The Son of the Wolf by Jack London - 1900

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Edition, First Printing [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good + Book/Very Good Minus DJ. 8 1/4" Tall. 298 Pages. First Printing Stated; First Issue Dj With $3.75 Price, And The Following Additional Points Identifying This As The Scarce First Issue Jacket: Alignment Error Of Black Printing, Which Is Too Close To Edges Of Jacket, I. E. Bottom Of Price On Front Flap Is Spaced 19/32" Above The Top Of The "I" In "Is" In The First Line Of Text, Top Of Price Meets The Top Edge Of Front Flap; On The Spine The Publisher's Name "Hmco" Is Spaced 1 1/16" Below The Last Letter Of The Author's Name, And Thus Placed Along The Very Bottom Edge Of The Jacket Spine; On The Front Panel, The White Outline Of The Left Side Of The Window Passes Through The Left Of The "D" In "Goodbye" And The "B" In Columbus. [In The Second Printing The Dj Is Identical Except That The Price Is Spaced… Read More

London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good Book/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/8" Tall. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Stamped In Gilt, Front Cover Stamped In Blind. True First Edition ( London), First Issue With All Points. 1904 Date On Title Page; Misprint On P. 187 ( Page Number Reads "871"); Last Page (Correctly) Numbered 480. Spine Has Title, Author And Publisher's Name ( "Harpers" ) In Gilt. Blindstamped Title And Author And Wave Designs On Front Cover. Overall A Clean, Bright, Attractive Copy With Some Wear. Gilt Lettering Overall Bright, A Little Dulling And Wear, Tiny Frays At Points Of Tips And At One Pinpoint On Top Of Spine; 1/8" Closed Tear Top Of Spine; Top And Bottom Of Spine Bumped. Inverness Bookseller's Label Front Pastedown. Very Slight Foxing To First And Last Few Pages. Some Roughness To Upper Right Of First Free Endpaper, Presumably Bookseller's Erasures. Slight Flecking Of Blue Color (To… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth/Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 446 Pp. Maroon Cloth Over Grey Boards. "First American Edition" Stated, But True First Edition, Preceding The British Edition Published By Jonathan Cape. Winner Of The Booker Prize, Also Winner Of The "Booker Of Bookers". Signed By Rushdie On The Title Page. A Bright, Clean Fine Book. No Remainder Marks. Dust Jacket Is Clean, Slight Fading To Pink Background Color On Spine, Light Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Spine With A 1/8" Square Chip Near The Spine Edge, Price Clipped, 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel.

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of his Hawthornden Prize-winning tenth novel. 8vo. 280pp. Yellow cloth lettered in red at the spine. Spine ends just a little bruised, and the top edge lightly dust marked. A narrow strip of discolouration to the head of the upper board, and with some notable browning to the half-title, which is also a little tender. Several small tape residue marks to the pastedowns. A nice, crisp copy. No dust wrapper. A slip of paper bearing the author's signature, the name of a recipient and the date 1982 has been pasted to the front free endpaper. Uncommon. Wobbe A16..

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, purple paper, white cloth spine, slipcase but missing glassine. Very Good in Good slipcase/No Jacket. Signed, limited edition in slipcase, presentation copy. Purple paper is faded, and there are some small ink (?) spots on back cover, as well as a small smudge on the bottom corner of the limitation page. SIGNED limitation page with 'Dorothy Parker' in blue ink, states Ôthis edition limited to 275 copies, of which 250 are for sale.Õ This copy is numbered in the same blue ink as 322, and the word ÔPresentationÕ in black ink follows. 75 pages, many unopened, printed on Boni & Liveright watermarked paper. Slipcase worn and faded, all edges rubbed, splitting at top and bottom. Label affixed to slipcase states ÔAutographed Edition. This edition is limited to 275 numbered copies. Each copy is signed by the author.Õ At the upper right corner is the number 322 in ink, mirroring the number on the limitation page of the volume. From the family of T. R. Smith, who… Read More

