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London, Jack. Before Adam. The MacMillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown boards with footprint art on front. Spine lightly worn, corner's bumped. Text and illustrations very good. Slight separation beginning, inside covers.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, London, 1907.
Price: US$28.56 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 242 pp + publishers ads. Untrimmed bottom and foredge. Boards a little dusty and worn at extremities. Previous owner's info ffep, leaves yellowed - o/w unmarked.
Seller: Alhambra Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada
London, Jack. Before Adam. Macmillan Co., New York, 1907.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Spine cocked and rubbed at head and heel, small stains or finger marks on front cover, corners of boards lightly bumped, page edges tanned, front hinge cracked. 242 pp., color frontis., illus.
Seller: Maya Jones Books, Cerrillos, NM, U.S.A.
Jack London. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, NYNY, 1907.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Macmillan Company, New York. 1907. 1st edition published Feb. 1907 stated. 8vo hardcover w/No DJ. Condition is Very Good. Brown cloth boards show no corner wear. Upper part of white edge lettering on the word "Before" is rubbed, o/w front is as issued. Spine shows rubbing to same white edge lettering probably from sunning. Interior free from any markings. Endpapers show offsetting from missing Dust Jacket. Small closed tear (3/8") to leading edge of frontispiece. All other pages are white and free from any markings or tears. Binding and hinges are strong. Not ex-lib copy. Pictures upon request. Size: 8vo
Seller: High Enterprises, Olympia, WA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Macmillan Company, 1907. First Edition, Published 1907 on copyright page. 8vo. [1]-242 plus 4pp ads. Illustrated light brown cloth stamped in red, black, and grey, top edges tinted light tan. Cloth lightly worn and soiled, very good minus condition, owner's inscription on front free endpaper, few leaf edges with rough edge, one with short tear, one corner creased. Double-page map, 8 color plates and numerous b&w illustrations in-text by Charles Livingston Bull. BAL 11903.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. Macmillan Company, 1907.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: February 1907. lightly darkened spine. contents clean and tight
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 12mo. 242pp (4) ads. Bound in tan illustrated cloth. First edition with Published February, 1907 on copyright page and no additional printings noted. Complete with 8 color plates and in-text black and white illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. Two of the plates are detached but presents. Several of the plates half numerous small closed tears and edgewear. Bit of rubbing to the spine and edges. Binding is tight.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
LONDON, JACK.. BEFORE ADAM. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Front cover and spine lettered in red with white outline. Eight color plates by Charles Livingston Bull, collated complete. "Published February, 1907" on copyright page. 242pp. + 4 pages of adverts. See Sisson/Martens pp.33-34 and BAL 11903. Provided with a FACSIMILE FIRST EDITION DUST JACKET. Quite a clean copy throughout. This novel deals with London's views on human evolution. It is a story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid with interaction among the Cave People, the Fire People, and the Tree People. John Griffith London lived from 1876-1916. Size: Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
London, Jack. BEFORE ADAM. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907., 1907.
Price: US$40.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12 mo., hardcover, spine cracked, frontis loose, else VG. First edition. No dust jacket. Bound in original tan woven buckram with paw print design. novel, concerning man in his most "primitive" state; notable for Bull's illustrations and marginal embellishments. "Published February, 1907" 242 deckled pp. plus ads.
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
LONDON, JACK.. BEFORE ADAM.. Macmillan and Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Faint traces of lengthy pencil nscription on half-title (erased), some foxing and browning, including frontispiece and title-page. Eight color illustrations, full-page, including the frontispiece. 242pp. + adverts. BAL 11903. Size: Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rough cloth binding, title and foot prints on front cover good, spine is quite scuffed, front cover slightly scuffed on right side, some mildew stains in page edges, a small pencil note and old price top FFEP, practically no shelf wear. End papers beginning to tan ow pages clean.Color frontis, 7 color plates and many black and white illustrations. Some hinges beginning to crack but still tight. Nice1st edition.
Seller: Oisamot Books, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Tan buckram covered boards with red and white tet and grey and black illustration on the cover. Corners of spine are worn and spine is darkened. Front endpage missing. First page is the half title page. Color frontispiece on glossy paper, as well as 7 additional color full page illustrations. 1907 publication date on the title page and Published, February, 1907 on the verso. Double page map at the beginning of the text. Back hinge repaired. Ink marks on back endpage.
