Telling World by Upton Sinclair (3 results)

Condition: Fair. 1939. First Published. 211 pages. Beige dust jacket over green cloth. Publisher's review slip and newspaper clipping about author inserted to front free endpaper. Moderate tanning to pages throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Publisher's compliment stamps to title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to rear board and spine. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining and light tanning overall, heavier tanning to spine.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning. Spotting to page ends. No DJ.

Book Condition ? Very Good: An unread copy that remains in fantastic condition. Dark rectangular stain on the front cover of the dust jacket, bumps/nicks/creasing across its edges, but in good structural condition, red lettering and borders still clean and legible. Bumping to the spine of the green cloth binding, but gilt lettering along spine is excellent and otherwise binding is in excellent shape. Dust marks/discolouration across the text block, but mostly clean with great page edges. Pages are tightly bound, clean and tidy throughout. A very rare first edition hardcover, scarce in the market and particularly sought after by collectors of early twentieth-century American literature and the author's social commentary, particularly with original dust jacket. Telling the World by Upton Sinclair is a candid and forceful work of reportage and advocacy, written during a period when Sinclair was at the height of his public influence. The book reflects his commitment to exposing social injustice and shaping public opinion, combining personal experience with polemical urgency and moral conviction. As both a historical document and a literary artifact, it offers insight into the reformist spirit of its era and Sinclair's role within it. This very rare first edition hardcover represents a significant and desirable acquisition for collectors of Sinclair, progressive-era literature, and American social history.