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London, Jack. The Strength of the Strong.. The Macmillan Company, 1914.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Very good copy internally, but in a worn binding. Bound in finely woven blue cloth stamped ind white lettering with a gilt circular design with a series of knots. Some of the white letters have been rubbed awat, as has some of the gilt design. Stamped brightly in gilt on the spine which is lightly flecked. The corners are lightly bumped. With 6 pages of ads for Macmillan books at the back. Olny 3,948 copies printed. A good plus copy only overall. 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 1914 and with "Published May, 1914" on the copyright page. With no subsequent printings listed.

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

London, Jack. The Strength of the Strong. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1914.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: shelf wear, blue cloth, gilt design and white lettering. Front end page missing owners inscription S2 6

Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada

Jack London. The Strength of the Strong. Mac Macmillan Co, New York, 1914.

Price: US$190.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. Original pictorial sea blue cloth with frontis, a very good to near fine copy one of the more difficult London titles to find in very good condition. listed in Jacob Blanck's BAL.

Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.

London, Jack.. THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG.. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1914.

Price: US$249.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1914, v, 257pp, plus 6pp publisher's advertisements. Light wear and soiling, else G+. Stamped on title page: "Advance Copy for Editorial Use, Review Released for Publication Jun 3 1914." BAL 11955.

Seller: Legacy Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.

London, Jack. The Strength Of The Strong. The MacMillan Company, New York, NY, 1914.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, with points matching Sisson page 76. Sisson notes only 3948 copies printed of the first edition. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear, and a couple of tiny nick / tears to the spine ends. The lettering to the publishers name on the spine has rubbed. The text pages are generally clean and bright, however one section has spots of foxing. "A collection of seven short stories including the title piece "The Strength of the Strong". London uses the stories to advance his views on socialism and highlight the problems of the working classes. He continues to look back with prehistoric tales, but also includes "The Unparalleled Invasion" which looks forward to a Chinese invasion of the world later in the twentieth century." (from The Jack London State Historic Park site)

Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.

London, Jack. The Strength of the Strong. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1914.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Octavo blue decorated cloth stamped in black and gilt and lettered in white. This copy with a GIFT INSCRIPTION FROM BECKY LONDON, JACK'S DAUGHTER on the front free endpaper. Light, diffuse stain on the front cover and spine lettering somewhat rubbed. A very good, internally fine copy.

Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

London, Jack. THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG. , 1914.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Description: With Frontispiece. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. 6 pp undated ads. Original light blue cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition of this collection of seven socialistic tales. Two of them, "The Dream of Debs" and "South of the Slot," he had written years earlier just after the San Francisco earthquake. In the former (which was later published as a separate pamphlet), San Francisco is destroyed by another form of catastrophe, a nationwide general strike. The wealthy narrator wakes up with the premonition of an earthquake to come. Yet there is only silence, the silence of nobody going to work. Slowly, the city breaks down. Violence flares between the slum people and the upper classes. [Sinclair] In the title story, London mocks his old god Kipling, whom his earliest Alaskan tales emulated: primitive men choose brotherhood over capitalism, rejecting the lies of their "Lip-King." Macmillan produced only 3,948 copies of this book -- which, with the exception of London's plays and his few nonfiction titles, is one of the smallest number of copies of all his works -- fewer than THE SCARLET PLAGUE, fewer than THE HOUSE OF PRIDE, fewer than SOUTH SEA TALES, fewer than THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS. Not only were a small number printed, but the binding was unfortunately lettered in white -- which typically is found quite eroded today. This, however, is a fine copy, with none of the white eroded. Quite uncommon in this condition. Sisson & Martens p. 76; Blanck 11955.

Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.

London, Jack (Ownership Signature Of Jack Shepard). The Strength Of The Strong. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1914.

Price: US$525.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: One Of Only 3948 Copies, Blue Cloth Lettered In White And Decorated In Black And Gilt. First Printing. Light Wear, Small Losses To Parts Of Lettering On Spine, Mostly To Publisher's Name, But All Words Clear, No Loss To Cover Lettering. Hinges Tight, No Stains, No Names Or Marks, No Fraying. Ownership Signature Of "J Shepard", Possibly (And Probably) James Shepard (1843-1917), Husband Of Jack London's Half-Sister Eliza (1866-1939), Who Traveled To Alaska Etc. With London But Fell Out With Him, Blaming Him For His Diorce From Eliza, And Is Thought By Some Modern Writers To Possible Have Caused Woilf-House To Burn Down.

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

London, Jack. The Strength Of The Strong (First Edition In Dust Jacket). The Macmillan Company, New York, 1914.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: [Vi], 378 Pp + 7 Pp Ads At Rear. First Printing, One Of 3948 Copies, Blue Cloth, White Lettering, Gilt Design. An Unusually Bright, Unworn, Unrubbed Book, Entirely Original, Without Any Restoration. With The Rae Dust Jacket Which Has Undergone Professional Restoration, Including Replacement Of Bottom Half Of Spine Panel And A Large Chip At The Bottom Of The Rear Panel, Also Reattachment Of Chip At Top Of Spine, Reattachment Of Split Along Rear Spine Edge, And Repair Of Minor Edge Chips; The White Surface Has Been Retouched, Leaving The Original Lettering; The Publisher's Name Has Been Added At Bottom Of Spine When The Bottom Was Replaced.

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