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1900053141Boston and New York / Riverside Press Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. First Edition First Issue First State . Slate-grey Cloth. Near Fine/No DJ. 7 7/8" Tall. Embossed Cloth With Silver. First Trade Printing First Issue First State On All Known Points. I-Viii Including Preliminary Blank Leaf 1 2-251; Printer's Imprint P. 252; Final Blank Leaf First Printing Of 2028 Copies Per Sisson-Martens 1010 Copies Of Second Printing 1004 Copies Of Third Printing But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear. Collation: 14 3-22 6 As Required For First Printing. Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton Mifflin & Co. Without Periods Around Ampersand The State #1 Per Woodbridge No Known Priority. Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However James Henry As Cited In Sisson-Martens In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect & On Spine; 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines Page 147 Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters; 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7; 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7 18-19 30-31 And Every Six Leaves To 246-247. All Of These Points Are Present In This Copy. Consistent With More Recent Bibliographic Information There Is A Comma After Copyright Date A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State. Lastly The Type On Pp. 65 And 67 Is Unbroken. An Attractive Near Fine Book With Very Slight Rubbing At Corners No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings And Quite Scarce Thus.This Copy With The Original Bookseller's Label From W.F. Purnell Sacramento Circa 1900. <br/> <br/> Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
1900030766Boston and New York / Riverside Press Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. First Edition First Issue First State 1st Printing. Slate-grey Cloth. Near Fine/No DJ. 7 7/8" Tall. I-Viii Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After Front Free Endpaper 1 2-251; Printer's Imprint P. 252; Final Blank Leaf Before Rear Free Endpaper. First Printing Of 2028 Copies Per Sisson-Martens 1010 Of Second Printing 1004 Of Third Printing But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear. Embossed Slate Grey Cloth With Silver. Near Fine. First Trade Printing First Issue First State On All Known Points. Collation: 14 3-22 6 As Required For First Printing. Binding With Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton Mifflin & Co. Without Periods Around Ampersand The State #1 Per Woodbridge No Known Priority. Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However James Henry As Cited In Sisson-Martens In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect & On Spine; 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines Page 147 Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters But Some Copies With Second State Binding And Period After Date On Copyright Page Also Exist; 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7 Also Seen On Some Copies In Second State Binding And With Period After Date On Copyright Page; 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7 18-19 30-31 And Every Six Leaves To 246-247. . Consistent With Recent Bibliographic Information There Is A Comma After Copyright Date Apparently A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State Of The Title Page Of This First Edition. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And "T" In "Might" Bottom Two Lines Page 147. Lastly The Type On Pp. 65 And 67 Is Unbroken But Ink Is Missing In A Straight Thin Line Extending Through Three Words Near Bottom Of P. 65 "Flight" "Perfect" And "Exist" As If A Wire Had Lain Across The Type; Copies Also Exist With Perfect Type But Second Binding And With Period After Date On Copyright Page. An Attractive Near Fine Book In All Earliest States Aside From Some Rare Preliminary Bindings With Some Rubbing At Corners No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings And Scarce Thus. <br/> <br/> Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
119862London John Seller c.1690. . Small oblong 8vo 18.5 x 27 cm; etched title and 29 etched and engraved views of London paper flaw to margin of Thanet House plate else clean and bright; eighteenth-century limp marbled paper boards gilt stamped lettering piece to upper board a little rubbed a very good copy.<br /> The scarce Seller issue of this illusive series of evocative plates of Stuart London.<br /><br />John Seller fl. 1664 d. 1697 was hydrographer to Charles II and James II publisher surveyor and compass-maker. The present series of plates were also published by Robert Morden and Philip Lea sometime between 1687 and 1692. A total of 31 plates have been identified by B. Adams London Illustrated 1604-1851 but the 31st plate of Clarendon House only exists in the GLC History library copy Adams and this copy is not considered incomplete without it. The plate of the Custom House bears the name of John Dunstall who could be the drawer of the originals of the etchings. He was aa drawing-master in Blackfriars who was mostly a follower of Hollar whose work provides the model for eight further plates of the series.<br /><br />The Seller issue has only appeared once at auction with the title page in a different state. Nathan Coll. Sotheby's 5 June 1962 lot 226. There is only one Seller issue in institutions National Trust Libraries which has only 13 plates. Not in BL.<br /> London, John Seller, [c.1690]. hardcover
