Sinclair Upton Beall 1878 (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Here is the 1942 paperback reprint edition of "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, was published by Upton Sinclair himself. This particular copy of the famous novel was in a U. S. Navy Library and has a stamped notice, in blue, which reads "S.I.T. PROPERTY OF U. S. NAVY No. __ " Over this is stamped (in the same blue) VOID. I have determined that the initials S.I.T. stood for Storage In Transit. Aside from this there is, on the same page, the signature in ink of an individual, dated 2/7/47. This individual also initialed the page and added a second rather illegible signature at the top. We've shown this page (see provided picture). The book has seen considerable use and shows that use by the finger smudging on the cover. There is evidence that some mending was done to the cover attachments. The title page and text are clean and free of marking. TITLE : The Jungle AUTHOR : Upton Sinclair (Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. 1878 - 1968) IMPRINT : Upton Sinclair PLACE : Pasadena, CA DATE : 1942 EDITION : Paperback Reprint STATUS : This edition OP - Scarce. I have found no other copies of this edition for sale on line. PROVENANCE : Once part of a U. S. Navy Library (with VOID stamp); thence to a private individual. DETAILS : Trade paperback; 413 pages , plus three pages of publisher's promotional ads; 5" x 7 1/4"; printed gray wraps, glued, with text printed in black; promotional text about "The Jungle" on front and back. No lettering on spine. CONDITION ? GOOD ONLY ? The book has seen considerable use and displays the effects of the use, with the following noted : EXTERIOR - The covers display a good deal of finger smudging, corner creasing, and general moderate weathering; text-block edges are darkened. BINDING - Tender. There is splitting fore and aft at the foot of the spine; there is evidence of mending neatly effected to cover attachment; no leaves are detached or loose. INTERIOR - The aforementioned Navy Library stamp on the recto of the first leaf (with Void also stamped); two inked signatures and one set of initials, plus a date (1947). One signature reads Frederick Alexander Kaiser, SCD 2/7/47. Second signature is Fred --- (illegible); initials are FK/bb - likely the same Frederick Kaiser. The text itself is clean and free of marking.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the First Edition of "The Pot Boiler, a Comedy in Four Acts" by Upton Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair originally wrote the play in 1913, and it may have been performed then, but publication in book form did not happen until Haldeman - Julius issued it as Little Blue Book No. 589 in 1924. This is one of the few cases of a major author's book appearing as a First Edition in the series. It's a very good specimen. Upton Sinclair received the Pulitzer Prize for his 1906 novel, "The Jungle". SERIES : Little Blue Books ( No. 589) TITLE : The Pot Boiler, a Comedy in Four Acts AUTHOR : Upton Sinclair (Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. ,1878 - 1968) IMPRINT : E. Haldeman-Julius PLACE : Girard, Kansas DATE : [ Published 1924 ] (İ1913) EDITION : First Edition PHYSICAL DETAILS : Petite Paperback; 127 pages (pagination includes title page and eight pages of publisher's list), approximately 3 1/2" x4 15/16""; printed gray wraps, stapled (paper covers with 2 staples) CONDITION -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted: Pocket Series and Little Blue Books were issued using inexpensive materials and thus are almost always found with toned and faded paper. Other small defects such as slightly chipped corners, printer's smudges, and such are common. Any flaws beyond the normal for these will be detailed. Little Blue Books often did not have blue covers - or the blue has faded to gray. Please remember that vintage paper items are more fragile than their modern counterparts, and thus require proper care in handling. THIS COPY : VERY GOOD -- Previously owned. Creasing to rear cover; Overall weathering and fading of color. Title page is considerably toned, and has a small printing - related smudge, else the interior paper is only mildly toned. No writing or marking. Clean and presentable.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. In polypropylene bag. (capitalism, united states, economic conditions, politics and government, working class ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Franklin Library Limited Edition. Hardcover: H 23.75cm x L 16.25cm. Full black leather binding; vibrant gilt stamping to spine and both boards; spine additionally decorated with four raised bands. All edges gilt. Salmon-colored silk moire endpapers. Sewn-in salmon-colored silk ribbon page marker. Binding remains quite crisp.

