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London Jack
THE SCARLET PLAGUE
New York: Macmillan 1915. Brown cloth with pictorial stamping in shades of orange. Frontis and illus. by Gordon Grant. Very minor sunning to spine otherwise a near fine bright copy. First published edition preceded by a printing presumably intended for copyright purposes. "Undoubtedly London's best fantastic story told with considerable artistry and with less tub-thumping and breast-beating than usual" - Bleiler. BLEILER SF 1358. BAL 11960. Macmillan hardcover books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT29454
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London Jack
THE SCARLET PLAGUE .
New York: The Macmillan Company 1915. Octavo pp. 1-8 9 10 11-181 182: blank 183-188: ads 189-192: blank note: last two leaves are blanks illustrations by Gordon Grant original pictorial red-brown cloth front panel stamped in orange and yellow spine panel stamped in orange yellow and gold fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed decorated endpapers. First published edition preceded by a copyright printing. A world catastrophe novel in the tradition of Mary Shelley's THE LAST MAN 1826 and M. P. Shiel's THE PURPLE CLOUD 1901. "Undoubtedly London's best fantastic story told with considerable artistry and with less tub-thumping and breast-beating than usual." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1358. Anatomy of Wonder 1995 1-60. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 517. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 142. Bleiler 1978 p. 126. Reginald 09150. BAL 11960. Baird and Greenwood An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 1543. A fine copy. A stunning copy. Enclosed in open-face cloth slipcase. #40674 The Macmillan Company unknown books
Referencia librero : 40674
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London Jack
The Sea Wolf
Norwalk Conn.: The Easton Press 1979. Collector's Edition. Near fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Some of the gilt filled embossing on the front and rear boards is deteriorating and missing. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 10" by 7" containing 354 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by Fletcher Martin and with an introduction by Edmund Gilligan. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. With the exception of the missing gilt on the front and rear boards this is a tight clean copy with no names dates notations or former owner's book plates. The Easton Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : TB23372
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LONDON Jack
The Sea Wolf
New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers ca. 1941. 1941. Movie edition. 8vo. Dust jacket with photographs of Edward G. Robinson unclipped; two short tears; few nicks; front free endpaper upper corner clipped. Very good. 321 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [ca. 1941]. hardcover books
Referencia librero : 304126
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LONDON JACK
The Sea Wolf
London: Readers Library 1926. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the silent film of the classic London tale starring Milton Sills. Ownership signature and address and blindstamp. Very good lightly used copy in a bright dust jacket with a long tear across the front panel which has been repaired with tape on the interior and with a couple of other tiny tears and chips and one 1/4†piece missing along the spine fold. The front panel is a color painting of Sills as Wolf Larsen stripped to waist steering his ship with the rear panel illustrated with a painting of the ship being tossed by rough seas. Scarce. Readers Library unknown books
Referencia librero : 11080E
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LONDON JACK
The Sea Wolf
London: Readers Library 1926. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the silent film of the classic London tale starring Milton Sills. Near fine lightly used copy with a few tiny scuffed spots to the cloth on the front board in a bright dust jacket with a 1†narrow piece missing mid-spine and a shallow chip at the top of the spine. The front panel is a color painting of Sills as an exhausted and fiercely determined Wolf Larsen stripped to waist steering his ship with the rear panel illustrated with a painting of the ship being tossed by rough seas. Scarce. Readers Library hardcover books
Referencia librero : 12942E
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LONDON JACK
The Sea Wolf. Original Poster Advertising Its Serialization in the Century Magazine
New York: Century Magazine January 1904. Original poster which is a handsome and complex image of a straining man on the disordered deck of a ship calling out to an unseen boat with the text: “Ahoy! Take me ashore! A thousand dollars if you take me ashore!†Underneath: “Jack London’s Great Novel. The Sea Wolf. Begins in the January Centuryâ€. Printed in deep rich reds greens and black & white a striking image 12†x 21â€. Small pinholes at top corners a couple tiny tears about fine. Scarce poster. Century Magazine unknown books
