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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
1920403350Girard KS: Haldeman-Julius Company 1920. 12mo. Original wrappers stapled. Near-fine the wrappers slightly age-darkened. <br/><br/> Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
1913L0270iv1691 ad1 blank pages frontispiece with tissue guard by Gordon Grant. Small Octavo 7" x 4 3/4". Issued in olive cloth stamped in yellow and dark green on front cover and spine. Inscribed by Becky London. Sisson and Martens page 70 First edition variant binding.<br /><br />The Abysmal Brute is a novel by American writer Jack London first published in book form in 1913. It is a short novel and could be regarded as a novelette. It first appeared in September 1911 in Popular Magazine. In the story a successful boxer who was brought up in a log cabin and knows little of the real world begins to realize the corrupt practices in the game of boxing. In 1910 when the story was written London had become a famous writer but he was worried that he had exhausted his ideas. The Abysmal Brute was based on one of several plot outlines he bought from Sinclair Lewis an admirer of London who was at the beginning of his career. Other stories by Jack London about boxing are his novel The Game published in 1905 his short story "A Piece of Steak" of 1909 and his short story "The Mexican" of 1911. The Abysmal Brute based on the novel was made into a movie in 1923; it featured Reginald Denny as Pat Glendon Jr Mabel Julienne Scott as Maud Sangster and Hayden Stevenson as Sam Stubener. Conflict is a 1936 film based on the novel and starring John Wayne as Pat Glendon Jr Jean Rogers as Maud Sangster and Frank Sheridan as Sam Stubener.<br /><br />Becky Bess London Fleming the younger daughter of Jack and Bessie M. London was born October 20 1902 died at 90 years of age on March 26 1992. Becky and her husband Percy Fleming were business partners in a stationary shop in downtown Oakland until retiring. Prior to that Becky had been a stenographer providing her with skills she utilized in transcribing her father's book into Braille for the Institute for the Blind. Becky was the inveterate reader enjoying a wide range of literature from the classics to her father's writings to science fiction. She was also a dedicated baseball fan. The least ten years of here life were spent after her husband's death in Glen Ellen recalling memories of her father for Jack London fans.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Previous owner's gift inscription on front end paper along with Becky London's inscription. Corners gently bumped slight stain to back cover. Jacket chipped with tape repairs on reverse some tears to middle of spine else a very good copy in a good jacket. The Century Company books
1924179302Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company 1924. Pamphlet. 32p. staplebound booklet 3.5x5 inches. "Miss" typed at right edge of front cover. Little Blue Book no. 30. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
1923301381<p>First edition thus. Octavo. Pages 9-60 comprise Jack London's "My Hawaiian Aloha." Pages 61-264 are by Charmain. Illustrated with 16 halftone photos; double page map of Hawaiian Islands. Original gilt stamped blue cloth With the rare unclipped original dust jacket. Fine fresh. No other signatures or bookplates. Laid down on the front pastedown is a 1 page Autograph Letter Signed "Charmain London" in blue fountain pen ink January 1928 Waimea Hawaii to Judge and Mrs. David Forbes. See BAL 11984 for the 1922 American printing issued under the title "Our Hawaii".</p> Mills & Boon, Limited hardcover books
1988258722New York: St. Martin's Press 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. First edition. Pages clean. Illustrated. Name inside front cover. Slight spine lean. Spine ends bumped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1973108971San Francisco California U.S.A.: California Historical Society 1973. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good in wrappers. First Printing October 1973 stated on the copyright page. Selections from Sunset Magazine's first 30 years. Includes contributions from Jack London and Dashiell Hammett. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: California Historical Society unknown books
1972176507Oakland: The Holmes Book Co 1972. Hardcover. 101p. illustrated endpapers frontis-portrait of Jack cast of characters scenes very good first edition limited to 1000 copies in green buckram cloth and gilt with lightly-worn unclipped gold dj. The Holmes Book Co hardcover books
1972304125Oakland The Holmes Book Company 1972. 1972. First edition first printing so stated. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait; pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 101 pages. No signatures or bookplates. One of 1000 copies. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oakland, The Holmes Book Company, 1972. hardcover books
197254662Oakland: Holmes Book Company 1972. First edition. 101 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Designed by Graham Mackintosh. One of 1000 copies. Oakland: Holmes Book Company, unknown books
192818642New York: Vanguard Press. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1928. 2nd printing. Hardcover. very slight deterioration to cloth along bottom edge minor bumping/slight fraying at top rear corner old price sticker affixed to upper corner of ffep still quite a nice example of this cheaply-produced book; jacket browned with age especially at spine but complete with just a touch of chipping at top of spine bookstore name rubber-stamped at bottom of rear panel. Agitprop from the writer who "found enduring inspiration in his Socialist faith." Contains the following essays original publication dates noted: "The Apostate" 1906; "The Dream of Debs" 1909; "How I Became a Socialist" 1903; "The Scab" 1904; "What Life Means to Me" 1906; "Revolution" 1908. . Vanguard Press hardcover books
19794429NY CROWN 1979 1979. SIGNED BY KINGMAN FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. Signed by Authors. F. NY, CROWN, 1979 unknown books
