THE METROPOLIS. New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1908. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-376 [377-378: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original pictorial olive green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and white. First edition. One of Sinclair's more important early novels, a work in which he described the morals of a society created by great fortunes. In this "weak sequel to MANASSAS, Upton Sinclair cries out upon the foibles and sins of New York society ..." - Rideout, The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954, p. 65. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 S-513. Three bookplates of private owners affixed to front endpapers. Most of the fragile white chalk title lettering on the spine panel has perished, otherwise a nearly fine copy. (#109978).
Price: $150.00
"Published March, 1908" on copyright page.