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Burning Daylight
by London, Jack
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Pictorial blue cloth stamped in yellow and white
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1910. First edition. Frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. pp.[i-viii], 1-361; blank, p. [362]; ads, pp. [363-365], blank, p. [366]. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in yellow and white. First edition. Frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. pp.[i-viii], 1-361; blank, p. [362]; ads, pp. [363-365], blank, p. [366]. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL notes two printings; this copy corresponds to BAL's first in collation by signature, but has the three final blank leaves which normally denote the second printing (in which, however, the signatures are unsigned). Possibly an intermediate state. BAL 11918
Synopsis
Partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith, Burning Daylight was Jack London's best selling book during his lifetime. The novel is set in the Yukon Territory in 1893, telling the story of an adventurer, nicknamed “Burning Daylight,” who went to Alaska and laid the foundations of his fortune before the gold hunters arrived. Burning Daylight was adapted for American films in 1914, 1920, 1928, and 2010.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27583
- Title
- Burning Daylight
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. pp.[i-viii], 1-361; blank, p. [362]; ads, pp. [363-365], blank, p. [366]. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Pictorial blue cloth stamped in yellow and white
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- American | Jack London
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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