Seller: Bookends, Hutchinson, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Before Adam by Jack London (First Edition) FAX DJ Wear to extremities. Inner hinge starting - thin split between front endpapers. Note: Includes a new Facsimile Dust Jacket in a clear Brodart cover. Published February 1907, stated. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a two-page map, seven color plates, and numerous black and white illustrations within the text. 242pp. + 4 pages adverts. A Prehistoric Science Fiction story.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1907.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1st edition 1st printing, color illustrations, hinge cracking, previous owners signature on inside of front cover, pages unmarked, shelf worn DATE PUBLISHED: 1907 EDITION: FIRST ED 242
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Jack London. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Before Adam, Jack London. Macmillan, 1907. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Book is Very Good condition. Binding is tight but slightly cocked and front pages are slightly discolored. All pages are clear and unmarked.
Seller: Squarebridge, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. The MacMillan Co., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1907.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1907 MacMillan FIRST edition. "Published February 1907" on the copyright page. This book isi n GOOD condition. It has beautiful woven covers with a series of footprints. The title/author/spine lettering appear to be painted and are still good red with white outlines. The pages are very coarse cut on the bottom and side though the top edges are smooth. There is some minor stains and wear but the spine is very tight and there is virtually no wear on the edges or corners. The interior has some stains and smudges on the endpapers. The text is clean and intact though some pages have small stains/dirt. The illustrations by Charles L. Bull are clear and bright and are intact except for the missing frontispiece. A solid copy!
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Jack London. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, 1907.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. BAL 11903. A bright, near fine copy. With 8 full-page color illustrations and numerous drawings by Charles Livingston Bull. NF in woven beige cloth with bright front boards with title and author in bright red letters traced in white; all 5 footprints clean and bright! Spine slightly slightly faded with small spot of white discoloration. End papers are bright without tanning. A collector's copy.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1907.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A bit of silverfishing to rear board. Spine lettering faded, but readable. Minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine and edges. The uncut pages were roughly opened causing tears to some of the front edges. [Loc.7]
Seller: ReREAD Books & Bindery, Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. Macmillan & Co, London, United Kingdom, 1907.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Originally serialised in Everyboy's Magazine 1906. It is the story of a boy who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid Australopithecine. The story offers an early view of human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of the boy's hominid alter ego, one of the Cave People. In addition to the Cave People, there are the more advanced Fire People, and the more animal-like Tree People. CONDITION Brown Buckram (has toned spine and small mark to front o/w unworn) pp xiii 242 with 8 coloured plate illus, a double page map and nice steell engraved illus through out. Pages are untrimmend, nice and bright internally, the ffep has been removed o/w it is an exceptionally good copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
London, Jack. Before Adam. Macmillan Co., New York, 1907.
Price: US$86.00 + shipping
Description: 242p. illus. by Charles L. Bull BAL 11903 Ex-library, Very good condition, Withdrawal stamp inside back cover & pocket removed with some damage to rear endpaper
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. Macmillan and Co., New York, 1907.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first American edition, published by Macmillan and Company in 1907. (February). Bound in publishers coarse tan buckram. Illustrated by Chales Livingston Bull. A very goos copy with some dulling to the spine and light offsetting at the endsheets.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
London, Jack. BEFORE ADAM. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo. 242pp., (4)pp. ads, with 8 full page color plates and with numerous other illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. Bound in light brown pictorial cloth depicting animal tracks in brown and gray, lettering red outlined in white. Neat previous owner's name dated 1907. A just about fine copy.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. [6], vii, [5], 1-242, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Original buckram cloth with red lettering on the front board and spine, brown decorations of ape's feet on the front board and spine. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, a two-page map, with seven color plates, and with several black and white in-text illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. BAL 11903. A novel set before the stone age, centered on the trials and tribulations of a species that would go on to be ancestors of the human race. Slight lean and a small separation between the backstrip and the textblock; endpapers show some toning.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Jack London. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, New York and London, 1907.
