The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Easton Press Illustrated 1981

Norwalk, CT: 1981. Fine. Collector's Edition. Color and B&W illustrations by Martin Fletcher. The book is tight with solid hinges, good corners, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Bound in leather with raised bands to spine, 22 kt accents, gilded pages, silk moiré end papers, hubbed spine, and a sewn-in satin bookmark. 334 pages. 7 x 10½" tall. New preface by the author.

The 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair, exposes the brutal conditions of the Chicago meatpacking industry and the exploitation of immigrant workers. Intended to promote socialism, the book instead shocked the public with its graphic descriptions of unsanitary food production, leading directly to the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act of 1906, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt.