Spartacus

New York: Published by the Author, 1951. Second printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 363pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light green cloth-effect paper over boards, with the title stamped in black ink on the backstrip. Moisture staining along the bottom edges of the boards. Text block cracked at the rear, but still solid. In the dust jacket, with periodic small closed and open tears to the edges, subtle toning to the spine, and barely perceptible moisture staining along the bottom edge. Howard Fast (1914-2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Spartacus is an historical novel about the great slave revolt against the Roman Republic, led by Spartacus.