Before Adam
by Jack London
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
First edition. BAL 11903. A bright, near fine copy. With 8 full-page color illustrations and numerous drawings by Charles Livingston Bull. NF in woven beige cloth with bright front boards with title and author in bright red letters traced in white; all 5 footprints clean and bright! Spine slightly slightly faded with small spot of white discoloration. End papers are bright without tanning. A collector's copy.
Synopsis
A young man in modern America is terrorized by visions of an earlier, primitive life. Across the enormous chasm of thousands of centuries, his consciousness has become entwined with that of Big-Tooth, an ancestor living at the dawn of humanity. Big-Tooth makes his home in Pleistocene Africa, a ferocious, fascinating younger world torn by incessant conflict between early humans and protohumans. Before Adam is a remarkable and provocative tale that thrust evolution further into the public spotlight in the early twentieth century and has since become a milestone of speculative fiction. The brilliance of the book lies not only in its telling but also in its imaginative projection of a mindset for early humans. Capitalizing on his recognized ability to understand animals, Jack London paints an arresting and dark portrait of how our distant ancestors thought about themselves and their world.
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- Bookseller
- EGR books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3030
- Title
- Before Adam
- Author
- Jack London
- Illustrator
- Charles Livingston Bull
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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