Oil! A Novel

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First thus (following self-published version). Front hinge weakening, minor wear to corners, pencil names on front endpaper, ink check mark on copyright page, minor ink marks on margins of a couple pages, ink note on rear endpaper, front endpapers toned. 1927 Hard Cover. iv, 527 pp. 8vo. Dark maroon cloth, yellow titles and oil derrick motif. The novel that inspired the film There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day Lewis, by the author of The Jungle. After writing The Jungle, his scathing indictment of the meatpacking industry, Sinclair turned his sights on the early days of the California oil industry in a highly entertaining story featuring a cavalcade of characters including senators, oil magnets, Hollywood film starlets, and a crusading evangelist.