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The Sea-Wolf (Spine With Gilt Lettering)
by London, Jack, Plates By W J Aylward
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4 Tall. 366 Pp + 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Cloth, Spine With Gilt Lettering, Front Cover With White Lettering And An Illustration Stamped In Dark Blue, White And Red, Top Edge Gilt. First Printing, First Issue, Publishing Date 1904 On Title Page And Copyright Notices 1903 And 1904 On Copyright Page (Only One Copy, One Of Jack London's Personal Copies, Now In The Huntington Library, Is Known With All Copyright Notices Dated 1904, And Was Apparently A Preliminary Issue And Never Actually Published In This Form). Spine Lettering In Gilt (It Is Thought That The Gilt Lettered Issue Has Priority). 63,387 Copies Printed ( Of Which The Gilt Lettered Issue Is Much Scarcer). Front Cover With Colored Embossed Design And Complete Chalk Lettering, Whites A Little Darkened And Very Slight Loss White In Sky. Spine With Complete Shiny Gilt Lettering, Top Edge Gilt A Little Worn. A Generally Bright, Clean Copy, Worn Along Edges, Pinpoint Fray At Top Of Spine And Tiny Frays At Two Lower Tips. Cloth On Spine With Some Discoloration. Hinges Solid, No Cracking. No Foxing. Small Owner's Signature (Agnes L. Babbitt) Dated 1906 At Top Of Front Free Endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036161
- Title
- The Sea-Wolf (Spine With Gilt Lettering)
- Author
- London, Jack, Plates By W J Aylward
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 7 3/4 Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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- Spine
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- 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...
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