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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. 169 Pp. + Ad On (170). Published May 1913. First Edition, First Binding Of Green Cloth Printed In Orange And Black. Bright And Clean, Only Slightest Of Fading To Spine Cloth, All Lettering And Design Strong And Complete, Tiny Rubs At Corners, Hinges Tight, No Marks Or Stains. In The Dust Jacket, Slightly Shorter Than The Book (As Usual), Minute Losses At Corners But No Other Wear Or Damage (Priced $1.00 On Spine).

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. 1st Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. Color Frontispiece. [Viii], 361+ Ads At Rear. First Edition. "Set Up And Electrotyped. Published October,1910" On Copyright Page, Signatures Signed B To 2A, Spine Imprint "Macmillan" In Letters About 3.5 Cm Tall, Three Final Blanks Before Rear Blank Free Endpaper. One Of 27,108 Copies. Blue Cloth Stamped In White, Darker Blue And Yellow. Merle Johnson States Earliest Known Presentation Copies Have A Three Line Spine Imprint, Although Bal Notes A Copy In The Ny Public Library Inscribed By London On Oct. 15, 1910, With The One Line Imprint, And Bal Found No Copies With This Three Line Imprint. However, The Usually Definitive Sisson And Martens Bibliography Of Jack London First Editions Finds The Presence Of The Signature Marks And One Final Blank To Indicate The First Printing, And The Absence Of Signature Marks And Three Blank Final Leaves With Leaves [24] 2-3 Inserted,… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. 1st Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. Color Frontispiece. [Viii], 361+ Ads At Rear. First Edition. "Set Up And Electrotyped. Published October,1910" On Copyright Page, Signatures Signed B To 2A, Spine Imprint "Macmillan" In Letters About 3.5 Cm Tall, Three Final Blanks Before Rear Blank Free Endpaper. One Of 27,108 Copies. Blue Cloth Stamped In White, Darker Blue And Yellow. Merle Johnson States Earliest Known Presentation Copies Have A Three Line Spine Imprint, Although Bal Notes A Copy In The Ny Public Library Inscribed By London On Oct. 15, 1910, With The One Line Imprint, And Bal Found No Copies With This Three Line Imprint. However, The Usually Definitive Sisson And Martens Bibliography Of Jack London First Editions Finds The Presence Of The Signature Marks And One Final Blank To Indicate The First Printing, And The Absence Of Signature Marks And Three Blank Final Leaves With Leaves [24] 2-3 Inserted,… Read More

Chicago / New York: M. A. Donohue (After 1913), 1913. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 261 Pp. Ocher Cloth Stamped In Dark Brown. A Donohue Reprint Using The Macmillan Trade Plates Of The 4Th Printing, 1913, Printed By Donohue Circa 1917. Book Near Fine, No Marks, But Pages Evenly Browned. With The Scarce Dust Jacket, Worn, Dusty, Small Chips And Tears But No Loss Of Lettering Or Design.

London: Mills & Boon, 1925. Early Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. 286 Pp. Grey Herringbone Cloth Stamped In Black. Undated, 37 Titles In List At Front, With Asterisks Before Four Titles Which Had Been Made Into Films. Light Use, No Marks, Pages Browning As Usually But Not Chipped. No Marks.

London: Isbister And Company, 1904. First English Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 334 Pp + 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Red Cloth Stamped In Gilt And In Blind. First English Printing. Wear To Cloth, Cover Gilt Bright, Spine Gilt Complete But Weak, No Fraying, Front Hinge Lightly Cracked. Front Endpaper Signed "Fordyce / 1904" With Multicolor 1" X 1" Drawing, Perhaps A Goblet (?).

