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The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Sterling Unabridged Classics)
by London, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1402714556
- ISBN 13
- 9781402714559
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sterling Children's Books, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. McKowen, Scott. Hard cover in very good condition with muted-blue boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Green end papers; ffep has rectangular illustration picturing a boy going up a staircase made of books. Back end paper has a crease 1/2"" from side edge. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings. Pg 14 has a block 3"" wide x 4 lines of text with light pink tint from a hot pink post-to-note sticky edge left by previous owner. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear; closed 1/3"" tear at bottom front corner and top back on spine fold. Not price clipped. * Two complete classic novels by Jack London. From CP pg Summary: ""Two classic tales of dogs, one part wolf and one a St. Bernard/Scotch shepherd mix that becomes leader of a wolf pack, who have adventures in the Yukon wilderness with both humans and other animals.""
Synopsis
JACK LONDON was born in 1876 in San Francisco, California. His parents weren't married and he grew up with a foster mother. Growing up in a working class family, London had a tough childhood. Desperate to escape a life of hard labour and make his way by writing, London managed to scrape together enough money to go to the University of California. However, financial difficulties forced him to leave before he graduated. On July 12, 1897, aged 21, London and his sister's husband sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush. This time in the Northlands damaged his health and like so many other men who were malnourished in the goldfields, London developed scurvy. His gums became swollen and he lost his four front teeth. Inspired by his experiences during the gold rush, London went on to write stories which would make him a worldwide celebrity and a rich man. His most popular story, The Call of the Wild, was published in 1903 and was an instant bestseller. It was followed by White Fang in 1906. London was one of the first authors to make a fortune through his writing.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001051
- Title
- The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Sterling Unabridged Classics)
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- McKowen, Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1402714556
- ISBN 13
- 9781402714559
- Publisher
- Sterling Children's Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Fiction, Dogs - Fiction, Wolves - Fiction, Human-animal relationships - Fiction, Yukon Territory - fiction, Canada - History - 1867-1914 - Fiction, American Children's Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Literature & Classics & Essays;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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