[Rarebooks] FS: 6 JACK LONDON First Editions, all with prices greatly reduced
Charles Agvent
chagvent at ptd.net
Thu Oct 11 13:47:34 EDT 2012
Take an additional 10% off of the total if you purchase them all:
Price reduced: Was $150, Now $60
LONDON, JACK. ADVENTURE. New York: MacMillan, 1911. First American
Edition. In the somewhat uncommon variant binding of decorated red cloth
stamped in white and without the frontispiece found in the blue binding.
BAL 11928. Most of the white stamping, as usual with this binding, is
rubbed off of both the spine and front cover. Bottom front cover a
little worn. Very Good or better. (#009335) $60.00
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Price reduced: Was $450, Now $300
LONDON, JACK. BURNING DAYLIGHT. New York: MacMillan, 1910. First
Edition. Decorated blue cloth stamped in white and yellow with one final
blank page and an endpaper. BAL 11918: First Printing. Frontispiece and
seven inserted plates. Small pencil initials with date of 25 Dec. 1910
on the front endpaper. Some rubbing of the white stamping on the spine
only, most noticeably the publisher's name at the heel of the spine
which is barely discernable. Near Fine, bright copy. (#009334)
$300.00
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Price reduced: Was $500, Now $350
LONDON, JACK. LOST FACE. New York: MacMillan, 1910. First Edition.
Decorated blue cloth. BAL 11915. Only 6,954 copies printed. Illustrated
with six plates. Contains London's classic and much anthologized story
"To Build A Fire," about a man and his dog on the Yukon trail. Small
Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of noted collector La Fayette Butler on
the front pastedown. Bright copy, close to Fine. (#009329) $350.00
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Price reduced: Was $300, Now $150
LONDON, JACK. *LOVE OF LIFE. *New York: MacMillan, 1907. First Edition.
Original decorated blue cloth stamped in white. Only 7,973 copies
printed. White border on the front cover rubbed away in spots. Very
Good. (#005234)$150.00
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Price reduced: Was $175, Now $125
LONDON, JACK. THE SEA-WOLF. New York: MacMillan, 1904. First Edition.
Decorated blue cloth. Second state of title page, the first being rare.
Binding stamped in white on spine. Illustrations by W. J. Aylward.
Covers a bit soiled, rubbed but lettering still clear. About Very Good.
(#005018) $125.00
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Price reduced: Was $500, Now $250
LONDON, JACK. WHEN GOD LAUGHS. New York: MacMillan, 1911. First Edition.
Decorated green cloth. BAL 11926. One of only 3,758 copies. Title leaf a
cancel, as with all copies noted by Blanck. Illustrated with six plates.
Hinges with neat, old repairs. Small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of
noted collector La Fayette Butler on the front pastedown. Gilt and
stamping strong. Bright, Near Fine copy. (#009330) $250.00
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