The Call of the Wild by Jack London - 1903

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1932. First Printing. Hard Cover. First Edition, First Printing ("A" and colophon on copyright page). Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, Hemingway's facsimile signature in gilt on front cover. Illustrated with tissue-protected color frontispiece of "The Bullfighter" by Juan Gris and numerous (81) B&W photographs. Includes "An Explanatory Glossary," "Some Reactions of a Few Individuals to the Integral Spanish Bullfight," "A Short Estimate of the American, Sidney Franklin, as a Matador;" "Date on Which Bullfights will Ordinarily be held in Spain, France, Mexico, and Central and South America;" and a "Bibliographical Note." . Gilt on spine mildly faded, head and heel of spine show very light wear, minor spotting on rear cover, small bookshop label on ffep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY… Read More

London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1950 First printing of first British edition. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket. Ownership signature to front-free endpage, light rubbing and tanning to board edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to back cover and flap margins, small stamp, "690" to bottom back cover, moderate rubbing/creasing/paper loss to edges, primarily spine ends and corners, and a short ink mark to upper front cover, else fine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951 First printing of the first edition, with Scribner's 'A' on the copyright page, in first issue dust jacket with the 2.50 price on front flap, 222pp. Offsetting to endpapers, faint toning to spine and endpapers, a few pages faintly creased, and a few small stains to interior, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine, folds, and inside flaps, light rubbing to folds, and moderate edge wear to spine ends and corners, else fine.

This book has its own slip case. The slip case has a bump to one corner and a bump to spine area of slip case. See photos.

New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1972 First printing of the stated first American edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning along upper front fold, else fine. A superb copy of the 1971 Nobel Prize recipient's most comprehensive, English collection of his poetry.

New York:: Viking,, 1964.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with a previous owner inscription on the flyleaf in a Near Fine, price-clipped 1st issue dust jacket with light edgewear to the spine. This is the quintessential Northwest novel in its depiction of the Oregon landscape and its influence on the lives independent loggers who resist the imposition of unions on their lives. Using a variety of voices and multiple points of view, Kesey has created one of the richest story-telling experiences ever.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 239 Pp. Original Red Cloth Spine Over Grey Cloth Boards, With Spine Lettered In Silver. "First Printing" Stated. The First Hardcover Book By John Williams, Who Was Winner Of The National Book Award (As Co-Winner With John Barth) For "Augustus". Book Is Near Fine, Barely A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks; Printed With Cheap Paper Which Is Evenly Age-Toned But Not Brittle. Dj Complete, Not Price Clipped, Clean, Very Slight Toning To Spine Panel, Two 1/4" Closed Tears At Top Of Rear Panel, 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Flap Fold, Two Tiny Nicks At Two Upper Spine Corners.

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of his Hawthornden Prize-winning tenth novel. 8vo. 280pp. Yellow cloth lettered in red at the spine. Spine ends just a little bruised, and the top edge lightly dust marked. A narrow strip of discolouration to the head of the upper board, and with some notable browning to the half-title, which is also a little tender. Several small tape residue marks to the pastedowns. A nice, crisp copy. No dust wrapper. A slip of paper bearing the author's signature, the name of a recipient and the date 1982 has been pasted to the front free endpaper. Uncommon. Wobbe A16..

Number 405 of only 1000 sets. Signed by author to limitation page. Also includes two pages of manuscript in Hubbard's hand from "Civil Righteousness" including notes on Grand Rapids Michigan. Art Deco style decoration to quarter brown morocco over paper boards; 4 raised bands with gilt particulars to spine; top edge gilt, all others deckled. Hors texte plates with tissue guards throughout. General wear to boards (see image). 8 x 11 3/4 inches.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Paper Edition. The biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's pet spaniel. Original publisher's cloth. Binding is firm and square. Spine browned, covers spotted and toned. Inside clean, no marks, names or inscriptions. Light spotting to first and last pages. With four original drawings by Vanessa Bell and six other illustrations. In original, first edition dust jacket with lightly toned spine and scattered foxing spots. Closed tear to top of rear side joint. Small chip and light creasing to upper spine end of dust jacket. 163 pp. 21,8 x 14,8 cm. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. .