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. Ix, 123 Pp. Grey Paper Covered Blue Cloth, Gilt. First American Edition, Fourth Printing. Light Wear, Gilt Brilliant, No Fraying, One Preliminary Signature Loose But Still Bound By Cords. An Interesting Association Copy, To Another Highly Publicized Case Involving Highly Publicized And Publicly Deplored Behavior. Ownership Signature, Dated December 1905 In New York, Of Florence Christmas (Eno) Graves, 1877-1961, Daughter Of John C. Eno, Banker, Phillips Andover, Yale, From One Of The Wealthiest New York Families, Who Embezzled $4,000,000 From His Own Bank To Engage In Speculation. As Stated In An Obituary, "John C. Eno, Son Of Amos R. Eno, Who Died On Feb. 28, 1914, Left Debts Which Far Exceeded His Assets, According To An Affidavit Filed Yesterday In The Surrogate's Court By William Leon Graves, The Administrator, On An Application To Have The Estate Declared Exempt From A Transfer Tax. In His… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Photographs. X, 336 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With 1909 Date On Title Page. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant, Cloth Clean And Unfaded, Light Rubbing At Corners, No Fraying, Hinges Tight, Unmarked.

New York: J. B. Lippincott (About 1944), 1944. First Edition [stated] . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8 1/8" Tall. Colorfrontispiece And B/W Illustrations Throughout. 379 Pages. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Blue, With Paste-On Cover Illustration, Same As First. Illustrated Endpapers. Fourteenth Printing, No Datebut Circa 1944. Book With Light Wear, Pencil-Point Sized Frays At Two Lower Tips, Spine Leaned. No Marks.

New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1944. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8 1/8" Tall. Hugh Lofting. 338 Pages. Grey Cloth Stamped In Black, With Color Paste-On Cover Illustration. Illustrated Endpapers. Same Format As First, But New Publisher. Light Wear, Small Black Stain At Upper Right Corner Of Front Panel, Name Stamp On Half Title.

New York : Frederick A Stokes (1923), 1943. 5th or later Printing. Illustrated Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8 1/4" Tall. Hugh Lofting. 359 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Illustrated Endpapers. Fifteenth Printing, 1943. Near Fine. Light Wear And Dust, Pinpoint Fry At Lower Front Tip, Hinges Tight. No Names Or Marks.

London: William Heinemann, 1905. First British Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. Color Plates, Drawings And Decorations By Henry Hutt And T C Lawrence. 182 Pp. Published June 1905, This The First British Edition Using American Sheets With Heinemann Title Page Retaining The Macmillan Copyright Page On Verso (!). Blue Cloth, Stamped In Gilt, Brown And White, Illustrated Endpapers. Scarce First Issue (No Magazine Stamp On Copyright Page). Near Fine, Gilt Absolutely Brilliant, Light Rubbing At Edges, No Names Or Marks, Hinges Solid. Darkening To Endpapers, As Usual.

New York: American Publishing (1873), 1886. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Xvi, 17-574, (Ii). Original Format, Later Issue 1886 (First Published 1873). Light Wear, All Gilt Complete And Brilliant, Clean And With Tight, Unbroken Hinges.A Few Small Frays At Corners. No Marks.

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. First Edition, First Printing . Embossed Blue Cloth. Near Fine. 7 3/4" Tall. (I-Xii), 1-299; P. (300) Blank. Blue Cloth. Gilt Lettering And Design On Front Cover And Spine. Deckled Fore Edge And Bottom Edge. A Scarce Title But Exact Number Of Copies Printed Is Not Known. ( Library Of Congress Copy Deposited May 15, 1901.) This Copy With Cover Gilt Brilliant, Spine Gilt Bright But No Longer Brilliant, Tiny Rubs At Corners With No Fraying. Front Hinge Cracked At Endpapers But Still Tight. No Marks, No Fraying.

New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co. (1901), 1902. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Embossed Blue Cloth. Near Fine. 7 3/4" Tall. (I-Xii), 1-299; P. (300) Blank. Blue Cloth. Gilt Lettering And Design On Front Cover And Spine. Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge. Second Printing (1902 Date On Title Page). A Scarce Title But Exact Number Of Copies Printed Is Not Known. ( Library Of Congress Copy Deposited May 15, 1901.) This Copy With Gilt Brilliant, Small Frays At Corners Of Spine, Rear Pastedown Partly Loosened From Board But Hinge Not Cracked (Can Simply Be Re-Glued), 1 3/8" Long Loss Of Gilt In Device On Front Cover As If Abraded But No Sign Of Abrasion To Ribbed Cloth Beneath.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Frontispiece. 387 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Dark Brown And Red. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Clean. Signed By Joan London And Dated October, 1939. In "Book Leagure" Dj, Similar To Original Trade Dj But With "Book League" On Spine, No Price On Front Flap, And Rear Flap Blank; Dj Worn, Small Losses And Tears, Spine Faded (Red Lettering Barely Readable), Good Only.

