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Scorn of Women In Three Acts
by London, Jack
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. Advance Review Copy. Original cloth. Near fine. Advance review copy of Scorn of Women in Three Acts by Jack London.. Octavo, x, 256pp, [3pp ads]. Red cloth with white cloth spine. Title in black on spine. Top edge gilt. Stated "published November, 1906" on copyright page. Solid text block, lightly bumped edges, loss of white stamping to title on front cover. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Laid-in review notice from publisher, listing the price as $1.25. One of Jack London's most scarce publications, with only 920 copies in the initial printing. (Sisson & Martens 32) (BAL 11898). Jack London (1876-1916) was one of the first American authors to gain international fame and accumulate wealth from his writing. Despite his popularity, London never received any literary awards for his work. London is remembered today through retellings of his stories on film and television, most recently in a movie adaptation of The Call of the Wild starring Harrison Ford.
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- Seller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13070
- Title
- Scorn of Women In Three Acts
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- Advance review copy of Scorn of Women in Three Acts by Jack London.
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance Review Copy
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- first edition Jack London, Call of the Wild First Edition, Call of the Wild Jack London, signed book Jack London, The game jack London, The Acorn-Planter Jack London, The House of Pride Jack London, Hearts of Three London
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Advance Review Copy
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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