Martin Eden
by London, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Cerrillos, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Reprint. Spine sunned and slightly cocked, head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped and worn, spine and covers lightly rubbed and soiled, page edges tanned and foxed, light soiling to front endpapers, previous owner name on front free endpaper. 411 pp., frontis. Macmillan's Standard Library.
Synopsis
Martin Eden is a novel by American author Jack London, about a struggling young writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909, and subsequently published in book form by The Macmillan Company in September 1909.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maya Jones Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 293759
- Title
- Martin Eden
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Maya Jones Books
Books are returnable if not as described.
About the Seller
Maya Jones Books
Biblio member since 2004
Cerrillos, New Mexico
About Maya Jones Books
Based in the Ortiz Mountains near the old mining towns of Madrid and Cerrillos New Mexico, we feature general stock with a specialty in Latin American art, history and archaeology. From early September until the end of July, please visit us at the El Museo Cultural Market in the Santa Fe Railyard District.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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