TALES OF THE FISH PATROL by London, Jack - 1905

New York: Macmillan, 1905. First edition. Seven stories drawn from his own experiences as a teenager aboard the fishing boats of San Francisco Bay, where he started out as one of the pirates plundering the bay's rich oyster beds--until he lost his boat, at which time he converted to the other side, the Fish Patrol. Illustrated with one San Francisco Bay-area map as well as 7 black-and white plates, including the frontispiece, by George Varian. Blue pictorial cloth stamped in yellow and various shades of green; gilt stamped spine; top edge gilt. Spine a bit dulled and minor wear on corners and spine ends, otherwise very good or better with period bookseller ticket and contemporaneous ownerhip signature on front pastedown.