1729120635London: Printed for J. Roberts and A. Dodd 1729. First and only edition of this Juvenalian satire on London "this great wicked unwieldy over-grown Town one continued hurry of Vice and Pleasure". This disbound copy in notably good condition. The first ten pages set forth a mocking hour-by-hour account of Londoners' activities on the Sabbath from "lawyers in the Inns of Court lacing their Mistresses Stays paying them their Fees and removing them by Habeas Corpus to their own Lodgings" at eight o'clock in the morning to "Drunkel Quarrels at all Corners of the Streets" at nine o'clock at night p. 10. The author then goes on to condemn among others the excessive lifestyle of the fop the evils of effeminate sodomites and the practice of cursing too frequently. His diatribe against gluttonous eating is illustrated with a diagram of a three-course menu including Soupe au Bourgoise Beef à la Tremblade and Fricasee of Salamanders which he ridicules as having nothing to recommend it "but the Expence and hard Names" p. 31. Octavo 215 x 130 mm pp. 2 62. Woodcut headpiece and initial. Early ink annotation to lower margin of last leaf. Disbound. Extremities creased and nicked some faint dampstain to final leaf otherwise a clean copy in very good condition. ESTC T36083. unknown
1903190103New York: Macmillan 1903. Kill or be killed eat or be eaten was the law; and this mandate down out of the depths of Time he obeyed First edition. Set during the Klondike Gold Rush The Call of the Wild drew in part on Egerton Ryerson Young's My Dogs in the Northland 1902. London's experiences in the Yukon together with his interest in the contrast between civilisation and primitive life informed the novel's underlying allegorical quality Kingman p. 116. The story was initially serialized in The Saturday Post from June to July 1903. Octavo. Colour frontispiece with tissue guard 10 plates colour-illustrated headpieces blue full-page and in-text illustrations by Charles Edward Hooper. Title page printed in blue and black. Original green vertically ribbed green cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt and decorated with red white and black sled dogs design blue pictorial endpapers top edge gilt others untrimmed. Cloth slightly rubbed a couple of leaves a little roughly opened contents clean. A very good copy. Woodbridge 19. Russ Kingman A Pictorial Life of Jack London 1979. hardcover
1934ZB3938091934-1984. volumes 1-51. 1934-1984. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the set. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. unknown
193125353TOLMER 1931 1 Paris, Tolmer, 1931, petit in-4, broché, cartonnage éditeur noir et jaune sous étui, couverture en couleurs illustrée.
193653024London: New Burlington Galleries / Women's Printing Society Ltd 1936. First Edition. Slim octavo 24cm; pictorial wrappers saddle-stitched; 311pp. French gallerist and art dealer Pierre Loeb's copy with "Exemplaire de Pierre Loeb" in red ink on title page by E.L.T. Mesens along with his signature and those of the following individuals associated with the exhibition directly beneath: Shiela Legge André Breton Jacqueline B. Jacqueline Lamba Breton's wife Roland Penrose David Gascoyne Humphrey Jennings Hans Arp and George Reavey. Light external wear and dust-soil wrappers starting to pull away from staples with some scattered discoloration to rear wrapper; a few very light pencil marks in-text else contents quite fresh; Very Good. Housed in a custom clamshell case. Well-preserved catalog of the first Surrealist art exhibition in England organized by artist Roland Penrose and poet David Gascoyne and held at the New Burlington Galleries from June 11th - July 4th 1936. A ground-breaking event described alternately as chaotic indecent and inspiring the organizers assembled nearly 400 paintings and sculptures by 71 Surrealist artists including Hans Arp Jacqueline B. Hans Bellmer Constantin Brancusi Alexander Calder Salvador Dali Marcel Duchamp Alberto Giacometti René Magritte Joan Miró Paul Nash Pablo Picasso Man Ray Yves Tanguy and others. The three-week event was a true spectacle involving Dalí delivering a lecture and nearly passing out while wearing a full deep-sea diving suit Sheila Legge's performance as "The Phantom of Sex Appeal" in Trafalgar Square and poet Dylan Thomas circulating among the guests at the opening offering them cups of boiled string. In addition to listing all 392 works in the exhibit the catalog features a cover illustration by Max Ernst an English-language preface by André Breton translated by Gascoyne and an introduction by Herbert Read. A significant copy signed by several artists and presented to French gallerist Pierre Loeb one of the great champions of Surrealism. On its own a somewhat elusive catalog rarely seen with such a collection of signatures the auction record showing the last such copies for sale in 1976 George Hugnet's copy signed by nine and 1973 Suzanne Malherbe and Claude Cahun's copy signed by 11. 53024. New Burlington Galleries / Women's Printing Society, Ltd unknown
