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195007boldly accomplished entirely in his hand; cancellation perforations through "Jack" which is still legible San Francisco October 17 1911. 2 3/4" x 6 1/2". Check No. 460 in the amount of $25.00 drawn on the Merchants National Bank of San Francisco . Western Union Company Sonoma. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
190727577New York: Macmillan 1907. First edition. v i 265 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gold. Some faint spotting to fore-edge else near fine. First edition. v i 265 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 11904 Macmillan unknown books
1910200839New York: Macmillan 1910. First. hardcover. very good. 8vo maroon ribbed cloth stamped in gilt. New York: MacMillan 1910. First Edition.<br/><br/> In the preferred binding; 4pp of terminal ads. There is a touch of wear at the corners & bottom edge. BAL 11916.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1911296477New York: Macmillan 1911. First. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated. 8vo blue-green ribbed cloth with color inset label. New York: Macmillan 1911. First Edition.<br/><br/> Fine copy with the slightest lean.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1910BOOKS004983ix309iv ads pages. Small octavo 7 3/4" x 5 1/2". bound in original publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover with the preferred "THE MACMILLAN COMPANY" on spine. 2130 copies printed. BAL 11916 Sisson & Martens 46 First edition. <br /><br />A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908 published in 1910. The lead essay "Revolution" outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active participant in the "socialist revolution" the last essay is an autobiographical piece and the essays in between are on diverse subjects. A few of the "essays" are actually humorous short fiction stories; others are serious sometimes angry rants against capitalistic greed and political corruption. All of the pieces are thought-provoking and excellently written though only loosely intellectual highly opinionated and rife with contradiction as was London himself.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners gently bumped spine ends and corners moderately rubbed previous owner's name on front end paper. Very good to fine dust jacket. MacMillan and Company hardcover books
WALTER-FILM004275No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print London: 1968. Vintage original 19 7/8 x 12 1/2"" 51 x 32 cm. theatre poster UK. Sammy Davis Jr. scored a great success when he premiered this musical adapted from the Clifford Odets 1937 play on Broadway in 1964. This poster is for a London revival of the show FINE. unknown books
178332765London printed. Hartford: Re-printed and Sold by Nathaniel Patten 1783. "A New Edition Corrected" Alston 235; Evans 18005. Brown sheep spine over period drab paper-wrapped birch boards. Some general binding wear with front board lacking lower corner outerlying text leaves curling in that area. Old inked price "2/-" in upper corner of ffep with removed bookplate in center. Withal a VG copy. vii 8 - 131 1 blank pp. 12mo: A4 B - Q4 R2. 6-3/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Re-printed, and Sold by Nathaniel Patten hardcover books
190842911New York: Macmillan Co. 1908. FIRST EDITION February 1908 . Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. New York: Macmillan Co. 1908. FIRST EDITION February 1908 . 354 4 ads pp. Hardcover. 8vo size. Pictorially stamped blue cloth. Light wear to cloth at extremities else quite good. Very good/No dust jacket. Insurance required to ship this item. Macmillan Co. hardcover books
1905128821905. New York: The Macmillan Company 1905. 3 pp undated ads. Original maroon cloth. First Edition which consisted of only 2530 copies -- fewer copies than any known printing of all earlier Jack London books except his first book THE SON OF THE WOLF 2028 copies. By contrast THE CALL OF THE WILD consisted of 71584 copies and THE SEA-WOLF consisted of 63337 copies. The book consists of seven essays on socialism. Much of the content derived from London's earlier trip to Europe after hanging around the London slums London had sallied off to Paris and Rome where he hobnobbed with the socialists in each city. To quote from London's preface: It is the hope of the writer that the socialistic studies in this volume may in some slight degree enlighten a few capitalistic minds. The capitalist must learn first and for always that socialism is based not upon the equality but upon the inequality of men. This is a near-fine copy slightly faded on the spine as usual but otherwise just a little rubbing at the very tips. Quite an uncommon London title. Sisson & Martens p. 22; Blanck 11885. <br/><br/> hardcover books
191334647New York: The Century Co 1913. 1st edition 1st printing BAL 11942; Sisson p. 38; Smith L-454. Blue-grey cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering & black stamped totem polls to front board with "DD" monogram. Square & tight. A VG copy. 6 290 4 pp. Publisher adverts penultimate leaf; last leaf blank. Inserted color frontispiece. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> The Century Co hardcover books
1860008436London; Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten 1860. Second Edition Revised 1860 with two thousand additional words. xvi 300 pp including frontis titled A Canter's Map of a Begging District. Bound in publisher's original pebbled brown cloth gilt lettering at spine blind tooled rules and publisher's blind tooled initials center of front and rear covers dark brown end papers. Very Good contemporary ownership signature of R.N. Payne Sheffield 1860 top of title page later owners inked notations top of title page and verso of front end page pencil note bottom verso front end page 2" closed tear fore edge frontis map 1" fore edge tear p. 169 internally clean and bright. SCARCE in today's market in either the 1859 1st or 1860 2nd Editions. One of the most important works on English slang. . Second Edition Revised. Pebbled Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Camden Hotten Hardcover books