Condition: Nr Fine. Reprint (cf. Ahouse A38a). 64 pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8" "Nineteen letters to a small cog in the American economy: Judd is the prototypical workingman who sees his labor disappear into the system while his earning power and savings decline." [What has changed in the last 92 years?] One of Sinclair's "most widely distributed pamphlets, republished after the EPIC campaign and again after World War II." [Ahouse]. Gray-green printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

Memorial Edition with Preface and Additions (as stated upon title page). SINCLAIR FAMILY ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY SALLY AND HUNTER S. KIMBROUGH (BROTHER OF AUTHOR MARY CRAIG SINCLAIR) TO A NIECE AND HER HUSBAND. [6], 407, [408-422] pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed, several short tears with some nicks and creasing at edges, small chip at front panel's top right, slight sunning to spine, very faint staining at lower spine and adjacent panel corners, light foxing evident to white area of lower front panel and to white front and rear flaps; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth; several spots of brown discoloration to rear board and slightly faded spine. Light toning to top edge; light foxing/toning to endpapers. Front free endpaper features two distinct inscriptions within five lines: "To Cunliffe + Sara Bailey McBee | from Sally + Hunter S. Kimbrough | In one way or another we're all | mixed up in it, one way or another! | HSK." The first two lines reflect a different handwriting style than the bottom three so it seems likely that the former was written Sally Kimbrough with the latter (per his concluding initials) by husband Hunter S. Kimbrough (1900-1994). The inscribees are Richard Cunliffe McBee, Jr. (1911-1984) and Sara Bailey Kimbrough McBee (1912-2006) who was a daughter of Lucile Bridgeforth Hardy Kimbrough (1888-1985) and Orman Lanier Kimbrough (1884-1949). Orman was the immediate sibling of Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair, Upton Sinclair's second wife and, of course, the author of the autobiographical SOUTHERN BELLE. Raised in Biloxi and Greenwood, Mississippi, Mary Craig, Orman, and Hunter were, respectively, the first, second, and seventh children among a brood of ten and brothers are mentioned in their sister's memoir. Thus co-inscribee Sara Bailey Kimbrough McBee is both a niece to author Mary Craig (her aunt) and to the second inscriber Hunter (her uncle) whose message alludes to the family members' ties to the Mary Craig autobiography. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Still a very good copy in a good+ dust jacket. Includes a brief "In Memoriam" essay and Foreword both by Upton Sinclair, b/w plates on unpaged leaves, and a concluding section of Mary Craig's sonnets [pages 409-419] followed by an Index. This posthumous Memorial Edition was the second edition of Mary Craig's book with the first being issued in 1957.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. shows minor wear, tanning.

Buff printed wrappers. 329, [7] pp. No printed note. 5 pp of adverts at rear. Printed on kraft paper. 12mo. 6-13/16" x 4-3/4" Per B & G, the work "based on the Mooney-Billings case, otherwise known as The Preparedness Day Parade Bombing, San Francisco, July 22, 1916. Both Mooney and Billings were convicted (Sinclair felt unjustly), and when he ran for Governor of California in 1934 he pledged to pardon both men if elected." Age-toning. Faint stain to upper left of front cover. A solid VG copy. 1st pb edition (Ahouse A27a; Baird & Greenwood 2268).

Card, 11 x 7cm, very good condition. See Image.

1st edition (Ahouse A49). xviii, 377, [1 (advert)] pp. Pamphlet [self-wraps, stapled] unpaginated though 8 pp. Frontispiece of Fox. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-5/8" Pamphlet, Nr Fine. Book, square & tight, with modest wear & soiling. A bit of age-toning to paper. Pencil pos [F. Capra] to ffep. Withal, a VG+ copy. Orange cloth binding stamped in black. No dust jacket.

