A Proposition to Reprint
the Early Books of Upton Sinclair
All the books written by me from 1901 to 1911 are now out
of print and unobtainable. These include "The Jungle," which
was translated into seventeen languages and is the best
known American novel outside the United States; "Manassas,"
which Jack London called "the best Civil War book I've read;"
"The Industrial Republic." which the Countess of Warwick
called the best book on Socialism ever written; "Samuel the
Seeker," which Frederik van Eeden, the Dutch writer, considered
my best novel; "The Metropolis," and "The Moneychangers,"
which caused a sensation in their day; "The Journal
of Arthur Stirling," "Love's Pilgrimage," "Plays of
Protest," "The Fasting Cure," etc.
To reprint these books and keep them in stock means a
working capital of about $2,000 per book. I can raise this
capital, provided I have an assured market for the books.
Therefore, I propose to organize what for convenience I call
the Sinclair Subscribers
I propose to publish three or four books per year. One,
and possibly two, will be new books; the rest will be reprints.
Each subscriber agrees to take a copy of each book as published,
at the price of $1.20 cloth or sixty cents paper. Each
book will be sent with bill, and the subscriber will remit
promptly, and notify of any change of address. You may,
of course, subscribe to three, or ten, or twenty-five copies
of each book, at the quantity rates quoted for "The Brass
Check" and "100%." You may withdraw from the arrangement
at any time by giving notice. The books published in
1921 will be (1) "The Jungle;" (2) "The Coal War," a new
novel, sequel to King Coal;" (3) "The Moneychangers,"
a story dealing with Wall Street and the panic of 1907; and,
probably "The Footbinders," a book on education, companion
volume to "The Profits of Religion" and "The Brass Check."
If you care to come in on the above plan, please write
me a postcard as follows:
"Enter me as a subscriber, sending one copy of each book,
cloth," or "three copies of each book, paper." or whatever
it may be that you wish to subscribe for. Give name and
full address, write plainly, and mail to Upton Sinclair, Pasadena,
California.