310035Berkeley CA: Wilcox n.d. INSCRIBED on the verso "To my Auntie's dear friend and mine. Most affectionately Charmian January '96". 4 x 3 inches. Mounted on studio card. INSCRIBED on the verso "To my Auntie's dear friend and mine. Most affectionately Charmian January '96". 4 x 3 inches. Inscribed. "Intelligent vivacious comely and daringly independent-- Charmian London was the prototypal New Woman; she became London's ideal 'Mate Woman' and served as the model for Maud Brewster in his popular classic The Sea-Wolf 1904 and also for the heroines in his agrarian trilogy: Burning Daylight 1910 The Valley of the Moon 1913 and The Little Lady of the Big House 1916" ANB. Wilcox unknown books
191353021New York: The Century Company 1913. Second Printing with three blank terminal leaves. Octavo 19.75cm; dark green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; viii3433pp with frontispiece and seven illustrations by H.T. Dunn. Rough erasure to previous owners name on front endpaper gentle sunning to spine with some wear to spine ends and lower board edges and a few faint smudges to covers; Very Good lacking the dustjacket. London's classic account of alcoholism here fictionalized but clearly based on his own experiences. BAL 11946; SISSON pp.71-72; WOODBRIDGE 113. The Century Company unknown books
1941WRCLIT68279Burbank: Warner Brothers 1941. Vintage one sheet 27 x 41" lithographed in shades of blue red and black. Folded with some small breaks at the junctions of folds mended on verso small area of smudging pinholes at corners from intended use some small marginal losses and breaks at edges of folds; a good unrestored example. A dramatic color lithographed one sheet promoting the fourth film adaptation of London's novel based on a screenplay by master screenwriter/director Robert Rossen directed by Michael Curitz and starring Edward G. Robinson Ida Lupino John Garfield and Barry Fitzgerald et al. London's novel had been filmed three previous times: silent versions in 1913 and 1920 and a sound version in 1930. Curiously enough London had a part in the 1913 version. An uncommon and fragile poster. Warner Brothers unknown books
198323412Santa Barbara: Neville Publishing Inc 1983. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 300 numbered copies this being copy no.140. Quarto 28cm; publisher's beige canvas cloth with title labels applied to spine and front cover; x413pp; illus. A Fine copy. Collects three previously unpublished Klondike stories: "The Devil's Dice Box" "The Test: A Klondike Wooing" and "A Klondike Christmas." Edited and with a foreword by Earle Labor. Neville Publishing, Inc unknown books
192231542New York: The Macmillan Company 1922. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.25cm; red cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and in black on front cover; dustjacket; xii 4 180pp; with a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author and seven inserted black and white illustrations by George M. Richards. Mild offset from jacket flaps onto endpapers with faint scattered foxing to text edges; cloth uniformly bright and clean with the gilt bright and unrubbed; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped with front flap trimmed at an odd angle as with nearly all copies we have seen; mild sunning to spine and front panel with uniform dust-soil overall; shallow losses to corners with small nicks to spine ends and a few closed tears; substantially complete unrestored and certainly Very Good or better. Posthumously-published work collecting 10 of London's adventure stories for young readers and notably including the only book appearance of his first story written for publication "Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan." With a preface by Charmian London. WOODBRIDGE 164; BAL 11985. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1907Embry 193059Macmillan 1907. First edition first printing. Spine a little dull minor rubbing to spine tips overall very good to near fine in custom mylar cover. Coarse grained brown cloth titled in read and cream and with brown foot-prints across front panel. Macmillan, 1907. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1987Embry 146694Easton Press 1987. Publisher's book plate with owner's name adhered to front free endpaper else fine. Illus. by Frank Mayo. Full green leather decoratively gilt. Part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series. Includes the Collector's Notes. Easton Press, 1987. hardcover books
197585692Port Washington:: Kennikat Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0804691142 . Edited by Dale L. Walker. Preface by Philip Jose Farmer. First edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . Kennikat Press, hardcover books
1989Embry 171987Westvaco 1989. Limited edition. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. Maroon leatherette. Westvaco, 1989. Limited edition. hardcover books
197092684Garden City:: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. B000NBEYFI . Edited by King Hendricks and Irving Shepard. Stated first edition. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper else very good in a good edge worn with a few small chips age darkened price clipped dust jacket. . Doubleday & Company, hardcover books
193646425NY:: Cupples & Leon Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. A reprint edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear light foxing on verso dust jacket. . Cupples & Leon Company, hardcover books
195687789Garden City:: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Edited by Irving Shepard. Black and white photographs. A later printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Richard M. Powers. ; 532 pages . Doubleday & Company, hardcover books
191522555London: Mills & Boon Ltd 1915. Second edition of this UK promotional brochure issued as an advertisement primarily for the Mills & Boon edition of The Mutiny of the Elsinore and reprinting London's essay "Some Early Recollections"; small 4to approx. 8" x 6" pp. 8; printed on gray paper; 9 illus. of London et ux; self-wrappers; fine. See BAL 11948. <br/><br/> Mills & Boon Ltd unknown books