Referencia librero : 16006J
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London Jack
The Sea-Wolf
The Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut 1979. Special Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine collector's edition from The Easton Press. Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin robbon book marker. Specially commissioned frontispiece portrait and decorative endpapers. The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut hardcover books
Referencia librero : 108838
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LONDON Jack
The Sea-Wolf
New York: The Macmillan Company 1904. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; publisher's light blue vertical-ribbed cloth with titles stamped in white on spine Blanck's 'B' binding and decorations stamped in ivory orange and navy blue on front panel; top edge gilt; 366 3pp ads; illustrated frontispiece with 5 black and white plates inserted. Hinges neatly repaired cloth lightly rubbed and soiled at extremities with gilt at top edge dulled and final plate present but detached; faint thumb-sized dampstain to lower edge of final 30pp; just Very Good. One of London's best-known adventure novels basis for numerous film adaptations including the classic 1941 Michael Curtiz film starring Edward G. Robinson John Garfield and Ida Lupino. BAL 11882. The Macmillan Company unknown books
Referencia librero : 19183
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LONDON Jack
The Sea-Wolf
Norwalk: Easton 1979. hardcover. fine. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. 354pp. short 4to gilt-stamped crimson leather a.e.g. Easton Press 1979. Fine.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
Referencia librero : 243660
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London Jack
The Sea-wolf
Norwalk: Easton Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Fletcher Martin. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Illustrations by Fletcher Martin and an introduction by Edmund Gilligan. Bound in the publisher's original blue composition leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Five raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. <br/><br/> Easton Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 9002191
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London Jack
The Sea-wolf.
Norwalk: Easton Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine Condition. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Bound in the publisher's original red composition leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Four raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. <br/><br/> Easton Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 9005976
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London Jack
The Son of the Wolf
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing first issue text first state binding. Near Fine with slight spine lean tape ghosts to endpapers small spot to cloth at rear gutter. Jack London’s first book; one of 2028 originally printed as per Sisson & Martens. Houghton Mifflin and Company hardcover books
Referencia librero : 151012003
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London Jack
The Son of the Wolf. Tales of the Far North
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1907. Later unrecorded printing. Frontispiece by Maynard Dixon. pp. i-viii 1-251 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth corresponding to Woodbridge's 'State 3' of the first edition. Minor rubbing else very good. Bookplate on pastedown with name eradicated. Later unrecorded printing. Frontispiece by Maynard Dixon. pp. i-viii 1-251 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An attractive copy of the author's first book evidently a later printing unrecorded. BAL notes three printings with an unaltered title page of 1900; this copy although it collates with the first printing bears no date on the title page. Woodridge notes a Grosset & Dunlap printing c. 1907. BAL 11869; Woodbridge 1 Houghton, Mifflin unknown books
Referencia librero : 63318
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LONDON Jack
The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North
New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers ca. 1910. 1910. Early Grosset & Dunlap reprint. 8vo. Frontispiece. Original tan cloth with black stamping with portrait of a man holding a rifle and his dog margin dampstain to lower edges. Good. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [ca. 1910]. hardcover books
Referencia librero : 303958
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London Jack
The Star Rover
New. New book. unknown books
Referencia librero : WELLER9780486819389 ISBN : 0486819388 9780486819389
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LONDON Jack
THE STAR ROVER
NY: Macmillan 1915. 8pp. Printed wraps little chipped and stained VG. An advertising brochure for London's startling novel of out-of-body travel. Macmillan unknown books
Referencia librero : 10365
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London Jack
THE STAR ROVER .
