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THE NIGHT-BORN and also The Madness of John Harned, When the World Was Young, The Benefit of the Doubt, Winged Blackmail, Bunches of Knuckles, War, Under the Deck Awnings, To Kill a Man, The Mexican. Published by Arrangement with The Macmillan Co.
by London, Jack
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Slight fading to spine, owner name and date (1920) in pencil on front free endpaper, else about fine in restored jacket with tis
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Fort Bragg, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1913). Early reprint. Hardcover. Slight fading to spine, owner name and date (1920) in pencil on front free endpaper, else about fine in restored jacket with tissue mends to underside. Original light-blue cloth with cover design in black and maroon, 8vo, 290 pp., color frontispiece illustration, pictorial jacket
Ten collected stories, including the boxing tale "The Mexican." Early, possibly first Grosset & Dunlap edition in scarce original jacket.
Ten collected stories, including the boxing tale "The Mexican." Early, possibly first Grosset & Dunlap edition in scarce original jacket.
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- Chanticleer Books
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- 23255
- Title
- THE NIGHT-BORN and also The Madness of John Harned, When the World Was Young, The Benefit of the Doubt, Winged Blackmail, Bunches of Knuckles, War, Under the Deck Awnings, To Kill a Man, The Mexican. Published by Arrangement with The Macmillan Co.
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight fading to spine, owner name and date (1920) in pencil on front free endpaper, else about fine in restored jacket with tis
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1913)
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