(London, Jack) London, Charmian. THE BOOK OF JACK LONDON. [In Two Volumes.]. , 1921.

Price: US$725.00 + shipping

Description: [both vols. inscribed by Charmian] Illustrated with Photographs. New York: The Century Co., 1921. Original green cloth. First Edition of Charmian London's personal biography, copiously illustrated with photographic plates, of her husband who had died five years earlier. Quoting from her Preface, Here I give to the world my Jack London -- a virile creature compounded of curiosity and fearlessness, the very texture of fine sensibility, the loving heart and discerning intuitions of a woman, an ardent brain, and a divine belief in himself. And since he was first and foremost his own man, I render. also his own Jack London. This set is in very good-plus condition, with minor rubbing at the extremities and (as usual) the spine gilt rather dull. The front free endpaper of each volume is inscribed and signed by Charmian London to "Harry" Fish (her quotation marks) -- in Glen Ellen California in 1935. Vol I reads "Wishing you could have known the man, and not only his humble biographer --". Her Vol II inscription is "The first volume is preparation for this part of Jack's life, of course. And it treats of a place and of a persona you know. I hope you won't be disappointed. Yours very sincerely,". Loosely inserted is a post card postmarked July 10th 1935 in Rio Nido (on the Russian River), addressed to Charmian K. London but with the salutation "Dear Mrs. London" -- from "Harry" of that town; in it he says he received her card, and will call on her on July 17th -- which quite likely would be the day she gave and inscribed these two volumes to him. The Vol I half-title bears the Jack London "wolf's head" bookplate, a reduced version of which appears on each title page; presumably, this set had belonged to Charmian for 14 years. The Vol II half-title bears a tipped-on silver print of a photograph of Jack London at the wheel of a boat (the "Roamer"?).

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

Charmian London. The Book of Jack London, 2 volumes. The Century Co, 1921.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: Signed by Charmian London in both volumes, Both volumes have Charmian London's name to the first pages on tipped in labels. First Edition. Good to Very Good condition.

Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.

London, Chairmian. THE BOOK OF JACK LONDON.Volume II [only]. The Century Co.: New York, 1921.

Price: US$1144.25 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Photos, 9 x 6", embossed green cloth, 414pp with Appendix, covers lightly rubbed, extremities a bit worn, spine ends bumped, spine a bit soiled at top, pp toned, scattered spotting, in a quite-worn, edge-chipped, torn, holed dustjacket with pencil writing at top of front panel. Volume Two only. FIRST EDITION (SD), INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FLY ("Dear Margaret Ching: This is the story of us two- and I feel that you are the one who will sense, finely, what it meant.") AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JACK'S WIDOW, CHARMIAN LONDON who adds "Jack London Ranch, in the 'Valley of the Moon', 1934". Above the inscription is pasted a half-tone photo of a woman on a horse (Charmian, we suppose) and on the verso of the half-title page is pasted a half-tone photo of a bust of Jack London. INSIDE THE FRONT COVER IS JACK LONDON'S BOOKPLATE.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

LONDON, CHARMIAN. The book of Jack London. The Century Co, New York, 1921.

Price: US$1187.50 + shipping

Description: First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xvi, 422, [3]; viii, 414; 43 illustrations on 32 plates, 2 other full-p. illustrations in the text; original green cloth, spines faded, front hinge of vol. II cracked; a good set. Ostensibly Charmian's own copy, with her bookplate in each volume, and with a 1932 inscription from her in each volume to B. J. Hart "with best wishes from the author, Charmian London." Also, with her tipped in signature on the front free flyleaf, a long autograph postcard from her mounted to the front pastedown regarding "this frightful disaster that has overtaken the South," etc., 2 printed poems of Jack London's pasted in on preliminaries, and a typed note signed by Charmian pasted to the rear pastedown in vol. II to Woodruff Book Store in Los Angeles asking for a 10% discount on London's The Valley of the Moon, together with typed envelope,

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.