The Jungle

Octavo (19.0 _ 13.0 cm), 413 pp. Australasian edition, published June 1906. Illustrated olive-green boards showing general wear; spine with two tears of approximately 3 inches. Foxing to front and rear endpapers and title page. Binding remains sound. Sinclair's influential muck-raking novel exposing conditions in the American meat-packing industry, which played a significant role in public awareness of labour conditions and food safety regulation in the United States.