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1905429491905. LONDON Jack. THE GAME. New York: The MacMillan Co. London: MacMillan and Co. 1905. First edition. 8vo. green cloth. Front board stamped in red and grey spine stamped in grey and gilt t.e.g. This is the variant noted in BAL as having Metropolitan Magazine Co. stamp on copyright page. A very good copy with some wear to extremities and spine ends and moderate soiling at the boards. Ink ownership on half-title. BAL 11886. unknown books
190545564New York: The Macmillan Company 1905. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company 1905. FIRST EDITION. Numerous b/w illustrations. 182 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark teal cloth. Gilt lettering to spine red lettering and white illustrative stamp to front board. Professionally recased with head and heel of spine restored; head and heel lightly bumped; corners lightly bumped and rubbed; hinges and extremities lightly rubbed; boards lightly soiled; scattered minimal foxing to preliminaries. Interior clean. Very good-/No dust jacket. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1974160811Berkeley: Thorp Springs Press 1974. Octavo pp. 1-3 1-25 pictorial wrappers. First separate edition. Originally published in 1908 in RED MAGAZINE a British periodical and later collected in London's REVOLUTION AND OTHER ESSAYS 1910. Rooney Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias 1865-1917 p. 192. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 142. A fine copy. #160811 Thorp Springs Press unknown books
1974160812Berkeley: Thorp Springs Press 1974. Octavo pp. 1-3 1-25 pictorial wrappers. First separate edition. Originally published in 1908 in RED MAGAZINE a British periodical and later collected in London's REVOLUTION AND OTHER ESSAYS 1910. Rooney Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias 1865-1917 p. 192. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 142. Front cover a bit tanned else a fine copy. #160812 Thorp Springs Press unknown books
1920126891920. New York: The Macmillan Company 1920. Original maroon cloth. First American Edition which consisted of only 4990 copies. HEARTS OF THREE was published four years after London's death and two years after it was published in England. Like his two late books about dogs this was hackwork necessary to raise cash which he wrote in Hawaii during his final year. The last long novel of his life HEARTS OF THREE was a sorry business a piece of romantic trash that bore no mark of Jack's style at all. It was the first time he had been asked to "novelize" a screenplay. In fact HEARTS OF THREE was a serial adventure story of fifteen episodes written by the screenwriter of "The Perils of Pauline" and "The Exploits of Elaine." To ask an author of Jack's quality to flesh it out was an insult and an indignity. He wrote it because the Hearst Sunday supplements bribed him with $25000 over and above his regular contract with Cosmopolitan. He thought the book would have a large sale; it was so badly done that in fact it failed. Sinclair "Romantic trash" or not it is a Jack London title and a none-too-common one at that. This is a remarkably bright copy fine except for the slightest of wear at the spine tips. Quite uncommon thus. Sisson & Martens p. 104; Blanck 11982. <br/><br/> 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
1982192448Library of America 1982-11-01. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 12th Library of America printing. Slipcase and book are clean has a good binding and crisp pages includes the original Library of America supplement sheet. Some neat underlining in first 40 pages. Green cloth boards. Bottom of slipcase lightly scuffed. HB HS Library of America hardcover books
1982SKU1030784Library of America 1982-11-01. Hardcover. New. 0940450054 New in shrink wrap. Green cloth boards in slipcase. Library of America hardcover books
23035Westwood MA: Connecticut State Committee / Ariel Press. Softcover. Wraps good both front and rear wrap detached as is frontispiece but all are present with a small chip to corner of front wrap. Uncommon as a first edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Connecticut State Committee / Ariel Press paperback books
1917447579New York: Macmillan 1917. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second printing. Owner's name on front fly a little rubbing on the boards a near fine copy. Macmillan hardcover books
1917137641917. New York: The Macmillan Company 1917. 8 pp undated ads. Original orange-brown cloth with dog silhouettes in black. First Edition of this posthumously-published book about a dog written by the author while stretched out on Waikiki Beach. In early 1915 Jack and Charmian left California for Hawaii plagued by financial problems he owned and owed mortgages on six houses for himself and for his dependents -- yet the financial problems were not so bad that the two of them couldn't have four or five servants in Honolulu. The only way out of the financial problems was through hackwork. He decided to set off for Hawaii with Charmian and to write two new dog stories. They had never failed him. The market would lap them up. The leisured life in Honolulu did not encourage him to write well and his two dog novels were no more than competent products for the market. JERRY OF THE ISLANDS was the worse with its hero a thoroughbred Irish terrier specially trained for n-word-chasing. Yet this hackwork did keep his head above water. Sinclair This is a very good-plus copy with very minor soil and rubbing; the front paste-down bears a "News Co." ink-stamp. Sisson & Martens p. 94; Blanck 11973. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1917191778New York: Macmillan 1917. Hardcover. ix 337p. 3 leaves 6p. of ads color frontispiece hinges sound very good first edition per Sisson page 94 BAL 11973 red cloth boards with black vignette of two dogs in silhouette gilt titles author name in black covers lightly rubbed 5 small stains at upper-right corner of cover spine with gilt titles. Macmillan hardcover books