New York: The Macmillan Company 1915. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-329 330: printer's slug 331-340: ads 341-342: blank note: last leaf is a blank inserted color frontispiece original pictorial light blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in black white and gold. First U.S. edition. The British edition titled THE JACKET preceded the U.S. edition. It was deposited in the British Library 4 August 1915. and was listed as "ready" in Athenaeum 7 August 1915. The U.S. edition was published in October and a copy was received by the Boston Athenaeum 14 October 1915. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-110 and 1981 1-119. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 3-223. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1031. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 518. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 142. Schlobin The Literature of Fantasy 674. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V pp. 2159-62. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 126. Reginald 09153. BAL 11963. Baird and Greenwood An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 1544. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 L-463. Hanna A Mirror for the Nation 2227. Former owner's bookplate affixed to the front paste-down. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips several scuffs to black background ink on front panel a very good copy with bright cover stamping. The Macmillan Company unknown books
Referencia librero : 165368
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London Jack
The Strength of the Strong
Leslie-Judge 1914. Good. London Jack. The Strength of the Strong. New York: Leslie-Judge 1914. 257pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Mulberry cloth. Book condition: Good with submersion stain on front cover lightly rubbed corners and slightly bumped edges. Weak front hinge with small closed tear in front endsheet. Leslie-Judge hardcover books
Referencia librero : ULONSTR00HMR
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London Jack
THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG
1914. With Frontispiece. New York: The Macmillan Company 1914. 6 pp undated ads. Original light blue cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition of this collection of seven socialistic tales. Two of them "The Dream of Debs" and "South of the Slot" he had written years earlier just after the San Francisco earthquake. In the former which was later published as a separate pamphlet San Francisco is destroyed by another form of catastrophe a nationwide general strike. The wealthy narrator wakes up with the premonition of an earthquake to come. Yet there is only silence the silence of nobody going to work. Slowly the city breaks down. Violence flares between the slum people and the upper classes. Sinclair In the title story London mocks his old god Kipling whom his earliest Alaskan tales emulated: primitive men choose brotherhood over capitalism rejecting the lies of their "Lip-King." Macmillan produced only 3948 copies of this book -- which with the exception of London's plays and his few nonfiction titles is one of the smallest number of copies of all his works -- fewer than THE SCARLET PLAGUE fewer than THE HOUSE OF PRIDE fewer than SOUTH SEA TALES fewer than THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS. Not only were a small number printed but the binding was unfortunately lettered in white -- which typically is found quite eroded today. This however is a fine copy with none of the white eroded cloth very slightly dusty. Quite uncommon in this condition. Sisson & Martens p. 76; Blanck 11955. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Referencia librero : 13794
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LONDON Jack
The Strength of the Strong
New York: Macmillan 1914. First Edition. Octavo 20cm. Aqua cloth stamped in white gold and black on spine and front cover; i-viii 1-257 5pp. Frontispiece illus. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges; scattered foxing to title page and prelims; Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of seven stories including the socialist utopian romance "The Dream of Debs." WOODBRIDGE 121. BAL 11955. Macmillan unknown books
Referencia librero : 23985
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London Jack
The strength of the strong
Girard: Appeal to Reason 1920. 46p. plus ads staplebound 5 x 3.25 inch wraps moderately worn with some browning. People's pocket series no. 148. BAL 11931 reprint history discussed on p. 445 of vol. 5. Appeal to Reason unknown books
Referencia librero : 143608
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London Jack
The strength of the strong
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company 1924. 32p. staplebound 3.5x5 inch wraps; "Literature" typed at right margin on cover. Little blue book no. 148. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
Referencia librero : 138609
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London Jack
THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG
New York: Macmillan 1914. Light blue cloth lettered in white and decorated in gilt and dark blue. Frontis. First edition. Spine stamping particularly the imprint at toe a bit rubbed mild dust soiling to cloth but otherwise a very good tight bright copy. BAL 11955. Macmillan hardcover books
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London Jack
THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG .
