Epic Plan California by Upton Sinclair (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The EPIC Plan for California (1934) by Upton Sinclair outlines the economic and social reforms proposed by Sinclair as part of his campaign for governor of California. The plan, EPIC (End Poverty in California), was designed to address the widespread unemployment and poverty caused by the Great Depression. Sinclair advocated for a radical restructuring of the state's economy, emphasizing state ownership of key industries, such as oil and utilities, and the establishment of a guaranteed living wage for all citizens. The EPIC Plan proposed that the state take over and distribute surplus agricultural production, provide work programs for the unemployed, and implement progressive taxation policies to reduce inequality. Sinclair believed that by utilizing California's resources and redistributing wealth, the state could overcome the Depression and create a more just society. While the EPIC Plan gained significant attention and support among the working class, it was ultimately rejected by voters, and Sinclair's bid for governor failed. However, the ideas in the EPIC Plan influenced later progressive movements and continue to resonate in discussions about social welfare and economic justice.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. The cover is shelf worn and smudged, particularly on the spine with the spine also being slightly sunned. The top and bottom edges of the spine are bumped. Binding is secure and pages are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Original orange cloth boards with black lettering. Sunning to spine, some old water staining to boards (not affecting contents), binding tight, text clean. Dust jacket heavily worn and chipped, with a long tear repaired and other short ones internally with archival tape; now in a new mylar cover. The jacket lists the publisher as Farrar & Rinehart, though the book itself has no publisher information. Reprints the text of four pamphlets, each with separate pagination, first issued between October 1933 and September 1934. The focus is Sinclair's plan to end poverty in California, which formed the basis of his 1934 campaign for Governor.

Reprint Hardcover collects the four pamphlets of the renowned author's Epic Movement for California; fine in black buckram boards with gilt-stamped spine, no dust jacket as issued; a tight square unmarked copy; text is clean and bright, a presumed reprint.

Condition: Fair. S.l.: N.p., 1934. Presumed 1st thus. 8vo. Each pamphlet individually paginated. Good book. Ex-library. Spine ends frayed. Boards soiled; front board cresed near top corner. Boards edgeworn, corners frayed. Shelfmark on spine tail. Library name stamped on endpapers and fairly often inside. Card pocket on rear pastedown, date due card on endpage. Soiling on pp. 8-9 of EPIC Answers. Titles of pamphlets are: I, governor of California; EPIC answers; The lie factory starts; Immediate EPIC. Inquire if you need further information.