Third printing (per statement upon title page). [6], 527, [9] pages. Hardcover: H 19.5cm x L 13.25cm. Lacks dust jacket. Maroon cloth, light soiling to rear board, slight color fading to spine cloth with ends bumped, some dulling and minor flaking to spine's gilt stamping which remains easily legible but not vibrant, front board minimally decorated with bold black stamping. Toning to edges and endpapers; two-line ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper dated for November 1928; two small unobtrusive black ink dots at very bottom of page 27 with slender black lines at bottoms of pages 173, 299, 300, and 493. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good copy. Uncommon self-published early printing of Upton Sinclair's classic political and social satire which served as the basis for the 2007 film "There Will be Blood" directed (with screenplay) by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Book concludes with nine pages of advertisements for other Sinclair titles.

FAMILY ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY UPTON SINCLAIR TO IN-LAWS LUCILE AND ORMAN KIMBROUGH. 329, [1], [5] pages. Hardcover: H 19cm x L 13cm. Lacks dust jacket. Red cloth, light mottling to front board with stronger occurrence to rear board, spine cloth sunned with lettering dulled but legible, front board retains bright gilt stamped lettering. Edges toned; light toning to endpapers; several small patches of lined note paper affixed to rear endpapers; a few spots of light soiling to interior text pages which, overall, remain clean. Author's three-line ink inscription upon the front free endpaper: "To Lucile + Orman | with love | Upton Sinclair." Binding is firm. A good+ copy. The inscribees are wife and husband Lucile Bridgeforth Hardy Kimbrough (1888-1985) and Orman Lanier Kimbrough (1884-1949), the latter being the immediate sibling to Upton Sinclair's second wife Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair (1882-1961). Raised in Biloxi and Greenwood, Orman and Mary Craig were the two oldest of ten children and remained close throughout their lives despite her career as activist and writer with husband Upton primarily in California and Orman's career as a lawyer in Mississippi.

FAMILY ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY UPTON SINCLAIR TO A NIECE. First edition (per publisher's logo upon copyright page as was their contemporary practice). [8], 280 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.5cm. Lacks dust jacket. Green cloth, some staining and soiling to boards with color fading at edges, spine slightly cocked with cloth sunned to a light brown. Very muted green top edge; toning to fore-edge and bottom edge; endpapers toned; foxing to frontispiece b/w portrait with toning/foxing to adjacent leaves; some light foxing and a few small stains to interior pages. Author's six-line ink inscription upon the front free endpaper: "To Sara Bailey | with best wishes | for her education | from her uncle | Upton Sinclair | Pasadena June 30 1935." Binding is firm. A good+ copy. The book's inscribee is Sarah Bailey Kimbrough McBee (1912-2006) who was a daughter of Lucile Bridgeforth Hardy Kimbrough (1888-1985) and Orman Lanier Kimbrough (1884-1949), the latter being the immediate sibling to Upton Sinclair's second wife Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair (1882-1961). Raised in Biloxi and Greenwood, Orman and Mary Craig were the two oldest of ten children and remained close throughout their lives despite her career as activist and writer with husband Upton primarily in California and Orman's career as a lawyer in Mississippi.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided) INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. xxiv, 412 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Blue cloth, some rubbing at spine head, slight scuffing at spine ends and tips of board corners, gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright. Muted green top edge; toning/foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge; some toning to endpapers mostly at gutters. Author's warm eight-line ink inscription on front free endpaper: "To | Florence Anderson | Moore | a dear friend | of our family | in Mississippi | Upton Sinclair | June 1, 1961." Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Upton Sinclair's wife Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair (1882-1961) was from a prominent Greenwood, Mississippi family with that connection serving as the linkage to the book's inscribee Florence Elizabeth Anderson Equen Moore (1897-1995). Mrs. Moore once owned (with ex-husband Stanard Equen) the Equen Plantation in Minter City, Mississippi just a few miles north of Greenwood and the book was acquired from the May 2015 sale of family property at that landmark Mississippi Delta house noted for its kitchen which was utilized in several scenes in the 2011 film "The Help.".