1903140941187New York: The Macmillan Company 1903. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Original dark green cloth stamped in white black and red lettered in gilt gilt topstain. Near Fine with some rubbing to the white "snow" on the covers light rubbing to cloth and small scuff to rear spine joint extending to the rear board name effaced from verso of front free endpaper. A beautiful copy of Jack London's breakout novel narrated from the perspective of a dog named Buck. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1906149996New York: The Macmillan Company 1906. First edition of London's beloved novel. Octavo original pictorial cloth with white and gilt lettering pictorial endpapers. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and 7 color plates by Charles Livingston Bull. With usual cancel title page. BAL notes that the cancel page occurs printed on either wove or on laid paper the rest of the text sheets are all laid paper but no priority or other significance. BAL 11896. Association copy inscribed by London's step-sister at Jack London Ranch "Dearest Jessie I could not think of a more appropriate gift for your birthday than a 1st edition of 'White Fang' written by the boy you & I watched grow into manhood & prominence and whom we both loved. All love & best wishes for many happy returns of the day- Mother. Jack London Ranch June 15 1935." In 1905 London purchased a 1000-acre ranch in Glen Ellen Sonoma County California on the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain. Desirous that the ranch become a successful business enterprise he continued to write purely as a commercial enterprise. The ranch was ultimately an economic failure but it was during this period that London published some of his best-known works including White Fang 1906 The Iron Heel 1908 and Adventure 1911. Eliza Shepard moved to Beauty Ranch Glen Ellen in 1910 where Jack hired her as both ranch supervisor and overseer of the Wolf House Project. Following Jack's death Eliza partnered with his widow Charmian and continued to handle most business matters including the continuation of the ranch and movie rights. In near fine condition with rubbing to the spine. Jack London's bookplate tipped on to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Christophe Stickel Autographs laid in. White Fang takes place in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fang's journey to domestication. It is a companion novel and a thematic mirror to London's best-known work The Call of the Wild which is about a kidnapped domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild. Upon its release it was an immediate success worldwide and became especially popular among younger readers. Robert Greenwood called White Fang "one of London’s most interesting and ambitious works." It has been adapted for the screen numerous times including a 1991 film starring Ethan Hawke. The Macmillan Company hardcover
173642820782<p>Three joined sheets. 21 x 66 in. Copper engraved map three joined sheets fine vivid original hand coloring. Title in Latin and German on left sheet. Old creases several small repairs on verso. Very good condition.</p><p>This famous three-sheet plan of London Westminster and Southwark gives names of streets drainage parish boundaries buildings parks and other places. The right sheet has inset views of St. Paul's Cathedral St. James Square Custom House and the Royal Exchange on right sheet.</p><p><strong>This spectacular plan of London is eminently suited for framing and display.</strong></p> Homann Heirs
1818ABC_49458London 1818. 8vo. printed for the society; and sold by Williams and Co. . and J. Nisbet Modern half red morocco blue paper sides with a red morocco title label on the front lettered and decorated in gold. With a folding engraved map of the islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean dated June 26 1818. 3 1 blank 8 86 pp. Rare work on the history of Otaheite present day Tahiti and the work of the London Missionary Society LMS in the region in the late 18th and early 19th century. The present edition is the second which was published only a few months after the first but has been significantly enlarged with nearly twice as many pages and a map of the islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It was written by and printed for members of the LMS which is possibly why it is quite rare. We have only been able to find three other copies in sales records of the past hundred years.The London Missionary Society was established in 1795 with the intent to do missionary work in Polynesia. Their first voyage to the South Pacific took place in 1796. Thirty missionaries and their families travelled aboard the ship Duff captained by James Wilson 1760-1814 to the various islands on which they were posted namely Tongatapu the Marquesas Islands and Tahiti. The present work gives a short account of this voyage based on primary sources and tells of the experiences of the missionaries on Tahiti in the years after including conflicts with the locals and the operations of the first printing press in the Pacific Islands which was brought to Tahiti by missionary William Ellis 1794-1872 in 1817. The work also includes a translation of four letters from the converted king Pomare II 1782-1821 dated 1807 1815 1816 and 1817 which were sent to the missionaries.The work is lightly browned throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.l Ferguson 718; Forbes 485; Jisc 5 copies; O'Reilly 7620; WorldCat 54238062 806774363 311107978 220179731 83569659; not in Hill; Kroepelien. unknown