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company Co-operative 1911. Octavo pp. 1-3 4-29 30-32: ads original cream pictorial wrappers printed in blue illustrations by Dan Sayre Groesbeck on front and rear panels. First edition later printing with text ending on page 29 and publisher's address in the advertisements given as "341-349 E. Ohio St." Short story first published in HAMPTON'S MAGAZINE March 1911 later collected in THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG 1914. "The Strength of the Strong" 1911 "completes the group of science fiction stories that grew out of London's interest in evolutionary racism and it can also serve to introduce the other principle dimension of London's scientific thought - his theory of revolutionary socialism. This caveman story is an allegory that slyly pays tribute to Kipling 'Lip-King' in its epigraph. A prehistoric parable it recreates the race's discovery of group solidarity and it is also an illustration in fiction of the theories proposed by the single most important influence on London's intellectual development Benjamin Kidd. Kidd was an Anglo-Saxon supremacist who tried to portray socialism as the next stage in Anglo-Saxon history a stage that would allow the Anglo-Saxon to manage the world for its own good. Kidd's reconciliation of racism and socialism made his ideas invaluable to London" Richard Gid Powers. Angenot and Khouri "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction" SFS VIII March 1981 45. BAL 11931. See Bleiler 1978 p. 126. See Reginald 09154. A fine copy. Uncommon in this condition. #95359 Charles H. Kerr & Company Co-operative unknown books
Referencia librero : 95359
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London Jack
THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG. Illustrations by Dan Sayre Groesbeck.
Chicago IL: Charles H. Kerr 1912. Book. Good condition. Paperback. First thus edition. Tall 12mo. American literature; socialism; fiction; 29 pages; 2p. The Internatinal Socialist Review; 19.2cm; original pictorial paper wrapper taped; ad back wrapper; reprinted from Hampton magazine. Tape on front wrapper at top corner 3" long and 1/4" wide; on spine the full length 7 1/2" and just under 1/2" wide. The verso of the front cover is also taped similarly but wider. A few tiny tears to the fore-edge of the wrapper and minor soiling. If there was issued a grey wrapper on the reverse it is now lacking. A pair of holes from a staple at the top edge of wrapper and title page. Corners of the first and last few leaves are slightly rubbed. Text is clean. Tape is likely not removable. No month of publication nor issue number given. Copyright date on the publishers page is 1911 and the publication date on the title page is 1912 which suggests that this might be an early 1912 issue. Attractive front wrapper with red lettering and picture; of a North American Indian sitting titled "Days and Nights the Eyes of the Tribe Watched." Jack London 1876-1916. Charles H. Kerr Paperback books
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London Jack
The Turtles of Tasman
Macmillan Company 1916. Very Good. London Jack. The Turtles of Tasman. New York: Macmillan Company 1916. Second printing. 265pp. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges and gently bumped spine ends. Macmillan Company unknown books
Referencia librero : RLONTUR00MEL
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London Jack
The Turtles of Tasman
New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Very Good. Stamping on front cover lightly rubbed cloth lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends. Pages a bit toned and lightly thumbed. First edition. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
Referencia librero : 180219004
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London Jack
The Turtles of Tasman
New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. First Edition. Good in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with light yellow and gilt text on the front board over a black illustration of a palm tree with a setting sun in the background. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly worn four small blotches of what appears to be white paint on the spine some of the white text on the front board is rubbed and there is a prior owner's name and date of "Nov. 3 1916" at the upper edge of the first free end page. 268 pages of text followed by five pages of ads for other books by London. BAL 11968; Sissen/Martens p90 The Macmillan Company hardcover books
Referencia librero : TB29380
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London Jack
THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
