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The Game (Unrecorded Variant, First Edition)
by London, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No DJ
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition, First State. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No DJ. Henry Hutt and T. C. Lawrence. Green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in red and gray onto upper board, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 12mo (7-1/2 inches tall), pp. 182, [6] ads, color frontis, illustrated throughout. Copyright page lacks the Metropolitan Magazine copyright rubber stamp applied to all later issues of the first edition. Volume with some light bumps and scuffs and a tiny 0.5 cm closed tear to top of frontis. An apparently unrecorded state of the first printing, lacking both the gilt to the top edge of the text block and the frontis tissue guard, with neither showing any evidence of ever having been there. London's novel of life and death in the prize-fighting ring "All I know is that you feel good in the ring" caption title p.19. Ref. Sisson, p. 24; Woodbridge, 36; Johnson/Blanck 4th ed. p. 318; Ahearn, 015a.
Synopsis
Many patterns of carpet lay rolled out before them on the floor two of Brussels showed the beginning of their quest, and its ending in that direction; while a score of ingrains lured their eyes and prolonged the debate between desire pocket-book. The head of the department did them the honor of waiting upon them himself or did Joe the honor, as she well knew, for she had noted the open-mouthed awe of the elevator boy who brought them up.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1275
- Title
- The Game (Unrecorded Variant, First Edition)
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- Henry Hutt and T. C. Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First State
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- Copyright page
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- 12mo
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