The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack - 1927

London: Mills and Boon, 1927. Later Issue . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Strong Very Good, in somewhat tattered but essentially complete - and rare - jacket. See scans. London: Mills & Boon, 1927. Twenty-first edition. 12mo, 530 pp. + 34 pp. ads. Olive cloth with black imprinting, pictorial jacket with ads on flaps and rear cover. Moderate spine fade, corners touched on the book, not much else to point to. A solid very good. Scarce dustjacket has 2 two-inch chips missing from rear cover (scan), lighter chipping and creasing elsewhere. Very Good book in Good jacket. Jack London's classic, 'The Valley of the Moon' - referring to Sonoma Valley. One few copies available still bearing the Mills & Boon pictorial dustjacket. Serialized in Cosmopolitan, April-December, 1913, The Valley of the Moon traces the odyssey of Billy and Saxon Roberts from the labor strife of Oakland at the turn of the century through Central and Northern California in search of land they can farm independently - a journey that echoes London's own escape from urban poverty. As London lost hope in the prospects of the socialist party and organized labor, he began researching a scientific and environmentally sound approach to farming. In his novel, it's Saxon, London's most fully realized heroine, who embodies these concerns. The Valley of the Moon is London's paean to his second wife Charmian and to the pastoral life and his ranch in Glen Ellen, the Valley of the Moon. A classic example of London at his best. L17n