Full title - THE CRY FOR JUSTICE; AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE LITERATURE OF SOCIAL PROTEST. THE WRITINGS OF PHILOSOPHERS, POETS, NOVELISTS, SOCIAL REFORMERS, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE VOICED THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOCIAL INJUSTICE. SELECTED FROM TWENTY-FIVE LANGUAGES, COVERING A PERIOD OF FIVE THOUSAND YEARS. EDITED BY UPTON SINCLAIR . . . WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JACK LONDON . . . ILLUSTRATED WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF SOCIAL PROTEST IN ART. Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided as was Winston Company's usual practice) being a FAMILY ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY UPTON SINCLAIR TO BROTHER-IN-LAW ORMAN KIMBROUGH. 891 pages. Hardcover: H 20.5cm x L 13.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Handsome dark red cloth with bright gilt stamped lettering to spine and front board, slight scuffing at spine ends, front board's bottom corner bumped, strong shallow ding at rear board's top edge adjacent to spine. Edges toned with foxing spots to top edge. Light toning to endpapers. Author's five-line ink inscription upon the front free endpaper: "To Orman Kimbrough | with the sincere | gratitude of | Upton Sinclair | July 28th, 1915." Some scattered light foxing mostly occurring at margins of plates and/or their adjacent pages; interior pages are otherwise quite clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Inscribee Orman Lanier Kimbrough (1884-1949) was the immediate sibling (among a brood of ten children) of Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair (1882-1961) who was Upton Sinclair's second wife. Raised in Biloxi and Greenwood, Orman and Mary Craig remained close throughout their lives despite her career as activist and writer with husband Upton primarily in California and Orman's career as a lawyer in Mississippi. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3 pounds (1.36 kg) and will require additional postage and insurance for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

FAMILY ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY UPTON SINCLAIR TO IN-LAWS LUCILE AND ORMAN KIMBROUGH. xii, 239 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 13.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Dark green cloth, light bumping to board corners, small light stain at front board's upper right, front board's gilt stamping remains bright, short tear at spine head, some flaking to spine's gilt stamping but lettering still legible. Edges toned with interior leaves lightly affected at margins; endpapers toned; some foxing to frontispiece causing toning to preceding half-title and opposing title; pages 77-98 bumped/creased at their bottom fore-edge corners. Author's three-line ink inscription upon the front free endpaper: "To Lucile + Orman | with love | Upton Sinclair." Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy. The inscribees are Lucile Bridgeforth Hardy Kimbrough (1888-1985) and Orman Lanier Kimbrough (1884-1949), the latter being the immediate sibling to Upton Sinclair's second wife Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair (1882-1961) whose alleged extrasensory perception is the subject of MENTAL RADIO. In further familial connection, Robert Irwin, the husband of Mary Craig Sinclair's youngest sister Dollie, helped conduct the experiments reviewed in the book. Raised in Biloxi and Greenwood, Orman and Mary Craig were the two oldest of ten children and remained close throughout their lives despite her career as activist and writer with husband Upton primarily in California and Orman's career as a lawyer in Mississippi.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. W. V. Eckardt - DJ (illustrator). 1st Edition. 6"x8.5". 631 pages; Seventh printing. Cream cloth boards w/red lettering on spine & front; top stained red; Pulitzer prize novel; $3.00 price on DJ. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/slight tone from age. Not x-library, unclipped, and unmarked besided PON w/ notation on ffep. DJ has many chips, small tears, and slight fading. Light bleed thru from DJ to book causing front and back covers of book to look like rust along bottom edges. This novel embraces the period from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to the Nazi Blood Purge of 1934. Wm. Schuman, Professor of Political Science at Williams College said "There is nothing I have read, in prose or verse, fiction of fact, which has impressed me so vividly with the realities of National Socialism. Sinclair's pictures of the Nazi leaders are superb, and he has almost achieved the impossible in catching the spirit and atmosphere of the movement." As the noose of history pulls tighter, the men and women of Sinclair's imagining grow in maturity and power, and the readers of his story - wherever they may choose to pick up the thread - gain a new perspective on the world through which they lived and are living. A 1943 PULITZER PRIZE NOVEL! From Goodreads.