[Rarebooks] FS: You are what you eat
Charles Agvent
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Fri Sep 28 09:33:48 EDT 2012
SINCLAIR, Upton. THE JUNGLE. Baltimore: Limited Editions Club, 1965.
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. Illustrated 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. Of a total of 1500 copies printed, this copy is not
numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and
bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies.
An affordable way to acquire a signed copy of this important book, now
somewhat uncommon in this condition. Mild rubbing to the spine. Near
Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with mild sunning.
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." Later in life, Sinclair said of his masterpiece:
"I aimed at the public's heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
(#016538) $400.00
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