The Metropolis

Sinclair, Upton (September 20, 1878 - November 25, 1968) Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. was an American author and one-time candidate for governor of California who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle (1906). It exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence." He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Published by Publihsed by Edward Arnold, London First Edition . 1908., 1908

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers with black art deco illustrated boards depicting a devil hovering over the Statue of Liberty, lower edge untrimmed. 8vo 7¾" x 5½" 342, 2 [pp] catalogue. Publisher's File Copy with paper label to upper panel and faint black stamp and file No. 28437 to title page. In Very Good clean and bright condition with slight age darkening to spine, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1900-1925. Seller Inventory # 16380

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Metropolis
Publisher: Publihsed by Edward Arnold, London First Edition . 1908.
Publication Date: 1908
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition