s services are required more than ever. In Algiers he must convince the French troops to stand with the Allies in advance of the Axis invasion. A meeting in Moscow, intended to sway Communist despot Joseph Stalin, precedes Hitler???s disastrous decision to invade Russia. Over the course of the next two years, Lanny faces death at virtually every turn as his important presidential missions carry him from the sands of the African desert to the bomb-blasted streets of Berlin. ??Presidential Mission is the electrifying eighth chapter of Upton Sinclair???s Pulitzer Prize???winning dramatization of twentieth-century world history. An astonishing mix of adventure, romance, and political intrigue, the Lanny Budd Novels are a testament to the breathtaking scope of the author???s vision and his singular talents as a storyteller. 608 pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Sydney, NSW: Library of Alexandria,NO DUST JACKET 1923 . Used. EX LIBRARY. FRONT COVER HAS SOME WEAR DUE TO THIS BEING A 1923 PUBLICATION. PRIOR OWNER SGNATURE ON INSIDE COVER AND SPILT ON INSIDE SEAM FROM SPINE. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 November 25, 1968) was an American writer, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for Governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. In 1906, Sinclair acquired particular fame for his classic muck-raking novel The Jungle, which exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. In 1919, he published The Brass Check, a muck-raking expos of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the "free press" in the United States. Four years after publication of The Brass Check, the first code of ethics for journalists was created. Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence". He is also well remembered for the line: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. …