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The Call of the Wild (Famous Dog Stories).
by London, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: this binding is atypical for the series -- not the usual 'tweed', but plain reddish-brown boards with the ear
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About This Item
New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: this binding is atypical for the series -- not the usual 'tweed', but plain reddish-brown boards with the earlier vignette used for this series (looks like a running wolfhound); (this running dog vignette was later replaced with the device showing series title on a small banner with G&D in the center); a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Originally published in 1903; the most recent date given here is a 1931 copyright renewal; this edition from the Famous Dog Stories series is circa 1950s, and is not illustrated, other than three small black and white drawings (not credited). The jacket art bears the artist's signature, but I cannot make it out.
Synopsis
Jack London’s The Call of the Wild is an anthropomorphic canine’s unforgettable tale of survival. Set during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, the novel’s main character, Buck, a large and powerful St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd, is stolen from his ranch home in Santa Clara Valley, California, and sold into service as a sled dog. At first, Buck experiences violence and struggles for survival, becoming progressively feral in the harsh environment. By the end, Buck relies on his instinct and learned experience to emerge as the proven leader of the pack. In The Call of the Wild, author Jack London blends his experience as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness with his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, influenced by the work of Darwin and Nietzsche. Thus, although the novel is first and foremost a story about a dog, it displays a philosophical depth absent in most animal adventures. In the summer of 1903, the story was first serialized in four installments in The Saturday Evening Post, which paid $750 for it. Soon after, London sold all rights to The Call of the Wild to Macmillan, which published the story in book format in August of that same year. As the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately, it is safe to say the novel was enormously popular from the moment it was published. It has since secured its place in the canon of American literature. Today, The Call of the Wild is still one of the best-known stories written by an American author and has been published in almost 50 languages. The Call of the Wild is ranked 35th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels and 88th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068179
- Title
- The Call of the Wild (Famous Dog Stories).
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: this binding is atypical for the series -- not the usual 'tweed', but plain reddish-brown boards with the ear
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1931.
- Pages
- 211 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (8.5 inches tall)
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