The Game; With Illustrations And Decorations By Henry Hutt And T.C. Lawrence

London, Jack [Fleming, Becky London]

Verlag: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1905

Beschreibung

Octavo, 182pp, [6pp ads]. Original green cloth, illustrated front cover. Title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Second printing with rubber-stamped notice on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Solid text block, lightly bumped edges, faint wear to joints. Front endpaper partially cracked at hinge. Complete with six color plates, including frontispiece. With two pieces of ephemera: an inscribed invitation from Becky London Fleming's 79th birthday party stating "Dear Bob - It was wonderful to have you share my party - Becky" and an advertising brochure for Jack London Ranch In The Valley Of The Moon. (Sisson & Martens 24) (BAL 11886). 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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 13056

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Game; With Illustrations And Decorations...

Verlag: The Macmillan Company, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1905

Einband: Original cloth

Illustrator: First edition of The Game by Jack London, with a laid-in birthday party invitation signed by the author's daughter, Becky London Fleming.

Zustand: Near fine

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: First Edition, Second Printing.