Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: An ex-lending library copy in its original blue ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine with the same on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with the cloth on the heel of the spine heavily worn and with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head of the spine, the cloth is worn through at the tips of the boards and both hinges are broken. There are book plates from the Tabard Inn Library of Philadelphia pasted to the fixed end sheets. 299 pages of text containing eleven short stories. (BAL, 11870)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
London, Jack. THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS & OTHER STORIES. McClure, Phillips & Company, New York, 1901.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 299 pages. In Good condition. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boards have rubbing to corners, bending to spine edges, and mild edge wear. Binding somewhat shaken. Textblock has black stain on front pastedown, offsetting to front endpaper, writing in pen on front endpaper, and splitting to interior hinges. Shelved Room A. 1372526. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
LONDON, Jack. The God of His Fathers & Other Stories. McClure, Phillips & Company, New York, 1901.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); vertically-ribbed navy blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [xii],299,[1]pp. Hinges cracked, most of rear endpaper lacking, with sunning to spine, moderate wear to extremities, bumping to corners, and some heavier wear and small tears to crown; cloth lightly dust-soiled; contemporary ink ownership signature of Leonora Mackay (New York, 1901) on front endpaper; Good. London's second book, collecting 11 stories which first appeared in the pages of McClure's, Ainslee's, Overland Monthly, Outing, and the San Francisco Examiner. BAL 11870; WOODBNIDGE 4; SISSON & MARTENS pp.3-4.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Original printed wrappers. Title story of London's second book, the only one of his books to be published by McClure, Phillips & Co. Dale Walker calls the story "The most violent in all of London's fiction." Walker & Sisson #46; Woodbridge #668 Some wear to spine, minor soiling to wrappers, else very good. Complete magazine with all pages, illustrations, advertisements, etc.
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. God of His Fathers & Other Stories 1ST Edition. McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901.
Price: US$157.94 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901. 1st edition. 12mo. 299pp. Good book. Small hole in rear joint. Owner's name on front free endpage. (short stories, social life and customs) Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
London, Jack. The God of His Fathers. McClure, Phillips & Company, NY, 1901.
Price: US$174.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. Cloth edges/points have been repaired. PO name of J. W. Norton; possibly the artist John W Norton, with his doodle. Lacks front free endpage. Faintly canted, cloth lightly soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. The God of His Fathers. McClure, Phillips & Co, New York, 1901.
Price: US$180.25 + shipping
Description: Octavo. First printing. Author's second book 299pp., bound in blue cloth, upper board lettered and decoratively tamped in gilt, spine gilt, some rubbing to covers, small area on spine faded, rear inner hinge cracking, small bookseller ticket. [BAL 11870].
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
LONDON, Jack.. The God of His Fathers.. McClure, Phillips, New York, 1901.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 299 pp. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth. First edition. Small bookstore stamp on rear endpaper; rear hinge neatly mended; light wear to extremities and corners; a very good copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
London, Jack. The God of his fathers & other stories. McClure, Phillips & Company, New York, 1901.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 299p., very good first edition in blue cloth boards and gilt titles and decorations, hinges sound, minor rubbing to cloth, deckled edges, device on title page, copyright 1901, Sisson/Martens page 4, BAL 11870. A very attractive, bright copy of London's second book,a collection of 8 stories originally published in McClure's Magazine.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. The God of His Fathers. McClure, Phillips & Company, New York, 1901.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Good, lacking dust jacket and with Tabard Inn Library labels to front and rear paste downs. Cloth is lightly rubbed at extremities, darkened at spine and lightly marked. Front and rear inner hinges are tender; pages lightly toned and with sporadic soiling. The author's second book.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$283.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (I-Xii), 1-299; P. (300) Blank. Blue Cloth. Gilt Lettering And Design On Front Cover And Spine. Deckled Fore Edge And Bottom Edge. A Scarce Title But Exact Number Of Copies Printed Is Not Known. ( Library Of Congress Copy Deposited May 15, 1901.) This Copy With Cover Gilt Brilliant, Spine Gilt Bright But No Longer Brilliant, Tiny Rubs At Corners With No Fraying. Front Hinge Cracked At Endpapers But Still Tight. No Marks, No Fraying.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. The God of His Fathers. McClure, Phillips & COmpany, 1901.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Blue cloth over boards. Corners and edges bumped and rubbed. Bright gilt on front board and spine. Endpapers are split at gutter. Two cuts on rear board that touches rear endpaper. Text block is tight. Book may have been re-glued onto boards. First printing.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
London, Jack.. THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS & OTHER STORIES.. McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: McClure, Phillips & Co. 1901. 1st edition. 299pp. Sisson & Martens, page 4. Blue ribbed cloth with bright gilt and wolf image and titles on front cover and spine. Bright and very good.
Seller: Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller, Vancouver, BC, Canada
London, Jack. The God Of His Fathers. McClure Phillips & Co; NY; 1901/1901, 1901.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; 299 pp.; ; VG+; Woodbridge=4 "Jack London's second book, a collection of stories drawn from his experiences in the Klondike. _____ As in most of his writings, London's themes here are the reversion to savagery and the importance of brute force."--Henderson 1164 _____ Minimal wear to the covers. _____ Front and rear hinges are cracked, but not open. . _____ Henderson=1164 BAL=11870 Gaer=p.3 Sisson=p.4. [kwA_ 1st Ed. ]
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
London, Jack. The God Of His Fathers, And Other Stories. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York, 1901.
Price: US$585.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (I-Xii), 1-299; P. (300) Blank. Blue Cloth. Gilt Lettering And Design On Front Cover And Spine. Deckled Fore Edge And Bottom Edge. A Scarce Title But Exact Number Of Copies Printed Is Not Known. ( Library Of Congress Copy Deposited May 15, 1901.) This Copy With All Gilt Brilliant, As Issued. Light Rubbing To Small Areas Of Cloth On Edges And Tips With Just Loss Of Color At Those Points Of Wear, But No Loss Of Cloth. Two Faint, Extremely Thin, Long Shallow Scratches On Front Cover, Barely Visible. Partial Light Cracking Of Front Hinge. An Especially Bright And Attractive Example. (This Copy Has The Partially Erased Signature Of Mrs. W. D. Reed With Her Penciled Address, 116 12Th Street, Oakland, California). No Other Marks Or Flaws.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Jack London. The God of His Fathers. McClure, Phillips & Co, 1901.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: tall case. First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Covers shelfworn. Front hinge cracked. Some tape residue on the endpapers. name of Dr. J.M. Young written on the page following the inscription.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.