THE SEA-WOLF
by LONDON, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. W. J. Aylward. Octavo, 306, [iv] pages, blue cloth, spine-title a bit flaked, top edge gilt, a little bit cocked, untrimmed fore-edge, no tissue at frontispiece (as intended); mylar attached with small pieces of cellophane tape to endpapers
Second state with the usual cancel title-page, the titling is the usual state B, whitestamped (no priority). [BAL 11882]. London's powerful story about Wolf Larson, ruthless captain of the tramp steamer, "Ghost", who receives an unexpected passenger on the high seas. Illustrated by W. J. Aylward.
Second state with the usual cancel title-page, the titling is the usual state B, whitestamped (no priority). [BAL 11882]. London's powerful story about Wolf Larson, ruthless captain of the tramp steamer, "Ghost", who receives an unexpected passenger on the high seas. Illustrated by W. J. Aylward.
Synopsis
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London about a literary critic and other survivors of an ocean collision who come under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues them. Its first printing of forty thousand copies were immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2021828
- Title
- THE SEA-WOLF
- Author
- LONDON, Jack
- Illustrator
- W. J. Aylward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Jack London, W. J. Aylward,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...