New York: The Century Company, 1913. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Dark Green Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. [Viii], 344 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt, With 1913 Date On Title Page. One Blank Leaf At Rear ( First Edition, No Later Printing Indicated, But This Is The Third Issue/Printing, The First Issue Is Identical But With No Blank Leaf At Rear, The Second Printing Has Three Blank Leaves At Rear). London's Autobiographical Writing, Centered On Alcohol, Sometimes Considered A Novel But Doubtfully So. Very Good, A Few Pinpoint Frays At Some Corners, Cover Gilt Lettering Strong, Spine Gilt With Considerable Wear To Publisher's Information. Dust Jacket Identical To First Issue Dust Jacket Except For "Third Printing" Statement In Small Letters At Very Top Center Of Front Panel, Short Tears At Edges But Virtually Complete With Just Minute Losses.

New York: The Century Company, 1913. 1st Edition . Dark Green Cloth. Near Fine/Facsimile Dust JAcket. [Viii], 344 Pp. With Three Blank Leaves At Rear ( First Edition, No Later Printing Indicated, But This Is The Second Issue, The First Issue Is Identical But With No Blank Leaf At Rear). One Of A Large But Undetermined Printing. London's Autobiographical Writing, Centered On Alcohol, Sometimes Considered A Novel But Doubtfully So. Near Fine, No Fraying, Cover Gilt Lettering Strong, Spine Gilt Complete And Clear But Weak, A Few Small Areas Of Rubbing At Corners. Inscribed To Poster And Bookplate Artist Hellier Denselow "Dear Hellier Denselow:- Walk With Me Here Through A Few Of Life's Pages. I Know You Will Understand. Sincerely Yours, Jack London / Glen Ellen, Calif. June 24, 1914." Denselow And London Were Correspondents. A Letter From London To Denselow Dated March 15 1914 Reads "Mrs. London Has Given Me Your Letter Of January 2, 1914, And The Book-Plate Draweing. To Say… Read More

New York London: The Macmillan Company, 1903. First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 7 9/16" Tall. 262 Pp. + 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Green Cloth, Decorated In Darker Shades, Gilt Spine Lettering, White Spine Lettering. Teg. First Edition, First Issue, With The Author's Names Omitted Throughout. Publisher's Name On Spine In Letters 3/16" Tall; No Priority Established. This Copy Signed By Jack London On The Title Page In Pencil. Written As A Collaboration Between Jack London And Anna Strunsky. Ms. Strunsky Was An Active Socialist, Was Married To Socialist And Naacp Founder William English Walling, And Was The Aunt Of Leonore Strunsky (Born 1900) Who Was The Late Wife Of Composer Ira Gershwin. Some Wear, Gilt Still Bright, A Few Points Of Fraying At Ends Of Spine, No Fraying To Tips, Lacking Front Free Blank Endpaper. Name Stamps Of A Previous Owner, R. M. Price, On Front And Rear Endpapers.

Glen Ellen: Jack London (About 1911), 1911. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. Single Sheet Printed In Dark Green On Light Green Paper, Unfolded. Often Seen On Reportedly Blue Paper, Folded As Issued, But This One Is Unfolded, 7 3/16" X 6 15/32", Perhaps Larger Than The Folded Copies Described As 6¼ X 3½. Leaflet Written By London Giving Instructions To Guests Visiting His Home, Describing Local Accommodations And Transportation, Directions On How To Find The Ranch, And Describing The Daily Routine For Themselves And For Guests. Apparently 1,000 Copies Of The Leaflet Were Printed. Bal 11935.