Burning Daylight.
by LONDON, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Binding quite rubbed and soiled with some flaking to the white lettering on the spine; good to very good.
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York:: The Macmillan Company,, 1910.. First edition, second printing.. publisher's pictorial cloth.. Binding quite rubbed and soiled with some flaking to the white lettering on the spine; good to very good.. 8vo,. Illustrated. 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
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20715
- Title
- Burning Daylight.
- Author
- LONDON, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's pictorial cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding quite rubbed and soiled with some flaking to the white lettering on the spine; good to very good.
- Edition
- First edition, second printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1910.
- Pages
- viii, 361 pp. plus ads.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. New York residents please add 8% sales tax. All items guaranteed. Members ABAA, ILAB.
About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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