Description: Classic Jack London The Son of the Wolf 1900 1st/1st US DJ VG First US edition with 1900 on title page. First printing without the periods around ampersand on the spine, two commas in the copyright line eight, blank leaves to beginning and end of book, perfect unbroken "e" in "spruce" and Perfect "t" In "might" in the bottom two lines of page 147, no stub separating page six and seven. Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1900. 5.25" x 7.5" Octavio [ii Blank] [viii] 1-251 [i Printer info] [ii Blank flyleaf]. Original black cloth with silver lettering to the spine. Frontispiece has tissue guard. No dust jacket. Book Condition: Very Good Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. foxing spot on first blank page. Binding is tight. Text is clean. The Son of the Wolf, his first collection of stories, draws on his experience in the Yukon. The stories tell of gambles won and lost, of endurance and sacrifice, and often turn on the qualities of exceptional women and on the relations between the white adventurers and the native tribes. The story takes place in 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few people left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. Jack London’s first book; one of 2,028 originally printed as per Sisson & Martens.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Company
Topic: Classics
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
