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The Call of the Wild / The Men of Forty-Mile / In a Far Country / The Marriage of Lit-Lit / Bâtard (Chatham River Press Classics series)
by LONDON, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0517415135
- ISBN 13
- 9780517415139
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Chatham River Press / Arlington House, Inc.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0517415135 . A handsome reprint edition of the classic story by Jack London, as well as four additional London stories. "The Call of the Wild" first appeared in 1903 and is centered around a domesticated California dog named Buck who is stolen and made to pull a sled in the Yukon. With the original illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull. --- In quarter bonded brown leather with faux marbling to covers and endpapers. AEG (all edges gilt), spine titling in gilt on green blocks. Volume lacks a dust jacket (likely as issued). --- A gift-worthy, well-preserved copy: bright, tightly-bound and clean; lacking damages worthy of mention.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; x, (2), 271 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87718
- Title
- The Call of the Wild / The Men of Forty-Mile / In a Far Country / The Marriage of Lit-Lit / Bâtard (Chatham River Press Classics series)
- Author
- LONDON, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517415135
- ISBN 13
- 9780517415139
- Publisher
- Chatham River Press / Arlington House, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0517415135
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Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
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Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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