1853186203London: Waterlow & Sons 1853. An essential guide for the Victorian Londoner First edition scarce. Fares for horse-drawn cabs in 19th-century London could be highly unpredictable and inexperienced visitors were often exploited. In 1853 the London Hackney Carriage Act increased regulations over the industry and tasked the Commissioner of the Police with enforcing them. This handbook was published to educate potential customers on the new regulations. Cab fares were stipulated at sixpence per mile within a four-mile radius from Charing Cross Road. Beyond this fares were a shilling per mile. This is illustrated with a large folding map at the front of the handbook. Other regulations covered speed and quality of vehicle. We have traced copies at just five institutions in the UK and two in North America. Small octavo. Folding map of "A Circle of Four Miles from Charing Cross" opening to 375 x 400 mm some hand-colour. Original brown wavy-grain cloth blind frames to covers title and arms of the City of London in blind to the upper edges sprinkled brown "Index to Map" printed on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscription to front flyleaf "S. V. Walter 1854". Wear to spine ends a few spots of soiling to sides a little foxing to outer leaves short splits to folding map at stub. A very good copy. hardcover
1914362105Bosworth Inc 1914. Ephemera. Near fine. A terrific large poster for a 1914 silent film based on a Jack London short story. London's story of the same name published in the January 1900 issue of The Atlantic is set in Klondike-era Alaska. One of the central characters Naass is an Aleut whose great-great grandfather was a shipwrecked White European. <br /> <br /> Naass describes himself as "a chief and the son of a chief born between a sunset and a rising on the dark seas in my father’s oomiak." He left the Aleutian Island and came to mainland Alaska. "I turned away from the ocean which never rests and went among the lands where the trees the houses and the mountains sit always in one place and do not move. I journeyed far and came to learn many things even to the way of reading and writing from books." This last is the basis for the image on the poster. <br /> <br /> Hobart Bosworth wrote with Hettie Grey Baker directed and starred in the film version. The poster shows Bosworth as Naass—but looking rather more indigenous than he does in photographs—sitting on a dock and writing in a child's school workbook. The image is a more sympathetic depiction of a Native American that was common at the time.<br /> <br /> The film was released on September 3 1914 by Paramount Pictures. The upper right corner includes an "Authenticated Film" logo for authorized adaptations of Jack London's work. This logo may have resulted from the fact that competing film versions of The Sea Wolf were released in 1913. Bosworth was London's preferred actor and director for film adaptations.<br /> <br /> This is a three-sheet movie poster measuring 42-1/4 by 82 inches assembled from two large stone lithographs on paper mounted to a cloth backing. An exceptional example linen backed with only minor restoration in the margins and the tiniest bit of overpainting to the yellow background at the top. A rare poster. Bosworth, Inc unknown
1691D4443Amsterdam: Carel Allard 1691. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong broadsheets 295 x 380. Lacking title-page and without the 22 pp. accompanying text. 20 large unnumbered engraved plates one with 4 separate scenes etched plates by HUGO ALLARD 4 signed I. VANDEN AVELE 2 signed and JAN LUYKENone signedone with 2-inch tear repaired some minor marginal wear. Original marbled wrappers old paper cover label; cloth folding case. VERY RARE print series illustrating the history of the ascension to the throne of WILLIAM III 1650-1702 and MARY II 1662-1694. The series begins with the Seven Bishops being brought to the Tower of London with a view up the Thames followed by the birth of the Prince of Wales on 10 June 1688 through the entrance of William and Mary into The Hague on 5 February 1691. The series contains several scenes devoted to the festivities surrounding their coronation in London on 11 April 1689. This set of the engravings correspond to Landwehr and appear to have been issued in its original binding without the text; the title-page may have been removed or was not included. Muller considered the 20 plates as a series although he had not seen a bound set with title and the text. Landwehr Splendid Ceremonies 143; Muller 2692. <br/><br/> Carel Allard hardcover
