The Sea-Wolf
by LONDON, Jack
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1904 Jack London 1st/1st ed The Sea-Wolf by Adventure Novel Shipwreck FAMOUS
A rare first British edition of Jack London's famous novel "The Sea Wolf". This book follows the story of Humphrey van Weyden and his adventures alongside Wolf Larsen on the sea. Like many sea adventures stories, this book describes mutiny, shipwrecks, seal-hunting, and many other adventure tropes.
Item number: #20039
Price: $499
LONDON, Jack
The Sea-Wolf
New York, London: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First edition. First Printing
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vii, [1], 366, [4]
o 6 illustrations
· References: BAL 11882
· Edition Note
o "Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1904" printed on the copyright page.
· Provenance: Handwritten – Alfred Schaumleffel
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Blue cloth
· Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13.5cm)
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Synopsis
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London about a literary critic and other survivors of an ocean collision who come under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues them. Its first printing of forty thousand copies were immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20039
- Title
- The Sea-Wolf
- Author
- LONDON, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1904 Jack London 1st/1st ed The Sea-Wolf by Adventure Novel Shipwreck FAMOUS, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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