Price: US$133.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice buckram cloth with stamped cover design, 242 pages plus 6 pages of ads in rear of book, pages uncut, slightest bit of fading on spine lettering, 2 small professional repairs to bottom outside margin of illustration page otherwise book is in wonderful condition. Book in great shape.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
London, Jack. BEFORE ADAM .. The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan & Co., New York, 1907.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii-xii] 1-242 [243-246: ads], inserted two-page map, eight inserted plates with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, plus smaller illustrations by Bull in the text, original pictorial light brown rough buckram, front and spine panels stamped in dark brown, red and white, top edge stained tan, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First published edition, preceded by a copyright printing. London's first SF novel in which he uses a favorite theme, atavism, as a device to project a consciousness into the past. "The hard realistic edge and controlled language make this one of London's best, an important minor classic." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 144-48. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-106; (1981) 1-115; (1987) 1-58; (1995) 1-58. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 45. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 514. Bleiler (1978), p. 125. Reginald 09140. BAL 11903. Neat Christmas 1912 gift inscription at top edge of front free endpaper. Hairline crack along inner rear hinge which is still holding tight, a very good, bright copy. (#165189)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. New York the MacMillan Company 1907, 1907.
Price: US$150.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition. [i-vi], vii, [viii], 1-242 [+ 4 pages ads]pp. 12mo. Light brown rough buckram with white outlined red lettering on spine and front cover (writing on spine is rather worn). Brown and grey decoration on spine and front cover showing ape like footprints. The boards are somewhat bumped at corners and ends of spine; there is a mild amount of soiling to the back board and a small amount of profressional restoration has been done. Previous owners book plate affixed to front pastedown with the date 1907 written visible behind it- discoloured spot on page opposite from plate. 8 full colour plates (including frontis) and a two page B/W map. Smaller B/W illustrations throughout. Clean, tight text block with the exception of a few light finger print marks. Long and bottom outer edge of text block roughly trimmed, with top edge darkened. A lovely copy. very good Sissons & Martens; 34. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 ?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. "Before Adam" was serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine. It is the story of a boy who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid Australopithecine. The story offers an early view of human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of the boy's hominid alter ego, one of the Cave People. In addition to the Cave People, there are the more advanced Fire People, and the more animal-like Tree People.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Jack London. Before Adam. MacMillan Company January 1907, 1907.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very nice copy of the first edition. Near Fine: the corners and spine ends have very light, almost unnoticeable, rubbing; there is no soiling to the buckram; the cover and spine titles and decorations are complete and bright; the hinges and binding are secure; there is a slight bit of offsetting to the free endpapers and pastedowns. A lovely copy indeed.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Jack London. Before Adam 1st Edition. MACMILLAN COMPANY January 1907, 1907.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good or better: very slight, almost unnoticeable spine lean; spine ends modestly bumped but not rubbed; just the slightest bit of rubbing to the corners; binding tight and hinges firm. The red, white and black titles and devices are bright and fresh.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
London Jack. BEFORE ADAM. New York The Macmillan Company 1907, 1907.
Price: US$214.50 + shipping
Description: First edition. With numerous illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull on colour plates and throughout the text as line drawings. 8vo, publishers original pictorially decorated textured light brown cloth lettered in red on the spine and upper cover, the decorations in brown and gray. 242, 4 ads pp. A handsome copy, some mild overall toning from age, the textblock clean and the binding tight and strong. A FIRST EDITION OF THIS 'DREAM BOOK OF THE HUMAN CONDITION'. An unusual Jack London approach to man's psychology.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. BEFORE ADAM .. The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan & Co., New York, 1907.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii-xii] 1-242 [243-246: ads], inserted two-page map, eight inserted plates with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, plus smaller illustrations by Bull in the text, original pictorial light brown rough buckram, front and spine panels stamped in dark brown, red and white, top edge stained tan, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First published edition, preceded by a copyright printing. London's first SF novel in which he uses a favorite theme, atavism, as a device to project a consciousness into the past. "The hard realistic edge and controlled language make this one of London's best, an important minor classic." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 144-48. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-106; (1981) 1-115; (1987) 1-58; (1995) 1-58. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 45. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 514. Bleiler (1978), p. 125. Reginald 09140. BAL 11903. Delicate white enamel lettering on spine panel largely perished, endpapers tanned from dust jacket no longer present, A bright, clean, very good or better copy. An attractive copy. (#173087)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
London, Jack. BEFORE ADAM. , 1907.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: With Numerous Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. 4 pp undated ads. Original light brown cloth decorated in brown and lettered in red and white. First Edition of this odd novel written several years earlier, not long after THE CALL OF THE WILD, during London's three-year "long sickness." Just as much of that novel consists of Buck's bad dreams, so in BEFORE ADAM the nameless narrator describes his strange dreams which, he asserts, are memories of a prehistoric ancestor named Big Tooth. Like Jack, the dreamer in BEFORE ADAM suffered a procession of nightmares, full of forests and horrors without end, great serpents and prowling monsters; he had lost his true primeval father, and his alien stepfather pushed him out of the treehouse where he lived with his suspicious and unprogressive mother into the tooth-and-claw world of prehistory. As an atavistic projection of Jack's distorted vision of his deprived childhood, the opening of BEFORE ADAM can serve as a document in Jungian analysis. [Sinclair] This is a near-fine copy (very slight rubbing at the extremities, partial darkening of the endpapers); the front free endpaper bears a calligraphic "My Sweetheart Boy". Sisson & Martens p. 34; Blanck 11903; a Johnson High Spot ("The life of prehistoric man so fascinates me that I am compelled to include this book").
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$292.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published February 1907. 20,080 Copies. First Issue (No Additional Printings Noted). 242 Clean Pages With 4 Pages Of Ads At The Rear. No Fading Or Browning To Spine, Trace Of Rubbing At Corners, Spine Lettering Weak But Complete And Clear, No Marks.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. MacMillan, 1907.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. First edition with "Published February, 1907" on the copyright page. Sm 8vo. 19 1/2 cm by 13 cm. 242 pp of text, 4 pp of advertisements. Light brown rough buckram. Lettering on the front cover and spine is red with a white outline. Five ape-like footprints on the front cover. Slight forward lean to book, a few small stains to the top edge, and some light offsetting to the endpapers. Very good. Ref: Sisson and Martens 33-34.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.63 + shipping
Description: First Canadian edition. 8vo. orig. beige cloth, decorated with "footprints", lettered in red/white, 242, (4)pp. ads. Lengthy gift inscription on the e/paper o/w a fine copy.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
London, Jack. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, 1907.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing. Brown cloth with red titles on front and spine. Brown and white footprints printed across front. Bottom right hand of cover and edges of spine rubbed. Prior owner signature on ffep. Original light brown pictorial cloth with lettering in red and white and dark brown footprint motif on front cover and spine, octavo, 242 pp., 4 pages ads at year. Frontispiece and 7 color plates, plus many illustrations in the text and a two-page map. In archival cover.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
London, Jack (1876-1916). Before Adam. MacMillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: viii+242+[4 ad] pages with 8 colored plates including frontispiece and two page map. Small Octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2"). Bound in brown buckram with pictorial cover stamped in two tone brown footprints, lettered in red and white on spine and cover. Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. A run of 20,080 were printed. Check dated July 13, 1907 signed by Jack London laid in. (BAL 11903) First edition. Best know for his tales of the Klondike and the sea, London also made significant contributions to science fiction. In this "sympathetic and convincing" novel of life in the Pliocene epoch, he explores theories of "atavism and the racial unconscious." Condition: Covers and spine rubbed and soiled, ring stain on back cover, discoloration on end paper and paste down, corners bumped, white around title lettering on front cover faded out, text slightly soiled, plate loose opposite page 24. Check with some tears. About very good lacking dust jacket.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Before Adam. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.
Price: US$2650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Publisher's original brown cloth. Original tan dust jacket printed in red. A near Fine copy, in a good dust jacket, with a little darkening to the spine and with one fold repaired on the verso with archival tape. There is one other small tape repair, some minor chipping along the top edge, and one larger chip at the head of the spine with loss of most of the title. Apart from some offsetting from the dust jacket flaps on the pastedowns and free endpapers, the book itself is in exceptional condition. An early London novel, not commonly found in the jacket. BAL 11903.
Seller: Clarel Rare Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.