1916. New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. 5 pp undated ads. Original mauve cloth pictorially decorated in black and orange. First Edition which consisted of 5914 copies -- far fewer than many of London's earlier works. Jack spent most of 1915 and early 1916 on two extended trips to Hawaii and the eight tales of this collection were written there. During this time Jack reached out to his estranged fifteen-year-old daughter Joan appealing to her to start getting to know him via the mails since he knew his ex-wife had forbidden their daughters to meet Charmian. The title story is a fantasy "in which a dark-eyed flashing daughter came back to a ranch with her dying father in order to hear his stories of adventure and to light his cigars until he passed away in peace" Sinclair. The titles of the final two tales of the book are further indication that Jack knew his days were numbered: "Finis" and "The End of the Story." Jack London died about a month after TURTLES was published. This is an attractive book decorative trade binding by "G.H." in near-fine condition light rubbing at the extremities. In our experience this is a rather scarce title especially in decent condition. Sisson & Martens p. 90; Blanck 11968. unknown books
Referencia librero : 13763
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London Jack
The Turtles of Tasman
New York: The Macmillan Company 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition one of 5914 copies BAL 11968. Minimal wear to corners small smudge and some scuffing on spine resulting in minor loss of color from palm tree decoration. 1916 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 268 pp. 8vo. 5 pages of publisher ads bound in following text. Eight short works written in Hawaii published a few months before London's death. The title of the final two stories in the collection may indicate that London knew his life was coming to a close soon. Includes: By the Turtles of Tasman; The Eternity of Forms; Told in the Drooling Ward; The Hobo and the Fairy; The Prodigal Father; The First Poet; Finis; The End of the Story. New York: The Macmillan Company hardcover books
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London Jack
THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
New York: Macmillan 1916. Pictorial mauve cloth stamped in navy blue cream and orange. First edition. Cloth very slightly rubbed a few foxmarks to fore-edge endsheets very slightly tanned otherwise a very good tight copy. BAL 11968. Macmillan hardcover books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT28578
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LONDON Jack
THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
NY: Macmillan 1916. First edn. 8vo pp. 268 adv. Bound in mauve cloth stamped in yellow orange and blue. A little light soiling on the cover and nick at the extremities of the spine o/w a near fine copy. Sisson/Martens p. 90; BAL 11968. Macmillan unknown books
Referencia librero : 16889
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LONDON Jack
To Rebel Boarders."; in The St. Nicholas Anthology edited by Henry Steele Commanger
NY: Random House 1948. First Edition. Large 8vo Pp. 542. A very good copy. BAL Section III p. 463. Also includes work by Howard Pyle Frank Stockton J. C. Harris A. B. Paine Palmer Cox Bret Harte Rackham etc. Random House unknown books
Referencia librero : 1606
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LONDON JACK
Typed Letter Signed large 4to Sonoma California Dec. 22 1910
To "Comrade Tuck" London references his writings commenting on the fact that he hadn't lectured in a while and suggesting he organize a talk around his answer to Kipling's attack on Socialism. In part "Do you remember Kipling's attack in parable upon Socialism The Bee-Hive parable. I have written a reply to it in the form of a parable. It has been refused by practically every magazine. soon to be published by HAMPTON'S MAGAZINE. entitled THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG." "The Strength of the Strong" was published in "Hampton's Magazine" Volume 26 March 1911 and later published in book form by Macmillan in 1914. Kipling's attack on socialism in the form of a political parable about bees was first published in "Collier's Weekly" in the United Stated on November 281908 under the title "The Mother Hive" and in the United Kingdom as the "Adventures of Melissa" for "Windsor Magazine" December 1908. In his parable Kipling argued for the need to recognize socialism as an attack against the future of the British Empire and defend against such false progressive ideas. Slightly faded with margin tear to one fold at top not affecting text and two small holes at intersection of vertical and horizontal folds slightly affecting one word. Jack London was a socialist and member of the radical literary group ‘The Crowd' in San Francisco supporting worker's rights and unionization. He became a socialist in 1894 and wove his political perspective into his writings and lectures. Our letter to H.C. Tuck gives evidence to London's political orientation. Referred to here as "Comrade Tuck" Tuck was a socialist leader editor and State Secretary of the Socialist Party of California. In 1910-11 Tuck was arrested for libel having printed some apparently libelous material in various newspaper articles. In 1910 the year he wrote our letter to Tuck London's "Burning Daylight" as well as "Revolution and Other Essays" "Lost Face" and "Theft: A Play in Four Acts" were all published. That same year saw the birth of his daughter and her untimely death just 36 hours later. It was also in 1910 that London purchased the Kohler & Frohling ranch. I. unknown books
Referencia librero : 4102
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London Jack
Typed Letter Signed to Dr. R.O. Brittain
