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THE ACORN-PLANTER: A California Forest Play. Planned to be Sung by Efficient Singers Accompanied by a Capable Orchestra.
by London, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Spine gilt somewhat dulled faint splash stain to front cover, light foxing, else near fine
- Seller
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Fort Bragg, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Mills & Boon, (1916). First edition. Hardcover. Spine gilt somewhat dulled faint splash stain to front cover, light foxing, else near fine. Original slate blue cloth lettered in gilt; vi, 84 pp., 4 pp. advertisements for Macmillan's Jack London books at rear.
This Mills & Boon first UK edition is bound from the first US (Macmillan) edition, including the Macmillan catalog at rear. Title page is a cancel (tipped in) with Macmillan printing and copyright on back of page and Mills & Boon's name on front. Only 1350 copies of the first US edition were printed, likely many fewer bear the UK imprint. NB: Sisson & Martens (Jack London First Editions) make note of BAL's error concerning the number of pages of advertisements at the rear of the US edition: 4 in all examined copies, not 6 as reported in BAL. BAL 11964; Sisson & Martens p. 128.
This Mills & Boon first UK edition is bound from the first US (Macmillan) edition, including the Macmillan catalog at rear. Title page is a cancel (tipped in) with Macmillan printing and copyright on back of page and Mills & Boon's name on front. Only 1350 copies of the first US edition were printed, likely many fewer bear the UK imprint. NB: Sisson & Martens (Jack London First Editions) make note of BAL's error concerning the number of pages of advertisements at the rear of the US edition: 4 in all examined copies, not 6 as reported in BAL. BAL 11964; Sisson & Martens p. 128.
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- Bookseller
- Chanticleer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22283
- Title
- THE ACORN-PLANTER: A California Forest Play. Planned to be Sung by Efficient Singers Accompanied by a Capable Orchestra.
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine gilt somewhat dulled faint splash stain to front cover, light foxing, else near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Mills & Boon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1916)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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