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Jack. London. THE SON OF THE WOLF.. Houghton, Mifflin and Company January 1900, 1900.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Early edition. Dark green cloth covered boards with cream background and dark green text and silhouettes of hunter and his dog on the cover. Published by Houghton, Mifflin. Houghton is listed on both the title page and at the bottom of the spine. No date except the 1900 copyright. Frontispiece by J. Maynard Dixon. Corners worn, as well as the top and bottom of the spine. Previous owner's property stamp on front endpage. Riverside Press logo on title page. 1/4 inch rectangle cut out of the spine.
Seller: Bookends, Hutchinson, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$1080.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Embossed Cloth With Silver. First Trade Issue, Mixed States. (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After The Front Free Endpaper, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf Before The Rear Free Endpaper. Stub Between Pp 10 And 11. Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin.&.Co. With Periods Around Ampersand, And Ampersand Is An Odd Design [Both Indications Of A Second Or Third Printing). (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Of Second Printing, 1004 Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect (&) On Spine (Not Present Here, At Least Design Is Not Standard Ampersand But Also Not Defective, Just A Different Symbol); 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines, Page 147 (Present Here, And Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters); 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7 (As In This Example, Which Has Stub Between Pp 10 And 11); 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7, 18-19, 30-31, And Every Six Leaves To 246-247 (Not Present Here, This Example Having Binding Threads Between Pp. 2 And 3, 18 And 19, Etc). The First State Requires A Comma After Copyright Date, Now Considered A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State, But There Is A Period In This Example. Lastly, The Type On Pp. 65 Is Partially Broken ("Flight" And "Perfect" Only, And Less So Than Some Other Issues). An Attractive Near Fine Book With Very Slight Rubbing At Corners, No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings. Altogether A Very Nice Example In The Type Ii Binding Except Not A Broken Ampersand, Just An Odd Symbol, And With Sheets (Other Than Period On Copyright Page) Retaining First Printing Points.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1080.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Embossed Cloth With Silver. First Trade Printing, Mixed States. (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After The Front Free Endpaper, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf Before The Rear Free Endpaper. Stub Between Pp 10 And 11. Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin &Co. Without Periods Around Ampersand, And Ampersand Is An Odd Design [Both Indications Of A Second Or Third Printing). (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Of Second Printing, 1004 Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect (&) On Spine (Not Present Here, At Least Design Is Not Standard Ampersand But Also Not Defective, Just A Different Symbol); 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines, Page 147 (Not Present Here, And Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters); 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7 ( In This Example, Stub Is Present); 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7, 18-19, 30-31, And Every Six Leaves To 246-247 (Not Present Here, This Example Having Binding Threads Between Before P. 1, Between 12 And 13, 24 And 25, Etc). The First State Requires A Comma After Copyright Date, Now Considered A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State, But There Is A Period In This Example. Lastly, The Type On Pp. 65 And 67 Is Partially Broken ("Flight" And "Perfect" But Less So Than Some Other Issues). The Binding, With Odd "&" Sign But Without Dots On Either Side, Has Not Been Bibliographically Described To Our Knowledge; The Absence Of The Dots Is A Characteristic Only Of The First Printing, But The Presence Of The Imperfect "&" Sign As Here Is An Indication Of A Later Printing. An Attractive Near Fine Book With Very Slight Rubbing At Corners, No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings. Altogether A Very Nice Example In The An Intermediate Type I/Type Ii Binding. Most Bibliographers State That True Priority Of Various Issues Is Not Established, Although The First Binding Is Thought To Be Established; But So Many Variant And Mixtures Of Variants Turn Up, It May Be That Every Surviving Copy Is A Part Of A Small Group Of Copies Different In Some Way From A Large Number Of Small Groups Of Other Copies.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After Front Free Endpaper, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf Before Rear Free Endpaper. (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Of Second Printing, 1004 Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Embossed Slate Grey Cloth With Silver. Near Fine. First Trade Printing, First Issue, First State On All Known Points. Collation: 1(4), 3-22 (6) As Required For First Printing. Binding With Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin & Co. Without Periods Around Ampersand, The State #1 Per Woodbridge, (No Known Priority.) Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect (&) On Spine; 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines, Page 147 (Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters, But Some Copies With Second State Binding And Period After Date On Copyright Page Also Exist); 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7 (Also Seen On Some Copies In Second State Binding And With Period After Date On Copyright Page; 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7, 18-19, 30-31, And Every Six Leaves To 246-247. . Consistent With Recent Bibliographic Information, There Is A Comma After Copyright Date, Apparently A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State Of The Title Page Of This First Edition. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And "T" In "Might" Bottom Two Lines, Page 147. Lastly, The Type On Pp. 65 And 67 Is Unbroken But Ink Is Missing In A Straight Thin Line Extending Through Three Words Near Bottom Of P. 65, "Flight", "Perfect", And "Exist", As If A Wire Had Lain Across The Type; Copies Also Exist With Perfect Type But Second Binding And With Period After Date On Copyright Page. An Attractive Near Fine Book In All Earliest States [Aside From Some Rare Preliminary Bindings] With Some Rubbing At Corners, No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings, And Scarce Thus.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Embossed Cloth With Silver. First Trade Printing, First Issue, First State On All Known Points. (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Copies Of Second Printing, 1004 Copies Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Collation: 1(4), 3-22 (6) As Required For First Printing. Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin & Co. Without Periods Around Ampersand, The State #1 Per Woodbridge, No Known Priority.) Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect (&) On Spine; 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines, Page 147 (Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters); 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7; 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7, 18-19, 30-31, And Every Six Leaves To 246-247. All Of These Points Are Present In This Copy. Consistent With More Recent Bibliographic Information, There Is A Comma After Copyright Date, A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State. Lastly, The Type On Pp. 65 And 67 Is Unbroken. An Attractive Near Fine Book With Very Slight Rubbing At Corners, No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings, And Quite Scarce Thus.This Copy With The Original Bookseller's Label From W.F. Purnell, Sacramento, Circa 1900.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.