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THE JUNGLE

THE JUNGLE

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THE JUNGLE

by SINCLAIR, Upton

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Mild rubbing to the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with mild sunning
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About This Item

Baltimore: Limited Editions Club, 1965. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Mild rubbing to the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with mild sunning. Fletcher Martin. Tall octavo (7" x 10-7/8") bound appropriately in embossed quarter pigskin and butcher paper sides; 384 pages. The First Illustrated Edition of this modern classic with a new preface by the author. Illustrated with 12 full-color wash-and-ink drawings, 8 full-page and 4 two-page spreads, and 33 two-color line drawings by Fletcher Martin. SIGNED by both the artist and the author on the colophon page. Of a total of 1500 copies printed, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies. An affordable way to acquire a signed copy of this important book, now somewhat uncommon in this condition.

Sinclair's powerful exposure of the Chicago meat-packing industry is still a staple on the menus of many high school reading lists. His account of the social and human abuses of the yards, where packers used "everything about the hog except the squeal," led to major reforms in the industry and, along with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, is one of the few American novels to have a lasting impact on the way we live our lives. Indeed, when this book was published Jack London said, "What Uncle Tom's Cabin did for black slaves, The Jungle has a large chance to do for the white slaves of today." President Theodore Roosevelt was so shocked by what he read that he made sure a clean meat act, the Pure Food and Drug Bill, was signed into law, popularizing at the time the rather obscure term "muckraker." Later in life, Sinclair said of his masterpiece: "I aimed at the public's heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach."

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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Bookseller
Charles Agvent US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
016538
Title
THE JUNGLE
Author
SINCLAIR, Upton
Illustrator
Fletcher Martin
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Mild rubbing to the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with mild sunning
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Illustrated Edition
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Date Published
1965
Keywords
Signed, Illustrated Books, Fine Press, Limited Editions Club, High Spot, Social Protest, Upton Sinclair, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions

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Charles Agvent

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About Charles Agvent

We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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