SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). The Jungle . New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. 8 o. 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.
SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). The Jungle . New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. 8 o. 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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