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The Little Lady of the Big House.
by London, Jack
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: the MacMillan Company, 1916. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. [i-vi], 392 [+ title leaf and 4 pages ads]pp. 12mo. Blue cloth with beige lettering on spine and front cover. Black, orange and beige decoration on spine and front cover showing a pictorial view of a house (a spanish hacienda modeled on Mrs. Phoebe Hearst's Hacienda del Pozo de Verona at Pleasanton, California. In the foreground are black palm trees and a light blue walk. The boards are very lightly bumped at corners and ends of spine; they are also slightly rubbed with some wear to the edges. Endpapers are clean with only a slight darkening to edges. The book contains a full colour frontis. Though there is some light foxing on the title page, however, the rest of the text block is clean and tight. A lovely copy. Sissons & Martens; 88. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 Ñ November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. 1916
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132310
- Title
- The Little Lady of the Big House.
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- the MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- American Author|American Literature|First Edition|Jack London|Literature|Modern 1STS
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- 12mo
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- Edges
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