The Iron Heel
by London, Jack
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. First Edition. Very Good. Rare advance publisher's dummy of the first edition. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and gray as would be utilized for the first edition, with "Advance Sample Copy" sticker printed in red affixed to front cover; title page followed by pp. 1-14, with that sequence repeated multiple times to fill out the duration of the textblock. Affixed to the front free endpaper is a clipped page from the Macmillan catalogue with a synopsis of this book and $1.50 price; small tear to clipping, and the date "Feb. 19" written in pencil above. Very Good with rubbing to cloth at extremities. London's chilling dystopian novel of a fascist dictatorship in the United States.
Synopsis
The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are most explicitly on display.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140941880
- Title
- The Iron Heel
- Author
- London, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- dystopia, totalitarianism, dystopian literature, communism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...