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‎LONDON, Jack‎

‎Turtles of Tasman‎

‎1916. LONDON Jack. The Turtles of Tasman. Orig. pictorial cloth. N.Y.: The MacMillan Co. 1916. First edition. BAL 11968. Very good copy. unknown‎

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‎LONDON, Jack‎

‎Typescript of South Sea story "Mauki‎

‎Glen Ellen California 1908. Very good. Double space typed manuscript : ribbon copy on paper watermarked "Saxon Bond" : 13pp. : Jack London's name address and word count 6233 words typed at the top of first page : several pencil corrections and revisions apparently in London's hand 21 words : the setting copy with editorial corrections printer's marking in pencil and "Hampton's Magazine" stamped to head of each page : p. 5 cut in two between lines of text and then pinned together a previous cataloguer posited this might be the result of an editorial change but I see little evidence for that : a strip of brown paper section of a wrapper with "Mauki by Jack London. 6000 words" in his hand : this strip and the leaves stapled at the top : housed in a red half morocco slipcase. Mild soiling and toning the first leaf detached at the top from the rhs staple.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Lazare M. Kaufmann sale Christies 20th May 1988 Lot 206; Sotheby's April 2004 The Maurice F. Neville Collection. “Mauki†holds significant literary and historical importance for the South Pacific particularly in its depiction of colonial labour practices and indigenous resistance during a period of intense imperial activity. The narrative sheds light on the brutal labour trade often referred to as “blackbirding†in which Pacific Islanders were coerced or kidnapped into indentured servitude on plantations in Australia Fiji and elsewhere.<br /> <br /> Written in 1907 during London's cruise of the South Pacific in the Snark "Mauki" was first published by Hampton's Magazine in December 1908 and was collected in South Sea Stories in 1911. This is the setting copy i.e. the manuscript copy sent to publisher from which the publisher's printer sets the type. It is one of a handful of Jack London manuscripts to come onto the market in the past 50 years.<br /> <br /> The plot<br /> Like many of London's South Sea stories "Mauki" paints a brutal and extreme picture of the South Pacific at the turn of the twentieth century. In it the central character is a homesick Malaitan first kidnapped by another tribe and then indentured to the Moongleam Soap Company. He runs away again and again stealing guns and tobacco in one instance killing and eating a San Cristobal boy. With each re-capture his indentured time is increased as a means of punishment until finally considered incorrigible he is sent to remote Lord Howe Atoll under the oversight of a German plantation manager named Bunster who has something "wrong in his head". The brutal and sadistic Bunster pitilessly tortures the now seemingly compliant Mauki burning him with cigarettes knocking him about and flaying him with a mitt made from the skin of a stingray. Bunster's sadism is not only physical but psychological as well. He is the only white man in the story that refuses to acknowledge and respect Mauki's tambos taboos. <br /> <br /> The tables are turned however when Bunster is laid low by fever and just as he begins to recover Mauki exacts his revenge: "The house deserted he entered the sleeping-room where the trader lay in a doze. Mauki first removed the revolvers then placed the ray fish mitten on his hand. Bunster's first warning was a stroke of the mitten that removed the skin the full length of his nose.When Mauki was done he carried the boat compass and all the rifles and ammunition down to the cutter which he proceeded to ballast with cases of tobacco. It was while engaged in this that a hideous skinless thing came out of the house and ran screaming down the beach till it fell in the sand and mowed and gibbered under the scorching sun. Mauki looked toward it and hesitated. Then he went over and removed the head which he wrapped in a mat and stowed in the stern-locker of the cutter."<br /> <br /> The characters derived from life<br /> One of London's gorier tales "Mauki" is also a tale of heroism rough justice and personal meaning. It is also based in reality. In the papers of the Western Pacific High Commission held at the University of Auckland Library in New Zealand there is a forty-three page collection of documents surrounding a Dutch trader called Munster who faced deportation for troublesome behaviour:<br /> <br /> "On January16 1909 the Levers’ vessel Malekula arrived under the command of Charles Butchart to take on copra and deliver supplies. Munster the worse for drink was in Butchart’s words “chasing a Malaita native round the deck saying he would take his life.†Munster fought with members of the crew bit one person’s thumb threatened to shoot some natives and actually fired upon them. Matters escalated with Munster swearing at the crew and “threatening to shoot everyone in the ship.