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The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Nice condition vintage copy of "The Call of the Wild" by JACK LONDON. 1982; The Franklin Library; Pennsylvania. This edition features numerous black & white illustrations by William Harmuth. Nicely bound in faux leather with gilt page edges on all sides of the text block, four raised bands on the spine, and decorative end papers.
Condition:
There is a thin, very light 1" scuff near the bottom edge of the front cover. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are clean and appear unread with only some very light foxing to the first couple and last couple pages. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition.
Synopsis
Jack London’s The Call of the Wild is an anthropomorphic canine’s unforgettable tale of survival. Set during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, the novel’s main character, Buck, a large and powerful St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd, is stolen from his ranch home in Santa Clara Valley, California, and sold into service as a sled dog. At first, Buck experiences violence and struggles for survival, becoming progressively feral in the harsh environment. By the end, Buck relies on his instinct and learned experience to emerge as the proven leader of the pack. In The Call of the Wild, author Jack London blends his experience as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness with his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, influenced by the work of Darwin and Nietzsche. Thus, although the novel is first and foremost a story about a dog, it displays a philosophical depth absent in most animal adventures. In the summer of 1903, the story was first serialized in four installments in The Saturday Evening Post, which paid $750 for it. Soon after, London sold all rights to The Call of the Wild to Macmillan, which published the story in book format in August of that same year. As the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately, it is safe to say the novel was enormously popular from the moment it was published. It has since secured its place in the canon of American literature. Today, The Call of the Wild is still one of the best-known stories written by an American author and has been published in almost 50 languages. The Call of the Wild is ranked 35th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels and 88th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7331
- Title
- The Call of the Wild
- Author
- Jack London
- Illustrator
- William Harmuth
- Format/Binding
- Decorative
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1982
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- jack london, the chinago, call of the wild, smoke bellow, michael brother jerry, son of the sun, lost face, moon face, cruise of the snark, south sea tales, burning daylight, daughter of the snows, scarlet plague, john barleycorn, iron heel, love of life,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction; Exploration / Travel / Adventure; Outdoor / Nature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
CraigsClassics
Biblio member since 2018
Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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