The Jungle
by Sinclair, Upton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 1981. Red leather. Beautiful leather bindings with gilt decorations accented by 22kt gold All edges gilt, satin ribbon marker, silk moire endpapers and three raised spine bands. This is from the out of print collection called Masterpieces of American Literature. Bookplate of former owner centered on verso of front free endpaper. No other imperfections. . Collector's Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Fletcher Martin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by author and journalist Upton Sinclair. This novel was intended to highlight the poverty and misery of the immigrant working class, but ultimately became more known as an expose of the American meatpacking industry during the early-20th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004735
- Title
- The Jungle
- Author
- Sinclair, Upton
- Illustrator
- Fletcher Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Conn
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Classic Author's;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...