New York: Macmillian, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus. Orange cloth over boards, title stamped in brown onto spine, 8vo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. [vi], 378, [8] ads. Volume with slight lean and light bumps to spine ends, a small crack to top edge of upper board and front hinge, scattered light soil to covers and a pencil erasure front paste down. An unrecorded variant binding, not found in BAL, Johnson, Woodbridge or Sisson, lacking the publisher's regular white, blue and gilt stamping. Noted only in Ahearn, 061a. A lover of the sea, London drew from his own experiences to write this novel, later adapted into film three times; an American silent version in 1920, a 1936 French adaptation Les mutinés de l'Elseneur and by the British in 1937. Ref. Woodbridge, 124; Sisson, p. 78; Wikipedia.

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Bookseller: Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1220
Title: [Unrecorded Variant] The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Author: London, Jack
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publisher: Macmillian
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1914
Bookseller catalogs: Modern First Editions; Books into Film;

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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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