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John Barleycorn
by London, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Co., 1913. First Edition & First Printing . Cloth. About Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dunn, H.T.. New York: The Century Co., 1913. First Edition/First Printing. BAL 11946, Sisson & Martens p 71. First printing, with one only blank leaf between last text page and rear free endpaper. Eight illustrations by H.T. Dunn. Octavo, 343 pp. Dark green cloth with gilt imprining. "Smith Bros." of Oakland bookstore label at front pastedown. Superficial moisturewear at spine foot, partially affecting corresponding lower portions of covers, light soiling, shelf wear, spine darkened. About Very Good. The true first edition, first state of Jack London's autobiographical account of his war with alcoholism - from the life-affirming "purple passages" it inspired (and, in fact, was itself) to his sensitive bow to the manner in which women have so long been destined to save men from such follies. A book which later influenced beat/counterculture icons Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski. L6
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000302
- Title
- John Barleycorn
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- Dunn, H.T.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition & First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Jack London, first Edition, Illustrations, antiquarian, alcoholism, Whiskey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Singular: Without A Category;
Terms of Sale
Singularity Rare & Fine
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
Biblio member since 2005
Baldwinsville, New York
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- First State
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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...
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- BAL
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- Shelf Wear
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