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Burning Daylight
by London, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: MacMillan Company. Very Good+. 1910. 1st Edition; 2nd State. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. Possible second state of the text block (according to Sisson page 48.) with the three blank leaves at the rear of the book before the endpaper. First state of the boards (covers) with just MacMillan on the bottom spine of the book cover. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. There is a small spot of rubbing to the spine below the illustrated tree. There is some light rubbing and a light scratch to the yellow color on the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There are 8 inserted, full-page illustrations throughout the text. The top edge of the text block has noticeable ground-in dirt. "Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London, published in 1910, which was one of the best-selling books of that year and it was London's best-selling book in his lifetime. The novel takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith. The novel was subsequently filmed as a First National movie starring Milton Sills with Doris Kenyon. " (from Wikipedia) .
Synopsis
Partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith, Burning Daylight was Jack London's best selling book during his lifetime. The novel is set in the Yukon Territory in 1893, telling the story of an adventurer, nicknamed “Burning Daylight,” who went to Alaska and laid the foundations of his fortune before the gold hunters arrived. Burning Daylight was adapted for American films in 1914, 1920, 1928, and 2010.
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Details
- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A46298
- Title
- Burning Daylight
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 2nd State
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction First Edition, Jack London, Alaska, The Yukon, Gold Mining, The Klondike
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction First Editions;
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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