The Sea-Wolf
by London, Jack
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/No jacket issued.
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1979. First Edition, Thus. Leather bound. Near fine/No jacket issued.. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Full-Leather. Fletcher Martin (illustrator). The classic in a handsome Easton Press treatment with red, full leather cover and gilt markings. All edges gilt. Moire fabric endsheets. Attached page marker. Introduction by Edmund Gilligan. 354 pp. Light wear to gilt edges and very mild rubbing/soiling to top board edge. A very attractive book. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Synopsis
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London about a literary critic and other survivors of an ocean collision who come under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues them. Its first printing of forty thousand copies were immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Librariana Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54
- Title
- The Sea-Wolf
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Thus
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BOOKS;
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Librariana Fine Books
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Portland, Oregon
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- 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...