1911. trading in the Solomons One page on "Harbor Rest" stationery dated by ink-stamp July 9 1911. With London's name and address "Glen Ellen Calif." in holograph plus his signature at the end of the letter. The text of this letter we apologize for repeating Jack's language! is: Dear sir:- In reply to yours of recent date. Please don't forget that if tobacco was dreadfully wanted was rarely brought was quickly used and gone etc. that not only pennies but sovereigns and any and all other purchasing mediums would be sedulously accumulated against the day when more tobacco was purchasable. You speak of logic. Nevertheless logically when you grant the cheapness of sovereigns compared with pennies during the course of the first trading then you must grant that in the course of the second trading between the coast niggers and the interior tribes the same ratio will obtain. The interior tribes will hold on to the pennies and dispose of the sovereigns just as the coast niggers did with the white men in the first instance. There are several more ways of looking at it but I shall not burden you. Thank you for your good letter. I love to receive criticisms -- especially when I think I can get back at the other fellow! Sincerely yours signed Jack London Jack wrote this letter during the time in 1911 when he and Charmian were moored in Humboldt Bay on the "Harbor Rest" the house-boat belonging to the former mayor of Eureka H.L. Ricks. They would leave Humboldt Bay four days after Jack wrote this letter heading for Hoopa and the Klamath River ultimately north to Crescent City. There is a great photo at the Huntington of Jack and Charmian posing on board the "Harbor Rest" complete with the boat's name-plate. The recipient was a Boston doctor whose office was on Tremont Row there. We do not know exactly what Dr. Brittain wrote Jack about but it was most likely a "criticism" he had after reading Jack's new book that had just come out the preceding month THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK. This book was the account of Jack and Charmian's voyage aboard their boat The Snark begun in 1907 and planned to last seven years around the world -- but Jack's medical and financial problems cut it short in 1909 after cruising to Hawaii the Solomon Islands Fiji Tahiti and winding up in a hospital in Sydney. Specifically in that book Jack wrote about using the tobacco they had brought to barter for goods on some of the islands see page 289 for an example in the Solomons. Jack's use of "the n-word" was unfortunately not unusual at the time and was especially used by explorers of the South Pacific and of Australia. Our favorite line of the letter is the final one -- revealing Jack's irritation that some doctor in Boston considers himself able to criticize something he knows little about. Like this letter the majority of Jack London's letters were typed. The letter is in very good condition -- with faint evidence at the edges of it having being mounted and with a 1.5-inch tear along an original fold right between "Jack" and "London. unknown books
Referencia librero : 14681
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London Jack
VZBOURENÃ NA ELSINORE
Prague: B. Koci 1923. quarter cloth marbled paper-covered boards. 12mo. quarter cloth marbled paper-covered boards. 142 144 157 pages. 3 volumes in one. Second Prague edition. Woodbridge London and Tweney 127. Text in Czech. Translation by Marie Masková of Jack London's The Mutiny of the Elsonore. Xerox copy of above-cited bibliography laid in. Spine faded; top of spine torn. Boards scuffed. Bookplate partially removed on front pastedown. B. Koci unknown books
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London Jack
WAR OF THE CLASSES
1905. New York: The Macmillan Company 1905. 3 pp undated ads. Original maroon cloth. First Edition which consisted of only 2530 copies -- fewer copies than any known printing of all earlier Jack London books except his first book THE SON OF THE WOLF 2028 copies. By contrast THE CALL OF THE WILD consisted of 71584 copies and THE SEA-WOLF consisted of 63337 copies. The book consists of seven essays on socialism. Much of the content derived from London's earlier trip to Europe after hanging around the London slums London had sallied off to Paris and Rome where he hobnobbed with the socialists in each city. To quote from London's preface: It is the hope of the writer that the socialistic studies in this volume may in some slight degree enlighten a few capitalistic minds. The capitalist must learn first and for always that socialism is based not upon the equality but upon the inequality of men. This is a near-fine copy slightly faded on the spine as usual but otherwise just a little rubbing at the very tips. Quite an uncommon London title. Sisson & Martens p. 22; Blanck 11885. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Referencia librero : 12882
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London Jack
WAR OF THE CLASSES
New York: Macmillan 1905. Plum cloth lettered in gilt. First edition of London's most extended articulation of his personal and curious melding of socio- political influences. Rear inner hinge cracking slightly extremities rubbed but a good-very good sound copy. BAL 11885. Macmillan hardcover books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT29458