1823423251London: Printed by Ellerton and Henderson Gough Square 1823. Near Fine. Folio 21.5 x 33 cm / 8½" x 13â€. pp. 1 2-3 4 blank. Light vertical and horizontal center folds three short tears at the horizontal fold near fine with a contemporary drawing of a few survey lines and diagrams very lightly sketched in ink and pencil on the final blank page. The Society states its case against slavery in the Colonies of Great Britain where "there are at this moment upwards of 800000 human beings in a state of degrading personal slavery." It provides a brief but detailed description of "the immoral inhuman and unjust" nature of the slave trade and of the absolute power of slave owners. Printed by Ellerton and Henderson, Gough Square unknown
1919748831919. LONDON Jack. On the Makaloa Mat. Original pictorial cloth non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company 1919. First edition. BAL 11981. Woodbridge 162. Posthumous collection of short stories. Spine panel of jacket toned some minor wear else a near fine copy in very good dust jacket. unknown
6806NY: McClure Phillips 1901. 1st edition. florida Pages 299 pp.8vo. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. 1st edition. Sisson & Marten page 4. BAL 11870. London's scarce 2nd book. Inscribed and autographed by the author. "To G. R. Bayntun / with compliments of / Jack London / The Bungalow / Piedmont Calif. / November 26 1902". Some minor soil & wear. Very good condition. NY: McClure, Phillips 1901. hardcover
1691D4443Amsterdam: Carel Allard 1691. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong broadsheets 295 x 380. Lacking title-page and without the 22 pp. accompanying text. 20 large unnumbered engraved plates one with 4 separate scenes etched plates by HUGO ALLARD 4 signed I. VANDEN AVELE 2 signed and JAN LUYKENone signedone with 2-inch tear repaired some minor marginal wear. Original marbled wrappers old paper cover label; cloth folding case. VERY RARE print series illustrating the history of the ascension to the throne of WILLIAM III 1650-1702 and MARY II 1662-1694. The series begins with the Seven Bishops being brought to the Tower of London with a view up the Thames followed by the birth of the Prince of Wales on 10 June 1688 through the entrance of William and Mary into The Hague on 5 February 1691. The series contains several scenes devoted to the festivities surrounding their coronation in London on 11 April 1689. This set of the engravings correspond to Landwehr and appear to have been issued in its original binding without the text; the title-page may have been removed or was not included. Muller considered the 20 plates as a series although he had not seen a bound set with title and the text. Landwehr Splendid Ceremonies 143; Muller 2692. <br/><br/> Carel Allard hardcover books
19519972ROWOHLT ERNST 01/1951. 1. softcover. ROWOHLT, ERNST paperback
1910000447New York: The MacMillan Company 1910. First Edition . Pictorial Cloth. About Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Morgan W. New York: Macmillan 1910. First Edition with spine imprint and 3 blank leaves. 8 Illustrations plates by W. Morgan. BAL 11918; Sisson & Martens p. 47. 12mo 8361112ad pp. Blue cloth lettered in white with blue & yellow illustration. Spine well rubbed covers less so but with some flaking to lettering. Overall About Very Good. Collectible as a nice first edition copy of one of London's Alaska tales the uniqueness of this piece actually lies between the cover and the title page: a tipped in Jack London check signed by London payable to E. Winship dated May 12 1910; an ink inscription beneath the check by Eliza London Shepherd - London's older stepsister who did much to raise him and who served as business manager for the London Ranch from 1910 until her death in 1939 inscription is dated September 18th 1932 at the Jack London Ranch and is to Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Kerrigan; a rather lengthy full page ALS autograph letter signed from Eliza to the same Kerrigans dated September 19th 1932 at Glen Ellen California at the Ranch; and Jack London's now-famous Wolf's Head bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Top provenance. L28 <br/> <br/> The MacMillan Company hardcover
1790136810Buisson, 1787 1790 Douze parties en 14 volumes in-8 plein veau marbré, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison rouge et verte, filet sur les coupes. Table des articles et index à ch. vol. Planches. Divisé en douze parties : I. Histoire naturelle. 2 vol. 21 pl. repl. ; II. Botanique. 2 vol. 2 pl. ; III. Physique expérimentale. Etablie par M. Reynier. 2 vol. 7 pl. 1 déliée ; V. Chimie. Etablie par M. Pinel. 1 vol. ; VI. Anatomie et physique animale. Etablie par M. Pinel. 1 vol. 2 pl. ; VII. Médecine et chirurgie. Etablie par M. Pinel. 2 pl. ; VIII. Matière médicale et pharmacie. Etablie par MM. Wilmet, Bosquillon & Pinel. 2 vol. ; X. Mélanges, observations, voyages. Etablie par M. Millin de Grandmaison; XI - XII. Antiquités et beaux-arts, inventions et machines. Etablie par M. Millin de Grandmaison. 2 vol. 4 pl. & 2 diagr. repliées. Les 3e et 9e partie n’ont été publiées. L’exemplaire est complet des 9 sections en 14 volumes et 38 planches, tel que diffusé à Paris, par le citoyen Buisson. Quelques rousseurs éparses. Petites usures et frottements. Une coiffe usée en pied. Très bon exemplaire.
