Farther North
by London, Jack
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Near Fine
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About This Item
Westvaco, 1989. Book. New. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westvaco, 1989. First, thus. Privately printed for Christmas 1989. 8vo. Deep cranberry colored cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, pebbled textured, front board has attractive round blind stamp of the emblem of the Hudson Bay Company with motto "Pro Belle Cutem" ("For a Pelt, a Skin"), endpapers feature maps of the Klondike and Cassar, illustrated with period photographs, included matching, attached ribbon bookmark, 309 pp. Contains a chronology of Jack London's life and some of Jack London's classic works: "A Call of the Wild", "The Gold Hunters of the North", "To Build a Fire", "In a Far Country", "Which Make Men Remember", "Up the Slide", "Housekeeping in the Klondike", "The Unexpected", "Love of Life". Slipcover slightly sunned on spine. New..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Farther North
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Westvaco
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- THE CALL OF THE WILD THE GOLD HUNTERS OF THE NORTH TO BUILD A FIRE IN A FAR COUNTRY WHICH MAKE MEN REMEMBER UP THE SLIDE HOUSEKEEPING IN THE KLONDIKE THE UNEXPECTED LOVE OF LIFE YUKON ADVENTURE LIFE IN THE SUB-ARCTIC CANADA ALASKA CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature and Fiction; Rare Americana;
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