Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Signed (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Upton Sinclair. This Jungle Publishing Co publication has the Sustainer's Edition bookplate. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth and is in excellent condition with light wear to the spine. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing or marks in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Upton Sinclair on a laid in card. A beautiful copy. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing First Edition with unbroken type on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by Upton Sinclair on a laid in signature. The book is in wonderful condition. The binding is tight, with light wear to the panels. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. This is copy # 102 of an Edition of 1,500, signed by both the author & illustrator. There is darkening of the leather on the edges & in the middle of the spine, otherwise clean & bright. The glassine dust jacket is missing the spine. The slipcase is fine. This book weighs 1.7 kilos so extra postage may be required. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Harper's Modern Classics 1951 red cloth hardcover, Published by Harper and Brothers. INSCRIBED to Dave Iwerks, son of Disney stalwart, Ub Iwerks. Upton Sinclair was a famous novelist and social crusader from California, who pioneered the kind of journalism known as "muckraking." His best-known novel was "The Jungle" which was an expose of the appalling and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry. "The Jungle" was influential in obtaining passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act. Sinclair's interests ranged over a wide variety of topics, in his many books and articles. I have a few INSCRIBED Upton Sinclair books listed to the Iwerks family. "some cloth wear, top sine tear, inside clean tight and very good". Inscribed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Fourth Printing (1963). Published by The New American Library, 1906. Octavo. Paperback. Signed by Upton Sinclair on title page (flat signed). Book is very good with shelf/edgewear. A fine copy of the renowned, harrowing novel on factory conditions in the early twentieth century. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (oblong). Typed Note signed on Sinclair's letterhead, Pasadena, CA, March 15, 1921. It reads '. I will autograph 'The Jungle' if you care to send it to me.' Includes original mailing envelope, and a printed label from Sinclair stating 'This package contains books'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 4to hardcover volume in pinkish paper boards with a leather spine. Spine has a couple small spots and a touch of wear at bottom. Contents fine with no faults. 131/1500 copies and signed by Sinclair and the illustrator. Slipcase is in near fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Martin, Fletcher (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed by author and illustrator on the rear limitation page. A truly lovely copy in a slipcase that has some light spotting on the top edge. Limited edition Club monthly letter laid in. Signed by Author(s). Book.

1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case for Upton Sinclair powerful novel about industrialized cities.Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in black Nuba® with a 'sculpted factory image based on the iconic dustjacket' with green sides. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. "Book definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age. The text can be altered to remove "signed" or other special requests.Sized to fit: 8" x 5.4" x 1.5".

Slipcased Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Signed, Numbered, Limited. Some wear and rubbing on slipcase. Book has minor rubbing on spine. Text is clean and tight in binding. Signed by author and illustrator on colophon. This copy is 204/1500. Due to weight and size, this book will require additional shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed.

Limited Edition, one of 1500 hand-numbered copies (this being No. 1035) SIGNED by author Upton Sinclair and illustrator Fletcher Martin. Backstrip lightly faded, else Fine and unread, bound in brown quarter-leather. Housed in an about Fine paper slipcase with only a hint of toning to the title label on the spine to note. Signed.

Hardcover. Fletcher Martin (illustrator). First Illustrated Edition. 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. Copy #751 of 1500 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. 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." A few dark stains to the spine. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Fletcher Martin (illustrator). First Illustrated Edition. 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. Copy #887 of 1500 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. 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." Bookplate on the front pastedown. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase.

Hardcover. First Edition. Publisher's green decorated cloth. First issue with unbroken "1" on the copyright page. This Doubleday issue was published simultaneously with the Jungle Publishing issue. Sinclair's powerful exposure of the Chicago meat-packing industry is an account of the social and human abuses of the yards, where packers used "everything about the hog except the squeal." This expose 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." Small upper section of front endpaper torn away. Bright, Near Fine example.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with ilustrated maroon boards (factory skyline with smokestacks). Slight scuffing along the edges of the boards and cover. In the light you can see that the tops of the boards have minor sun damage. Crown and heel of the spine are worn. Minor soiling on the text block, internally clean. In all a very good signed copy of this self-published American political masterpiece. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of this classic political work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by the author, "with best wishes Upton Sinclair" on a page bound-in. In fine condition. The Jungle is a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. The book depicts working-class poverty, the lack of social supports, harsh and unpleasant living and working conditions, and a hopelessness among many workers. These elements are contrasted with the deeply rooted corruption of people in power. Sinclair was considered a muckraker, or journalist who exposed corruption in government and business. In 1904, Sinclair had spent seven weeks gathering information while working incognito in the meatpacking plants of the Chicago stockyards for the newspaper.

Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-413 [414: blank] [415-417: ads] [418: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original pictorial olive green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and white. First edition, first printing. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Sinclair to poet George Sterling on the front free endpaper: "To George Sterling / with the regards of / The Author." Below Sinclair's inscription Jack London has added a gift inscription: "Blessed Greek! / -- Wolf. / March 6, 1906." The projected publication date of the The Jungle Publishing Co. issue was 15 February 1906. The editions of The Jungle Publishing Co. and Doubleday, Page & Company were published simultaneously: Jungle's copies with integral title leaf and the "SUSTAINER'S EDITION" label on the front paste-down are the earliest, but the Doubleday, Page copies with tipped in title leaves precede Jungle's regular copies. Sinclair's best known and most popular novel. This exposé of the Chicago stockyards and packing houses, more a Socialist treatise than a work of fiction, led to the pure food campaign of the Theodore Roosevelt era. "Next to UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, the most famous propaganda novel in American literature." - Adams, Radical Literature in America, p. 59. "The UNCLE TOM'S CABIN of wage slavery!" - Jack London. "If Sinclair has never been a great creative novelist ., he has been something else of value -- one of the great information centers in American literature. Few American novelists have done more to make their fellow citizens conscious of the society, all of it, in which they live." - Rideout, The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954, pp. 30-38. Blake, p. 238. Coan, pp. 86; 214. Hanna 3234. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 S-509. FPAA V, p. 298. This copy never had a "sustainer's" label affixed to front paste-down. After Sterling's death by suicide in 1926, the book passed into the hands of Edna R. Pierson, whose bookplate is affixed to the front paste-down. Below the bookplate is a lightly penciled note in Edna's hand that reads: "Mary Lofler, friend of Geo. Sterling's & also his landlady (& mine) gave me this in 1926." Edna has also identified "Blessed Greek" as "London's nick name for Sterling" and "Wolf" as "Jack London" Cloth worn at edges, delicate white chalk lettering perished from spine panel, early reinforcement of inner hinges with white paper tape, front hinge cracked again, still a sturdy copy. A small leaflet (90 x 153 mm), London's CIRCULATE "THE JUNGLE" (BAL 11892 Open Letter A [B?]) is laid in. A wonderful association copy. (#164561). Signed.

Hardcover. First Edition. Bound in full black morocco leather by Root & Son with five raised bands, gilt lettering and dentelles, top edge gilt. First state with the "Sustainer's Edition" label mounted on a front blank. Sinclair's powerful exposure of the Chicago meat-packing industry, 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." This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on a front blank to Thomas W. Lawson and with a quote in the author's hand from his earlier book JOURNAL OF ARTHUR STIRLING: "'Oh thou black jungle of a world!/There savage beasts through forest midnight roam,/Seeking in sorrow for each other's joy.'" Lawson was a wealthy stock speculator and author of both fiction and nonfiction books concerning the stock market. Although he once paid a florist thirty thousand dollars for a single carnation for his wife, his fortunes declined after writing an expose of the market and he died a relatively poor man. Fine with an outstanding presentation.

Limited. Hardcover, very good with light wear in very good slightly faded slipcase with light wear. one of 1500 copiees Signed by Upton Sinclair and illustrator Fletcher Martin. Signed by Author.

No Binding. Typewritten manuscript letter from Upton Sinclair to Thomas Wentworth Higginson regarding the publication of The Jungle with brief handwritten postscript at end. Dated March 3, 1906. Measures 10.5" x 8", with some paper scarring to reverse where item was removed from scrapbook. On Intercollegiate Socialist Society letterhead, of which both were founding members. The text reads: "My dear Col. Higginson: I sent you some copies of the circulars you asked for yesterday. I am in receipt of your letter about "The Jungle." I recognize to the full the difficulties of which you speak, but I did the best I could with the book. We shall soon know whether or not the defects are great enough to spoil it for its purpose. By the way, Doubleday, Page & Company are quoting the opinions which you kindly gave me in your earlier letter, and which you will note enclosed. I am not sure from your second letter whether you would care to have these used or not. Please act as your own judgment dictates and consider only the merits of the case." [with Sinclair's handwriting at bottom:] "If you don't mind, you needn't bother to reply!" A wonderful link between two of the greatest activists of their respective generations, along with contemporaneous commentary on the publication of Sinclair's most significant literary work. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, second issue with battered type on the copyright page. Signed by Upton Sinclair on the front free endpaper, inscribed to one H.M. Meyer. [viii], 413 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with pictorial stamping in black and white. Very Good with dulled spine, edge-rubbed and a little bumped, rear hinge starting and tender, bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Lacking the dust jacket. A signed copy of one of the most famous American novels of the 20th century. Upton Sinclair defied Bismarck's famous admonition not to look too closely at how a sausage gets made and spent seven weeks investigating Chicago's stockyards. He turned what he saw into this fictionalized expose of the stockyards' gruesome meat-processing practices and working conditions. The Jungle was an internationally influential bestseller, but Sinclair's middle-class readers cared more about the quality of their meat than the plight of the working class. President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act just four months after the book was published, but wage-slavery remained in full effect. "I aimed at the public's heart," wrote Sinclair, "and by accident I hit it in the stomach.".