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T.Werner Laurie, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1948. Fourth Impression. 282 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible sunning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Light tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

London: T.Werner Laurie, 1946. Black cloth printed in green, to which the tattered d/w has stuck in places, mostly at the edge. Contents good. Front of d/w not bad but big bit gone at back.. Third Impression. Cloth. Fairly Good/Poor.

T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1946. Third Impression. 282 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing.

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London: T. Werner Laurie, 1948. Hardcover. 282p., fourth impression of the British edition, 5.25x7.5 inches; lacking dustjacket, corners lightly bumped, spine lightly toned, slight soil on boards, else very good. "A detailed report of legal and extralegal methods used to destroy unions in the steel industry..... The plot of the novel is ridiculous and both the steel and the cotton strikes [a Georgia mill] are only dimly pictured, but Sinclair's excellent research into labor-spying techniques and his vigorous journalistic style save the novel from complete banality." *Blake p. 266.

London: T. Werner Laurie, 1946. Hard bound, 3rd edition. Corners bumped. Light-moderately soiled black cloth covers. Pinpoints of wear to back board along spine else very good, without a dust jacket. 285 grams.

London: T. Werner Laurie, 1948. Owners names on free front endpaper and half-title page, bumped at corners. Good copy, no wrapper 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fourth Impression. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, UK: T Werner Laurie, 1948. 1st Edition 4th Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, forth impression. 282pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Text block edges starting to tan, affects page margins. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has 1cm closed tear at spine head, shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 12mo. Novel presenting a compelling picture of labour and entrenched wealth at the crossroads, giving the reader an understanding of what is at stake on both sides.

T. Werner Laurie 1946 Hardback. Fair. DJ in fair condition. Some spotting and tanning.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. First edition, first printing, with the publisher's emblem on the copyright page. Tan cloth printed in red, top edge tinted red, no dustjacket. Some age related darkening to the covers, sound binding, personal bookplate on front free endpaper, pages clean and otherwise unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ams Pr Inc, 1974-06-01. Hardcover. Good.

Self-Published, 1938. Book. Very Good-. Wraps. 1st Edition. Gift copy published by the author. In plain wraps. Creasing and browning to spine. Paper is a little brittle. .

London: T. Werner Laurie, 1948. 4th imp.. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 282pp., Nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket

New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., (1938). first edition. hardcover. Very good/near very good. Octavo, beige cloth covers with red titles; top edge stained red. Some browning on endpapers; a few spots on fore edge of top cover, else very good. Unclipped dust jacket has printed price of $2.50. Dust jacket spine faded with chipping at head and foot of spine. "...Upton Sinclair dramatizes the struggle of Little Steel -- the independent steel companies -- to maintain the open shop after the capitulation of the Unnited States Steel Corporation to the CIO." --from the dust jacket. 082504A

Farrar & Rinehart, 1938 Book. Good+. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A little shelf wear and staining to tan cloth hardcover. Owner label on front end paper. Front and rear end papers have some staining. Dust jacket has some edge wear and rubbing. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. 308 pp..

NY; Pasadena: Privated Printed, 1938. Red cloth binding, 308pp. Light general wear, slight fraying to spine bottom, small loss to spine top. Color faded spine and some sections of binding. Photos on reqeust.. Published By the Author. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Axel Holmströms Förlag. Stockholm. 1939. First edition in Swedish.. pp. 312. In contemporary half sheep and marbled boards, all edges marbled, original pictorial wrappers bound in, head of spine a trifle worn, else a very good copy. *TOGETHER WITH : Upton Sinclair. Man kallar mig Timmerman. En historia om Kristi återkomst. Auktoriserad översättning från författarens engelska manuskript. Axel Holmströms Förlag. Stockholm. 1922. pp. 210. Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards and edges, front wrapper bound in, slight rubbing to the spine edges, else a very good copy. AND : Upton Sinclair. Wall Street. Roman. Auktoriserad översättning från engelskan av EUGEN ALBÀN. Axel Holmströms Förlag. Stockholm. 1927. pp. 263, (i). Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards and edges, front wrapper bound in, spine worn at the ends and splitting at the top at both sides, contents very good.

NEW YORK, FARRAR & RINEHART, 1938, 1938. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED; SPINE SLIGHTLY DARKENED) FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. First edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket signed in image by Robert Graves, maroon topstain; [10],308pp. A few shallow losses to top jacket extremities, most notably at spine crown, minor toning to cloth spine edges and pastedowns, else a Very Good, straight and sound copy. Sinclair's last labor novel (per Ahouse), of organized labor and the steel industry. There was a simultaneous (and considerably more common) issue under Sinclair's own imprint. AHOUSE A64a; HANNA 3236; BLAKE p. 265.

New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. First Edition. 8vo. 8-7/16" x 5-7/8". Beige cloth covered boards stamped in red. 308 pp. Top edge tinted red. Deckled fore-edge. Bottom corners of both covers slightly dented. Otherwise fine./Sturdy attractive dust jacket with a little edge wear. Overall very good plus.. In his finest novel since OIL, Upton Sinclair dramatizes the struggle of Little Steel - the independent steel companies- to maintain the open shop after the capitulation of the United States Steel Corporation to the CIO. Little Steel is an exciting book and it presents a compelling picture of labor and entrenched wealth at the crossroads in America. This book does not preach nor does it call names; it gives the reader an understanding of what is at stake on both sides. But Mr. Sinclair does more than present an important problem in dramatic terms. He brings to life Walter Quayle, the kindly, retiring and bewildered lord of Valleyville, who finally found a measure of understanding… Read More