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London, Jack. Children of the Frost. The MacMillan Co., New York, 1902.

Price: US$132.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: States "Set up and electrotyped September 1902" -- no later dates or printings mentioned. Thus the first printing, BUT gilt titles appear to a front board covered in plain blue cloth, WITHOUT the black-and-red (totem pole? ) devices commonly found on first printings. All seven called-for B&W plates are in place and firmly attached. All edges trimmed. Spine somewhat sun-faded. It's possible this is an early re-bind. 261 pp. followed by 3 pp. publisher's ads, including for Wister's "The Virginian" (1902) at $1.50. This volume now reduced from $255.

Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.

Jack London. Children of the Frost. Macmillan & Co January 1902, 1902.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: The first edition, but not a very nice copy. Corners and spine ends moderately rubbed; the 'No 431 Currys Library' written in pen on front pastedown; the front hinge is startingand the binding is a bit shaken; the title and decorations on the cover are complete and bright, but those on the spine are a tad faded.

Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Jack London. Children of the Frost. The Macmillan Company, 1902.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition. Spine is cocked and cracked. Cover is worn, especially along edges. Corners are bumped. Text block is tanned and foxed, but legibility is unaffected. Inside is tanned and foxed, but unmarked and readable.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

London, Jack. Children Of The Frost (First Edition). The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902.

Price: US$325.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 261 Pp.+ 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Rough Blue Gray Cloth Stamped In White, Red And Black, With No Embossed Stamping At All, Prfectly Flat Printing. First Printing, 1902, One Of 3466 Copies; This Copy In The Scarcer Relatively Rough Blue-Gray Cloth, A Copy Of Which Sissons-Martens Says Was Inscribed By London On Nov 16, 1902; Most Copies Are In Green Semi-Polished V Cloth, Withsome Embossing To The Design. Book Without Marks, Some Wear To White Lettering On Spine And Front Panel But All Quite Clear, Front Hinge Cracked For A Few Inches, Rear Hinge Broken, Fraying To Ends Of Spine And At Tips.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

London, Jack. Children Of The Frost (First Edition). The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 261 Pp.+ 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Semi-Polished Green Cloth Stamped In White, Red And Black. First Printing, 1902, One Of 3466 Copies; A Copy In Relatively Rough Blue-Gray Cloth Was Reported By Sissons-Martens As Inscribed By London On Nov 16, 1902; Most Copies Are In This Green Semi-Polished V Cloth. Book With Previous Owner's Signature On Front Free Endpaper, Some Wear To White Lettering On Spine But All Quite Clear, Front Hinge Cracked For A Few Inches, Rear Hinge Broken, A Few Tiny Frays At Corners. Original Bookseller's Ticket On Rear Pastedown.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

London, Jack. Children of the Frost. With illustrations by Raphael M. Reay. Tissue guarded frontispiece and 7 other full-page illustrations.. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: Handsomely bound in finely woven slate gray cloth stamped brightly in white lettering on the front boards; with a drawings of totemistic designs along the sides of the front panel. Stamped brightly in white lettering with designs on the spine as well. With a touch of rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine ends; light wear to the corners. Very clean and tight throughout, and printed on creamy white paper. With 3 pages of ads for Macmillan books at the back. Scarce with only 3,466 copies of the first edition published. A collector's copy. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, 1876 – 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone, including science fiction. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposés The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes. (Wikipedia) First Edition with matching dates of 1902 and with "Published September 1902" on the copyright page. With no subsequent printings listed.

Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.

London, Jack. Children Of The Frost (First Edition). The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902.

Price: US$525.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 261 Pp.+ 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Semi-Polished Green Cloth Stamped In White, Red And Black, With Some Embossing To The Design. First Printing, 1902, One Of 3466 Copies; A Copy In Relatively Rough Blue-Gray Cloth Was Reported By Sissons-Martens As Inscribed By London On Nov 16, 1902; Most Copies Are In This Green Semi-Polished V Cloth. Book With Original Jack London Bookplate On Front Free Endpaper, Original Bookseller's Ticket Of Robertson's San Francisco On Rear Pastedown, Purchase Receipt From Valley Of The Moon State Park Dated In December 2012. White Lettering In Publisher's Name On Spine Worn Away, A Few Pinpoint Frays Along Top Edge Of Spine, Rear Hinge Cracked Before Rear Free Endpaper, Tiny Tape Ghosts On One Side Of Free Endpapers (Possibly A Dust Jacket Was Previously Taped Down?).

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

London, Jack. Children Of The Frost; With Illustrations by Raphael M. Reay. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Octavo, vii, [1], 261pp, [3pp ads]. Original cloth with color embellishments. Title stamped in white on front cover and spine. Tape remnants on endpapers. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light sunning to spine, a touch of wear to corners. Complete with all listed illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard. A vibrant example of London's third published work. (Sisson & Martens 6) (BAL 11873). 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.

Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.

LONDON, Jack.. Children of the Frost.. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: 261 pp. 8vo, original decorated cloth. First edition; one of 3466 copies. Ink ownership signature to top of title page. A bright, fresh copy with the slightest effacement of a few letters of the publisher's imprint at the bottom of the spine. Much nicer than usually encountered.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.