191029008553Paris: Etablissements Bacholet c1910. Fading on cover. Else fine. 16 unnumbered pp. Large format color trade catalogue for baby bottles bottle nipples teats pacifiers sterilizers b breast pumps and tubing. The bottles are in various shapes with different embossing in the glass of each; one even has a built in air release valve. It includes a wide variety of bottle nipples including beige red and black; those made of molded or seamed rubber. Also includes a variety of glass breast pumps with extension tubing as necessary. Text block held in place with silk string tie. Measures 13" x 10". <br/><br/> Etablissements Bacholet unknown books
17487583London: Sold in May's buildings 1748. 12mo 17.3 cm 6.75". 2 ff. 55 1 pp. <br><br>In this short pamphlet the author criticizes Pelham the other ministers and parliament for their handling of the War of the Austrian Succession between Great Britain and France and of the peace of 1748 especially for their commitments to Hanover. This is one of two editions both printed in 1748.<br>Â Â Â Â Rare: ESTC locates three copies in Britain and only one in the U.S. but we know of two others. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T71519. Self-wrappers; spine rebacked with paper; rubber-stamp on first page. A few closed tears or instances of shallow chipping not affecting impression with paper repair on the verso of the first leaf. Outer pages lightly foxed and soiled interior pages with occasional spots of foxing or soiling. [Sold in May's buildings] unknown books
191027583New York: Macmillan 1910. First edition. Frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. pp.i-viii 1-361; blank p. 362; ads pp. 363-365 blank p. 366. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in yellow and white. First edition. Frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. pp.i-viii 1-361; blank p. 362; ads pp. 363-365 blank p. 366. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL notes two printings; this copy corresponds to BAL's first in collation by signature but has the three final blank leaves which normally denote the second printing in which however the signatures are unsigned. Possibly an intermediate state. BAL 11918 Macmillan unknown books
4717The document is a check written out by London on "The Bank of Hawaii Ld." for $29.25. The author signed in full in dark black pen faded to gray. The bank's cancellation mark shows in red dated Aug. 15 1907. London and his wife visited Hawaii for the first time in 1907. Exceptional condition. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction London was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. unknown books
1916RLONACO00MELMacmillan 1916. Very Good. London Jack. The Acorn-Planter: A California Forest Play. New York: Macmillan 1916. First edition. vi 84pp. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges spine is soiled with numerical inscription and ends chipped fading to gilt edge and lettering on cover and front free endsheet has remains on an old label. Text clean. Very scarce. Macmillan unknown books
19038677New York. Macmillan. 1903. 1st Issue binding. Gilt and black lettered pictorial blue-grey cloth. t.e.g. 8vo. 1st Printing. Illustrated with photographs. BALL 11877: Sisson & Martens 15. Slight lean. Head and tailpieces rubbed. Corners bumped. A Very Good bright copy of this scarce title. Macmillan. hardcover books
1915WRCLIT29454New York: Macmillan 1915. Brown cloth with pictorial stamping in shades of orange. Frontis and illus. by Gordon Grant. Very minor sunning to spine otherwise a near fine bright copy. First published edition preceded by a printing presumably intended for copyright purposes. "Undoubtedly London's best fantastic story told with considerable artistry and with less tub-thumping and breast-beating than usual" - Bleiler. BLEILER SF 1358. BAL 11960. Macmillan hardcover books
190419183New York: The Macmillan Company 1904. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; publisher's light blue vertical-ribbed cloth with titles stamped in white on spine Blanck's 'B' binding and decorations stamped in ivory orange and navy blue on front panel; top edge gilt; 366 3pp ads; illustrated frontispiece with 5 black and white plates inserted. Hinges neatly repaired cloth lightly rubbed and soiled at extremities with gilt at top edge dulled and final plate present but detached; faint thumb-sized dampstain to lower edge of final 30pp; just Very Good. One of London's best-known adventure novels basis for numerous film adaptations including the classic 1941 Michael Curtiz film starring Edward G. Robinson John Garfield and Ida Lupino. BAL 11882. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1913126841913. New York: The Century Company 1913. 1 page undated ads. Original blue-grey cloth decorated in black. First Edition of this collection of ten short stories. In addition to the title story the volume includes "The Madness of John Harned" "Bunches of Knuckles" and "To Kill a Man." This was the second of four books in a row published by Century after Jack had strayed from Macmillan on his trip to New York a year earlier. He had business in New York with the Millergraph investment he had bought into the invention of a new lithographic process which promptly went awry and he took Charmian there in the winter of 1911. It was the worst time of her marriage. He abandoned her most of the time in an apartment on Morningside Heights while he roistered night and day round the city with. a pack of friends. He stopped writing and drank heavily unable to resist the lure of being a literary lion. He went to boxing matches he spent the nights on Broadway or with chorus girls. Sinclair It was in this frame of mind that Jack marched into Macmillan and demanded that his royalty be increased from 15% to 20% -- and wound up with Century instead. This copy is in the primary binding lettering in gilt with totem poles in black; it has only one blank leaf at the rear other than the endpaper which is "presumed" by bibliographers to indicate the first state. It is an unusually bright copy fine except for minor natural wrinkling of the spine cloth; this is a Decorative Designers binding. Sisson & Martens p. 68; Blanck 11942. <br/><br/> hardcover books
