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The Human Drift
by London, Jack
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First Edition, First Printing. Original cloth. Near fine. First edition of The Human Drift by Jack London.. Octavo, 184pp, [6pp ads]. Red cloth, title printed in black on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light sunning to spine, faint wear to edges, a near fine example. Previous ownership inscription on front pastedown endpaper. An ex-library copy, with library markings to title page and rear endpapers. (Sisson & Martens 92) (BAL 11972). Jack London (1876-1916) was one of the first American authors to gain international fame and accumulate wealth from his writing. Despite his popularity, London never received any literary awards for his work. London is remembered today through retellings of his stories on film and television, most recently in a movie adaptation of The Call of the Wild starring Harrison Ford.
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Details
- Seller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13077
- Title
- The Human Drift
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Human Drift by Jack London.
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- first edition Jack London, Call of the Wild First Edition, Call of the Wild Jack London, signed book Jack London, The game jack London, The Acorn-Planter Jack London, The House of Pride Jack London, Hearts of Three London
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Copyright page
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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