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SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). The Jungle. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906.
8o. Original olive green pictorial cloth (some light wear at spine ends); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Spencer Graves (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, later printing, with the battered type on the "1" on the copyright page. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SINCLAIR on the front endpaper: "For Spencer Graves with best wishes Upton Sinclair June 29, 1965." The Jungle is one of a select group of novels whose impact transcended its literary merits. Sinclair's description of the brutal meat packing industry in Chicago single-handedly resulted in the 1906 enactment of the Pure Food and Drug Act.
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FIRST EDITION, later printing, with the battered type on the "1" on the copyright page. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SINCLAIR on the front endpaper: "For Spencer Graves with best wishes Upton Sinclair June 29, 1965." The Jungle is one of a select group of novels whose impact transcended its literary merits. Sinclair's description of the brutal meat packing industry in Chicago single-handedly resulted in the 1906 enactment of the Pure Food and Drug Act.