The Sea-wolf

London, Jack

Verlag: The MacMillan Company, New York, 1904

Beschreibung

B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping rubbing and wear, along with some beginning fraying. The spine joints of the book covers have some rubbing as well. The rear cover has a three inch square patch of ground-in dirt and small bits where the cloth has degraded. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper has been removed. The rear inner hinge has cracked and been repaired. "The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London. The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild. Ambrose Bierce wrote, "The great thing and it is among the greatest of things is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen. The hewing out and setting up of such a figure is enough for a man to do in one lifetime. The love element, with its absurd suppressions, and impossible proprieties, is awful." " (from Wikipedia). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A40678

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Sea-wolf

Verlag: The MacMillan Company, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1904

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Illustrated by W. J. Aylward

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 2nd Printing.