Upton Sinclair
81 copies for sale · $12–$8,500 · 36 first editions · 5 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Jungle (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$5,250
Little Steel (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$125
THE JUNGLE (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$8,500
Oil! (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,800
Sylvia, a novel (signed) — Bolerium Books$75
THE SPOKESMAN'S SECRETARY (first edition) — Kay Craddock Antiquarian BooksellerA$120
Samuel The Seeker (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$75
Your million dollars (first edition) — Bolerium Books$30
Letters to Judd, an American Workingman (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$25
Limbo on the loose; a midsummer night's dream (first edition) — Bolerium Books$25
The spokesman's secretary; being the letters of Mame to mom (first edition) — Bolerium Books$25
They call me carpenter; a tale of the second coming (first edition) — Bolerium Books$25
Works on the market
THE JUNGLE5 copies · $37–$1,278
The Jungle2 copies · $1,250–$5,250
ONE CLEAR CALL2 copies · $173–$248
100%, the story of a patriot2 copies · $65–$225
DRAGON'S TEETH; Franklin Library2 copies · $203–$223
Mountain city: a novel2 copies · $12–$20
THE JUNGLE1 copy · $8,500
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS1 copy · $473
Springtime and Harvest. A Romance1 copy · $400
Small collection of printed promotional materials and correspondence relating to Sinclair'1 copy · $350
O SHEPHERD, SPEAK!1 copy · $298
THE JUNGLE; Easton Press1 copy · $273
World's End1 copy · $250
The Goose-Step. A Study in American Education1 copy · $200
MENTAL RADIO; Collector's Library of the Unknown1 copy · $172
Autograph Letter, Signed, Upton Sinclair to Mr. Mueller in response to a request for an au1 copy · $150
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF UPTON SINCLAIR1 copy · $127
Dragon's Teeth1 copy · $125
Little Steel1 copy · $125
THE BRASS CHECK : ; A Study of American Journalism1 copy · $123
Market context
47 copies of Upton Sinclair's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $51 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Flivver King, first hardback edition, Emaus, Pa., 1937; and a first English edition of (forum, 2026-06-04)£50
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