182722538London: S.W. Fores 1827. Pictorial Boards. Mat and illustration. Near fine. Hand colored engraving 10 x 14 inches in mat 15 x 17 inches. Wellington flourishing a document inscribed "Corn Bill" leads Whig blocks against the Ministry represented by Canning and Goderich who stand on the left. The Duke kicks at his opponents stating the Corn Bill must be carried. The two tilted blocks toward Wellington represent Lansdowne and Grey. Goderich pointing to Wellington says "This Opposition is mot appalling -- your squibs will not even singe their whiskers. You'd better make Field-marshals of them. - I oppose the third reading." Canning with a mocking smile. says: "That's a good and rich idea; they'll make excellent Marshals - their head will need little protection." A few small spots at right margin. S.W. Fores unknown books
179322537London: S.W. Fores 1793. Pictorial Boards. Mat and illustration. Fine. Hand colored engraving 10 x 14 inches in mat 15.5 x 20 inches. One of many prints as Fox as a Jacobin. Here the Devil offers Fox a choice of dagger pistol halter poison. His hair rises in horror as he listens to words that dart at him in the guise of flashes of lightening. A few examples: "the Sans Coulots admire thee" "The Wigs forsake thee" All true friends to their King & Constitution Abhor thee" The Poissards French fish wives who led the riots during the French Revolution Love thee etc. Bright very clean colors and text. S.W. Fores unknown books
1912126831912. Illustrated by P. J. Monahan. New York: The Century Co 1912. Original blue-grey cloth pictorially decorated in black and cream. First Edition of this loosely-connected series of tales about a tenderfoot journalist who goes to the Klondike in search of gold and in his efforts to prove himself to the girl he loves undergoes a series of dangerous adventures. There was a humanity and a relaxation in his Smoke Bellew stories and they sold well in book form. Gone was the myth of Alaska the sense of a superman pitting himself against necessity and the unknown. The deeds of daring of the hero from Harvard were often tongue-in-cheek more Twain than Melville. Sinclair SMOKE BELLEW was the first book published after his string of titles based upon the Pacific voyage of the "Snark"; he wrote this thereafter while he and Charmian were settled into their "Beauty Ranch." Jack was still recovering from some of the diseases he had incurred on the trip and was increasingly relying upon alcohol to assist him. SMOKE BELLEW was also the first of several London titles published by Century: along with his drinking he was developing a sense of suspiciousness and superiority which led him to mistrust Macmillan and seek out another publisher -- a decision he quickly regretted since Century would prove to have much less patience or understanding with him. This is a handsome nearly fine copy just a hint of cover soil but essentially no wear; atypically the cream-colored moon on the front cover is quite bright and unrubbed. The pictorial cover is by Decorative Designers. Sisson & Martens p. 66; Blanck 11939. <br/><br/> hardcover books
190126096New York: McClure Phillips & Company 1901. Hardcover. 299p. very good first edition in blue cloth boards and gilt titles and decorations hinges sound minor rubbing to cloth deckled edges device on title page copyright 1901 Sisson/Martens page 4 BAL 11870. A very attractive bright copy of London's second booka collection of 8 stories originally published in McClure's Magazine. McClure, Phillips & Company hardcover books
1914137941914. With Frontispiece. New York: The Macmillan Company 1914. 6 pp undated ads. Original light blue cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition of this collection of seven socialistic tales. Two of them "The Dream of Debs" and "South of the Slot" he had written years earlier just after the San Francisco earthquake. In the former which was later published as a separate pamphlet San Francisco is destroyed by another form of catastrophe a nationwide general strike. The wealthy narrator wakes up with the premonition of an earthquake to come. Yet there is only silence the silence of nobody going to work. Slowly the city breaks down. Violence flares between the slum people and the upper classes. Sinclair In the title story London mocks his old god Kipling whom his earliest Alaskan tales emulated: primitive men choose brotherhood over capitalism rejecting the lies of their "Lip-King." Macmillan produced only 3948 copies of this book -- which with the exception of London's plays and his few nonfiction titles is one of the smallest number of copies of all his works -- fewer than THE SCARLET PLAGUE fewer than THE HOUSE OF PRIDE fewer than SOUTH SEA TALES fewer than THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS. Not only were a small number printed but the binding was unfortunately lettered in white -- which typically is found quite eroded today. This however is a fine copy with none of the white eroded cloth very slightly dusty. Quite uncommon in this condition. Sisson & Martens p. 76; Blanck 11955. <br/><br/> hardcover books
