[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED First Edition with Quotation of one of the few American novels to have a lasting impact on the way we live our lives

[Charles Agvent]

SINCLAIR, Upton. THE JUNGLE. New York: Jungle Publishing Company, 
(1906). First Edition. In full black morocco 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." 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.         
$6,000.00

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