Burning Daylight.
by LONDON, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy in a very nice jacket with one small chip at the top of the spine.
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, n.d.. Photoplay edition, illustrated with stills from The First National Picture. . publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. A near fine copy in a very nice jacket with one small chip at the top of the spine.. 8vo,.
Synopsis
Partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith, Burning Daylight was Jack London's best selling book during his lifetime. The novel is set in the Yukon Territory in 1893, telling the story of an adventurer, nicknamed “Burning Daylight,” who went to Alaska and laid the foundations of his fortune before the gold hunters arrived. Burning Daylight was adapted for American films in 1914, 1920, 1928, and 2010.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15974
- Title
- Burning Daylight.
- Author
- LONDON, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy in a very nice jacket with one small chip at the top of the spine.
- Edition
- Photoplay edition, illustrated with stills from The First Nation
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- n.d.
- Pages
- 361 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photoplay editions;
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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