95253London Luke Hansard 28th July 1800. . Large folio 21 engraved plates scattered marginal spotting 6 being hand-coloured grey wrappers paper label on upper cover housed in modern black cloth foldover box wiith gilt lettered spine.<br /> These reports were published after a petition from the City for the much needed improvement of the London docks. A committee was then appointed in 1796 and various schemes were proposed. The first report was published in 1796 and second in 1799 and finally this one in 1800.<br /><br />The engravings when opened out extend from 42 inches to as much as 73 inches for example the plan for Mr Wilson's proposed Cast iron bridge. There are also various impressive designs for bridges and dock-side developments by Telford and Douglas 4 plans also by Ralph Dodd 6 plans and George Dance 7 plans amongst others all celebrated architects and engineers of the day. There is also a plan of a proposed double bridge at London Bridge with drawbridges and a grand area to the north around the Monument and a smaller semi-circular area to the south. Includes a copy of Sir Christopher Wren's plans for the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire of 1666. A fascinating record of a changing London in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.<br /> London, Luke Hansard, 28th July, 1800. hardcover
1733001899Londres Jacob Tonson 1733
1911146811911. trading in the Solomons One page on "Harbor Rest" stationery dated by ink-stamp July 9 1911. With London's name and address "Glen Ellen Calif." in holograph plus his signature at the end of the letter. The text of this letter we apologize for repeating Jack's language! is: Dear sir:- In reply to yours of recent date. Please don't forget that if tobacco was dreadfully wanted was rarely brought was quickly used and gone etc. that not only pennies but sovereigns and any and all other purchasing mediums would be sedulously accumulated against the day when more tobacco was purchasable. You speak of logic. Nevertheless logically when you grant the cheapness of sovereigns compared with pennies during the course of the first trading then you must grant that in the course of the second trading between the coast niggers and the interior tribes the same ratio will obtain. The interior tribes will hold on to the pennies and dispose of the sovereigns just as the coast niggers did with the white men in the first instance. There are several more ways of looking at it but I shall not burden you. Thank you for your good letter. I love to receive criticisms -- especially when I think I can get back at the other fellow! Sincerely yours signed Jack London Jack wrote this letter during the time in 1911 when he and Charmian were moored in Humboldt Bay on the "Harbor Rest" the house-boat belonging to the former mayor of Eureka H.L. Ricks. They would leave Humboldt Bay four days after Jack wrote this letter heading for Hoopa and the Klamath River ultimately north to Crescent City. There is a great photo at the Huntington of Jack and Charmian posing on board the "Harbor Rest" complete with the boat's name-plate. The recipient was a Boston doctor whose office was on Tremont Row there. We do not know exactly what Dr. Brittain wrote Jack about but it was most likely a "criticism" he had after reading Jack's new book that had just come out the preceding month THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK. This book was the account of Jack and Charmian's voyage aboard their boat The Snark begun in 1907 and planned to last seven years around the world -- but Jack's medical and financial problems cut it short in 1909 after cruising to Hawaii the Solomon Islands Fiji Tahiti and winding up in a hospital in Sydney. Specifically in that book Jack wrote about using the tobacco they had brought to barter for goods on some of the islands see page 289 for an example in the Solomons. Jack's use of "the n-word" was unfortunately not unusual at the time and was especially used by explorers of the South Pacific and of Australia. Our favorite line of the letter is the final one -- revealing Jack's irritation that some doctor in Boston considers himself able to criticize something he knows little about. Like this letter the majority of Jack London's letters were typed. The letter is in very good condition -- with faint evidence at the edges of it having being mounted and with a 1.5-inch tear along an original fold right between "Jack" and "London. unknown books