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London Jack
WAY OF WAR A POEM.THE
Oceanside CA: Posthorn Press 1987. marbled paper covered boards paper spine label. Miniature Books. miniature book 7.3 x 7.4 cm. marbled paper covered boards paper spine label. 16 pages. Limited to 150 copies signed by the printer John F. Dingman Bradbury Posthorn 1. Dingman has also added commentary. The only miniature title listed by Bradbury under this private press. Posthorn Press unknown books
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LONDON Jack
WENN DIE NATUR RUST
Berlin: Begweiser-Verlag. Small 8vo pp. 96. In German. Paper covered boards three-quarter green leather. Cover little worn interior nice. The Call of the Wild in German. Begweiser-Verlag unknown books
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London Jack
What life means to me
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company no date. 54 VIIIp. staplebound 5 x 3.25 inch wraps moderately worn with some browning. Ten cent pocket series no. 30. BAL 11900 reprint F. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
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London Jack
What life means to me
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company no date. 54 VIIIp. staplebound 5 x 3.25 inch wraps mild browning and handling. Ten cent pocket series no. 30. BAL 11900 reprint F. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
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LONDON JACK
WHEN GOD LAUGHS
1911. FE. LONDON Jack. WHEN GOD LAUGHS. New York: Macmillan Company 1911. First edition 3758 copies printed. 8vo. olive cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in lighter olive and red. Mild skewing dulling of spine wear at spine ends and corners. Still overall this copy is very good. unknown books
Referencia librero : 37415
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London Jack
WHEN GOD LAUGHS
New York: The Regent Press. Very Good. 1911. Hardcover. Early Reprint First was Macmillan 1911. Front hinge is cracked front cover loosening. 319pp. foxing cover edges and spine are scuffed and rubbed spine sunned. Good. . The Regent Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 60938
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London Jack
When God Laughs and Other Stories
New York: Leslie-Judge Company 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark purple cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; 8vo; pp. 152 plus frontispiece. Ownership signature of Bessie "Becky" London Jack's second daughter from his first marriage born 1902 on FFEP. Spine tips and corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's signature on front paste-down across from Becky's. A handsome copy. <br/><br/> Leslie-Judge Company hardcover books
Referencia librero : D12701
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London Jack
When God Laughs and Other Stories
Cleveland / New York: International Fiction Library 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth; full-color illustrated dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 319. Ownership signature of Bessie "Becky" London the author's second daughter from his first marriage born 1902 on FFEP. Boards faintly rubbed; spine tips and corners gently bumped. Internally clean. Dust jacket a bit wrinkled and chipped along the edges with tape repairs on the verso. <br/><br/> International Fiction Library hardcover books
Referencia librero : D12709
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LONDON Jack
When God Laughs and Other Stories
New York: Macmillan 1911. First Edition. First printing. Title leaf a cancel as with all copies per Blanck. Octavo 19cm. Original pictorial cloth boards stamped in colors on spine and front cover; ix 319 4pp; illus. Previous owner's bookplate pasted inside front board; cloth slightly rubbed at crown and heel; spine design slightly dulled; a tight Very Good copy. An important story collection collecting the title story along with "The Chinango" "The Apostate" and 9 others. With frontispiece and five inserted leaves of plates. WOODBRIDGE 82. BAL 11926. Macmillan unknown books
Referencia librero : 24001
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London Jack
When God Laughs and Other Stories
New York: Macmillan 1911. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and 5 inserted plates. ix 319 4ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original decorated green cloth stamped in gold and red. Very good. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and 5 inserted plates. ix 319 4ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 11926 Macmillan unknown books
Referencia librero : 27579
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London Jack
WHEN GOD LAUGHS AND OTHER STORIES
New York: Macmillan 1911. Dark olive cloth decorated in red and lighter olive and lettered in gilt. Frontis and plates. First edition. As with all copies examined by BAL the title leaf is a cancel. A very good tight bright copy with a bit of rubbing affecting the imprint at the toe of the spine. BAL 11926. Macmillan hardcover books
Referencia librero : WRCLIT28575
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