Trumbo, Dalton. Johnny Got His Gun. J.B. Lippincott Company / Liberty Book Club, New York, 1939.

Price: US$360.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good; paper-covered boards are worn at extremities, with small tears to top and bottom of spine; hinges starting. Interior contents pristine. No dust jacket. Tan linen-pattern paper over boards; titling in brick red on spine. Copyright 1939. Lippincott reprinted this book for the Liberty Book Club [this edition], which was founded in 1954 by Carl Aldo Marzani, a filmmaker and progressive political activist, and D. Angus Cameron. The Liberty Book Club reportedly had 8,000 members. This copy inscribed by author on title page: "For Robin Guravitz [?]-With all sorts of good wishes for your happiness. Pax! Dalton Trumbo May 15, 1964 Los Angeles." Trumbo was a successful screenwriter and one of the "Hollywood Ten," who were blacklisted from working on Hollywood films. He served prison time for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions during Congressional HUAC hearings. Trumbo continued to work clandestinely on major films. His blacklisting ended in 1960 when he was given a screen credit for Exodus and Spartacus.

Seller: Montecito Rare Books, Goleta, CA, U.S.A.