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Edition, First Printing [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good + Book/Very Good Minus DJ. 8 1/4" Tall. 298 Pages. First Printing Stated; First Issue Dj With $3.75 Price, And The Following Additional Points Identifying This As The Scarce First Issue Jacket: Alignment Error Of Black Printing, Which Is Too Close To Edges Of Jacket, I. E. Bottom Of Price On Front Flap Is Spaced 19/32" Above The Top Of The "I" In "Is" In The First Line Of Text, Top Of Price Meets The Top Edge Of Front Flap; On The Spine The Publisher's Name "Hmco" Is Spaced 1 1/16" Below The Last Letter Of The Author's Name, And Thus Placed Along The Very Bottom Edge Of The Jacket Spine; On The Front Panel, The White Outline Of The Left Side Of The Window Passes Through The Left Of The "D" In "Goodbye" And The "B" In Columbus. [In The Second Printing The Dj Is Identical Except That The Price Is Spaced… Read More

London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good Book/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/8" Tall. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Stamped In Gilt, Front Cover Stamped In Blind. True First Edition ( London), First Issue With All Points. 1904 Date On Title Page; Misprint On P. 187 ( Page Number Reads "871"); Last Page (Correctly) Numbered 480. Spine Has Title, Author And Publisher's Name ( "Harpers" ) In Gilt. Blindstamped Title And Author And Wave Designs On Front Cover. Overall A Clean, Bright, Attractive Copy With Some Wear. Gilt Lettering Overall Bright, A Little Dulling And Wear, Tiny Frays At Points Of Tips And At One Pinpoint On Top Of Spine; 1/8" Closed Tear Top Of Spine; Top And Bottom Of Spine Bumped. Inverness Bookseller's Label Front Pastedown. Very Slight Foxing To First And Last Few Pages. Some Roughness To Upper Right Of First Free Endpaper, Presumably Bookseller's Erasures. Slight Flecking Of Blue Color (To… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth/Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 446 Pp. Maroon Cloth Over Grey Boards. "First American Edition" Stated, But True First Edition, Preceding The British Edition Published By Jonathan Cape. Winner Of The Booker Prize, Also Winner Of The "Booker Of Bookers". Signed By Rushdie On The Title Page. A Bright, Clean Fine Book. No Remainder Marks. Dust Jacket Is Clean, Slight Fading To Pink Background Color On Spine, Light Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Spine With A 1/8" Square Chip Near The Spine Edge, Price Clipped, 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel.

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of his Hawthornden Prize-winning tenth novel. 8vo. 280pp. Yellow cloth lettered in red at the spine. Spine ends just a little bruised, and the top edge lightly dust marked. A narrow strip of discolouration to the head of the upper board, and with some notable browning to the half-title, which is also a little tender. Several small tape residue marks to the pastedowns. A nice, crisp copy. No dust wrapper. A slip of paper bearing the author's signature, the name of a recipient and the date 1982 has been pasted to the front free endpaper. Uncommon. Wobbe A16..

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, purple paper, white cloth spine, slipcase but missing glassine. Very Good in Good slipcase/No Jacket. Signed, limited edition in slipcase, presentation copy. Purple paper is faded, and there are some small ink (?) spots on back cover, as well as a small smudge on the bottom corner of the limitation page. SIGNED limitation page with 'Dorothy Parker' in blue ink, states Ôthis edition limited to 275 copies, of which 250 are for sale.Õ This copy is numbered in the same blue ink as 322, and the word ÔPresentationÕ in black ink follows. 75 pages, many unopened, printed on Boni & Liveright watermarked paper. Slipcase worn and faded, all edges rubbed, splitting at top and bottom. Label affixed to slipcase states ÔAutographed Edition. This edition is limited to 275 numbered copies. Each copy is signed by the author.Õ At the upper right corner is the number 322 in ink, mirroring the number on the limitation page of the volume. From the family of T. R. Smith, who… Read More