NY: MacMillan, 1910. Pictorial blue cloth with "MacMillan" on spine. Lightly soiled, included top edges, some foxing: VG. 8vo. 8 black and white plates. BAL 11918: 1st printing: 1 not 3 blank leaves. 2 states of spine: Merle Johnson says "The MacMillan Company" is the 1st. Sissell & Martens, Ahearn, assign no priority.

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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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Bookseller: The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 820060197
Title: Burning Daylight
Author: London, Jack
Illustrator: 8 black and white plates
Format/Binding: Pictorial blue cloth with "MacMillan" on spine
Book Condition: Used - Lightly soiled, included top edges, some foxing: VG
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1910
Pages: 361pp. + ads + 1 blank
Size: 8vo
Keywords: 1st Editions, 20th Century American Literature, Novels, Fiction, First Editions

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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