†Eventually he made his way to shore where the fighting continued to such an extent that passenger Joseph Dickinson disabled Munster by shooting him in the foot. Thereafter Munster fled to the bush and the ship departed to file a complaint and record depositions in Tulagi." <br /> Keith Newlin 2022 "Jack London and the Colonial Pacific" p.261<br /> <br /> London scholar Keith Newlin has shown that Munster was nominally the agent in charge at Ugi when the London party visited from 2–4 July 1908. No doubt London invented the specific cruelties that the fictional Bunster levied on the fictional Mauki but the real-life Munster was arguably insane and cruel.<br /> <br /> The inspiration for Mauki was also a real person a cook mentioned in Charmian London's account but how London came to know of his experiences is less clear. One of the compelling features of Mauki's character in the story are his multiple escape attempts due to homesickness. This idea may have originated with the stories told to the London's by their interpreter Bopu. It would seem the fictional Mauki may be a conglomeration of labourers and labour practices that the London's learned about and witnessed on their travels. As Newlin points out "Jack London scholars typically accept his portrayal of Melanesian labor conditions as factual and his descriptions have formed the basis of nearly all discussions of blackbirding and plantation conditions." but it is also wise to remember that Jack London wrote fiction ".and like all fiction writers he exaggerated and otherwise distorted the facts in pursuit of his fictional agenda—in this story to magnify the brutality of the colonial overseer and to portray the inner nobility of the laborer." Newlin p.265-6.<br /> <br /> The inner nobility or heroism of Mauki receives thoughtful treatment in Jeanne Campbell Reesman's 2006 article "Rough Justice in Jack London's 'Mauki'". Reading Mauki through the lens of naturalism she finds personal meaning is the hero's greatest possession and that living and acting according to his personal ethic makes him resemble a romantic or idealistic hero more than the standard naturalistic one p.65-66. Reeseman concludes that the moral of the story is "Respect your tambos no matter what and do what is right—if your desire is to live and not merely to survive." p.68.<br /> <br /> Legacy <br /> The character Mauki’s repeated escapes and ultimate triumph over the German overseer Bunster can be read today through the lens of indigenous resistance to colonial oppression offering a rare for its time narrative that elevates a Pacific Islander’s agency. As Jeanne Campbell Reesman notes London “dwells more upon the savagery of the Melanesians†but also critiques the “moral degradation of the whites with their laxity alcoholism and racist stupidity.†This dual critique underscores the story’s significance as a commentary on the destructive impact of brutal labour practices on both the oppressed and the oppressors.<br /> <br /> “Mauki†also occupies a pivotal place in Jack London’s oeuvre as a bridge between his adventure-driven narratives and his socially conscious critiques of injustice. It geographically expands his exploration of survival and individualism to the South Pacific region where the story is significant for its historical grounding its critique of colonial labour practices and its contribution to a literary tradition that amplifies Pacific Islander voices. Despite its limitations “Mauki†remains a powerful testament to London’s ability to engage with global issues making it a vital part of his legacy and a meaningful contribution to the literature of the South Pacific<br /> The popularity of London’s storytelling with its elements of action and conflict waned with the rise of the high modernist aesthetic in the early twentieth century. For a long time the modernists with their focus on narrative experimentation and psychological interiority dominated the literary landscape and were considered more ‘artful’ than naturalists like London. Despite this London scholarship has grown considerably over the past few decades and he is now held as one of the great American writers of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. The upcoming 30-volume Oxford University Press Collected Works of Jack London is sure to cement London’s place in the canon of English language literature.<br /> <br /> <br /> References<br /> Jeanne Campbell Reesman 2006 "Rough justice in Jack London's 'Mauki'" Studies in American Naturalism Summer & Winter 2006 Vol. 1 Nos. 1 & 2<br /> Keith Newlin 2022 "Jack London and the Colonial Pacific" American Literary Realism Volume 54 Number 3 Spring 2022 pp.255-274 Article<br /> With thanks to Kenneth K. Brandt Editor 2006–present The Call: The Magazine of the Jack London Society Boston MA and Executive coordinator 2014–present Jack London Society Boston MA. unknown‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎Unrecorded Variant The Mutiny of the Elsinore‎