1917WRCLIT38122New York: Macmillan 1917. Brick orange cloth lettered in gilt stamped in black. Frontis. First edition the cloth color is a variant not in BAL. Rear inner hinge cracking slightly small ink ownership inscription Honolulu 1917 on endsheet small smudge of black touches stamping of London's name on upper cover a couple minor tape shadows on free endsheets else a very good bright copy. BAL 11973. Macmillan hardcover books
1917WRCLIT38123New York: Macmillan 1917. Red cloth lettered in gilt stamped in black. Frontis. First edition. Spine a bit sunned with rubbing at tips rear endsheets foxed otherwise a near very good copy. BAL 11973. Macmillan hardcover books
1930WRCLIT32362Berlin: Universitas 1930. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. Frontis illustrations. First edition in German of THE CRUISE OF THE DAZZLER translated by Erwin Magnus. With illustrations by Jan Blisch. Bookplate and private library stamp spine faded boards a bit foxed light wear to corners spine a bit cocked but a good tight copy lacking the dust jacket. Universitas, [ hardcover books
1913RLONJOH00MELThe Century Co. 1913. Very Good. London Jack. John Barleycorn. New York: The Century Co. 1913. 343pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges faint soiling and gutter soft between pages 232 and 233. The Century Co. hardcover books
1913ULONJOH00TDGrosset & Dunlap 1913. Good. London Jack. John Barleycorn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1913. 343pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Brown cloth. Book condition: Good with lightly bumped and rubbed edges. Former owner's name penciled on front free endsheet and half title. Several dog-eared pages. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1913RLONJOH00LAWCentury Co. 1913. Very Good. London Jack. John Barleycorn. New York: Century Co. 1913. 1st Edition. 343pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped and rubbed corners. Subtle foxing on endsheets. In plastic protector. Century Co. unknown books
1913136651913. Illustrated by H.T. Dunn. New York: The Century Co. 1913. Original very dark green cloth. First Edition first issue with only one blank leaf at the rear other than the endpaper. This was London's "confessional book" a fictional but quite autobiographical tale that Jack wrote to exorcise his shame -- which bore witness to the fear behind Jack's renewed and excessive drinking. The prohibitionists had cleverly used the universal terror of syphilis to urge the crusade against the saloon. Only after a man had too much to drink -- the propaganda said -- would he pick up a woman and a disease to blight the home. With his secret fears about contamination by disease or alcohol Jack provided in JOHN BARLEYCORN the best ammunition that the drys had ever been handed by a major writer. JOHN BARLEYCORN was sensational as the history of a man who drank too much yet who claimed to hold his liquor. Its author only hinted at the psychological and physical fears that made him a heavy drinker and while the book overstated the deprivation of his youth it understated the internal disturbances and agony in his kidneys which drove him to the stupor of the bottle. "The only trouble I may say about JOHN BARLEYCORN" he wrote in 1913 "is that. I did not dare put in the whole truth." The truths he omitted were. the connection between his drinking and early whoring on the waterfront his horror that Charmian's loss of her child might have resulted from a taint in his blood due to the mixed poison of alcohol and residual disease. Sinclair This is a near-fine copy a touch of natural bubbling of the cloth spine gilt less than bright. Sisson & Martens p. 72; Blanck 11946. unknown books
017356New York; August 1913: The Century Co. First Edition. Octavo. First issue with two blanks at the end 343pp. bound in green-black cloth lettered in gilt spine lettering gilt some rubbing to cloth along bottom edge rear board and corners otherwise a near fine copy. An autobiographical novel set in California where Jack deals with his enjoyment of drinking and the struggles of alcoholism. A very nice copy. The Century Co unknown books
1913WM09129New York: The Century Co. 1913. Original black cloth with yellow lettering. Binding has overall wear and lettering is dim especially on spine. Spine has vertical crease. Edges are soiled. Owner penciled name on ffep. 8 black and white illustrations. BAL 11946. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by H.T.Dunn. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Century Co. Hardcover books
191316538NY: The Century Co 1913. First edition first printing with a single blank leaf in the rear. 8vo pp. 343. Dark blue cloth a couple of little nicks o/w a fine copy. BAL 11946. The Century Co unknown books
1913004315New York: The Century Club 1913. First Edition. Octavo. 343pp. illustrated by H.T. Dunn. A sobering first-hand classic of a knock-around life and the effects of alcohol the White Logic and the Long Sickness associated with drinking. Bound in dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Scattered foxing to title page and frontispiece internally clean. A very good copy. The Century Club unknown books
191327862New York: The Century Co. 1913 1913. First edition. BAL 11946 printing 1; Smith American Fiction 1901-1925; L-445. Faint foxing to the plates; very good copy. 8vo original dark green cloth gilt lettering. Frontis and seven plates. Jack London's autobiographical novel whose main character is named for the famous English folk song - "John Barleycorn" - and like his English namesake struggles with alcohol. <br/><br/> New York: The Century Co., 1913 unknown books
1967159651London: Arco Publishing Company Inc 1967. The Fitzroy Edition. Hardcover. VG-/Good clean and tight but with rubbing to dj; art school ex-lib. with usual marks. Brown cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Yellow dj with black shadow image; red lettering. Protective cover. 190 pp. with no illus. London's autobiographic classic about alcoholism. Arco Publishing Company, Inc hardcover books