Sinclair Upton Upton Beall Sinclair Jr 1878 1968 (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. 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.

Eighth edition (as stated upon title page verso; first published February 1920). 443, [5] pages. Paperback: H 17.75cm x L 12cm. Gray paper covers with creasing/curling at fore-edge corners; ink ownership inscription at front cover center. Interior leaves are rather thin stock and accordingly age-toned with some foxing; several initial and rear leaves with worn fore-edge corners. Binding is firm. Five pages of publisher advertisements at rear.

96 pages plus covers/ Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 16.75cm x L 11cm. Dark tan paper covers with foxing and a few minor stains, strong crease at front cover's bottom right, negligible chipping at spine ends and at bottom of rear cover. Toning to interior pages with several leaves shallowly nicked/creased at their top fore-edge corners.

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 ] (©1913) 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.

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

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.