The Human Drift
by Jack London (1876-1916)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
[i-viii]+1-108+109-110]+111-151+[152-154]+155-184+[8 ad] pages with frontispiece. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2"). bound in original publisher's brick red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. This is a variant binding (BAL 11972) with front cover lettered in gilt rather in black as noted in BAL 11972. (Sisson & Martens, 92) First edition of one of the smaller publisher runs of 3056 copies.
An eclectic mix of his short stories like "Small Boat Sailing," and essays such as "The Human Drift" and an introduction to Two Years Before The Mast.
Condition:
Light wear to points, slight stain to title else near fine lacking dust jacket.
An eclectic mix of his short stories like "Small Boat Sailing," and essays such as "The Human Drift" and an introduction to Two Years Before The Mast.
Condition:
Light wear to points, slight stain to title else near fine lacking dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS006324
- Title
- The Human Drift
- Author
- Jack London (1876-1916)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Pages
- [i-viii]+1-108+109-110]+111-151+[152-154]+155-184+[8 ad] pages with frontispiece
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Short Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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