‎New York: Macmillian 1914. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus. Orange cloth over boards title stamped in brown onto spine 8vo 7-3/8 inches tall pp. vi 378 8 ads. Volume with slight lean and light bumps to spine ends a small crack to top edge of upper board and front hinge scattered light soil to covers and a pencil erasure front paste down. An unrecorded variant binding not found in BAL Johnson Woodbridge or Sisson lacking the publisher's regular white blue and gilt stamping. Noted only in Ahearn 061a. A lover of the sea London drew from his own experiences to write this novel later adapted into film three times; an American silent version in 1920 a 1936 French adaptation Les mutinés de l'Elseneur and by the British in 1937. Ref. Woodbridge 124; Sisson p. 78; Wikipedia. Macmillian hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎Varg Larsen Swedish Edition‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1016252064.G ISBN : 1016252064 9781016252065

‎London, Jack‎

‎Vargens Son: Skildringar Frân Polartrakterna Swedish Edition‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1019621109.G ISBN : 1019621109 9781019621103

‎London, Jack‎

‎Verhalen van de Zuidzee Dutch Edition‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 3849542297.G ISBN : 3849542297 9783849542290

‎London, Jack‎

‎Vor Adam‎

‎10. Auflage Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Stuttgart um 1930. 144 S. mit zahlreichen Zeichnungen von Willy Planck. kart. etwas fleckig / Widmung auf Vorsatz / Einband leicht berieben. unknown‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎War of The Classes‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1934568120.G ISBN : 1934568120 9781934568125

‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes Classic Reprint‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1330716604.G ISBN : 1330716604 9781330716601

‎London, Jack,‎

‎War Of the Classes‎

‎like new. unknown‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 5197519 ISBN : 1934568120 9781934568125

‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0559766688.G ISBN : 0559766688 9780559766688

‎London, Jack‎

‎WAR OF THE CLASSES‎

‎NY: Macmillan 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Original maroon ribbed cloth; small octavo 5.25 x 7.5 inches; xix 278 pp. publisher's cataloge at rear. Top edge a bit dusty corners lightly bumped else near fine <br/><br/>Seven essays on the class war in the United States published shortly after London's failed campaign as the candidate of the Socialist Party for mayor of Oakland. Essays include The Class Struggle; The Tramp; The Scab; The Question of the Maximum; A Review; Wanted: A New Law of Development; and How I Became a Socialist. Only 2530 copies printed in the first edition. BAL 11885 Sisson & Martens p. 22; Woodbridge 33. Macmillan hardcover‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1604249137.G ISBN : 1604249137 9781604249132

‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 0548014396.G ISBN : 0548014396 9780548014394

‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1015954596.G ISBN : 1015954596 9781015954595

‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1417906839.G ISBN : 1417906839 9781417906833

‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes: in large print‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 3368309536.G ISBN : 3368309536 9783368309534

‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1162773170.G ISBN : 1162773170 9781162773179

‎london, jack‎

‎WAR OF THE CLASSES .‎

‎macmillan first edition . 1905 very good some rubbing bumping small crayon mark inside store stamp on ep macmillan unknown‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎War of the Classes‎

‎Kessinger Publishing 2007-07-25. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : DADAX0548014396 ISBN : 0548014396 9780548014394

‎London, Jack‎

‎WAR OF THE CLASSES‎

‎WAR OF THE CLASSES Macmillan 1905 first edition a tight vg copy. Decidedly uncommon. 1/2530 copies. As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you. Macmillan unknown‎

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‎LONDON, Jack‎

‎We live in a beautiful part of the country. Printed leaflet headed Jack London Glen Ellen.‎

‎Sonoma Co. California no date ca. 1911. printed on pale green paper. Fine. Approx. 6-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches. The Londons furnished these printed Glen Ellen travel directions to guests. This copy has a typewritten addition: "Unless too inconvenient please take forenoon trains" because later trains "arrive after our supper hour." Also "Northwestern" has been lined out in light pencil and corrected to "Southern." BAL 11935. unknown‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎What Life Means To Me in The Cosmopolitan Magazine‎

‎NY: Cosmopolitan Magazine 1906. Magazine. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. Entire issue March 1906 in original wraps moderate general wear neat archival repairs noted at spine a good copy; article is 5-pages printed in double columns. The first appearance of this classic piece from London. From the text "I was born in the working class. I early discovered enthusiasm ambition and ideals; and to satisfy these became the problem of my childlife. My environment was crude and rough and raw. I had no outlook but an uplook rather." Very scarce. Cosmopolitan Magazine Paperback‎

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‎London, Jack‎

‎What Life Means To Me 1916‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 1169434916.G ISBN : 1169434916 9781169434912

‎London, Jack‎

‎When God Laughs and Other Stories‎

‎New York: Macmillan 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First printing. BAL 11926. Moderate wear to the spine ends and corners. The spine lettering is just starting to flake. A small sticker is on the front pastedown. Previous owner's address sticker is on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine in a square sound binding with hinges intact. Macmillan Hardcover‎

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