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LONDON, Jack. Call of the Wild. With an introduction by Pierre Berton and illust. , 1960.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wild. With an Introduction by Pierre Berton and Illustrations by Henry Varnum Poor. Large 4to. Orig. tartan cloth in tartan slipcase. Los Angeles: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Ward Ritchie Press, 1960. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by the illustrator. A fine copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
LONDON, Jack. THE CALL OF THE WILD. Limited Editions Club, Los Angeles, 1960.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in full green-and-black plaid wool "mackinaw" shirting with a leather label on the spine. The slipcase is also covered in the same lumberman's shirting material. Introduction by Pierre Berton. Illustrated with line-and-wash drawings by Henry Varnum Poor. Printed at the press of Ward Ritchie. Copy #562 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Handling this most unusual binding, one is tempted to look for buttons. Slight sunning to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. xv, [1], 158, [2] pp. Colour illustrated title, colour plates, colour vignettes. Publisher's green & black wool mackinaw plaid, leather spine label, w/ glassine d.j. (minor chipping, creasing), w/ open-backed publisher's slipcase also wrapped in green & black wool mackinaw plaid (very minor shelfwear), still NF/VG/NF copy, signed & numbered by artist on colophon at rear. First Limited Editions Club edition, signed & numbered 591 of 1500 copies, of this classic dog adventure story set during the Klondike gold rush. Poor (1887-1970) was a noted California landscape and figure painter, also known for his murals. LEC, 308.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
LONDON, Jack. THE CALL OF THE WILD. Limited Editions Club, Los Angeles, 1960.
Price: US$312.50 + shipping
Description: Quarto (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in full green-and-black plaid wool "mackinaw" shirting with a leather label on the spine. The slipcase is also covered in the same lumberman's shirting material. Introduction by Pierre Berton. Illustrated with line-and-wash drawings by Henry Varnum Poor. Printed at the press of Ward Ritchie. Copy #1351 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Handling this most unusual binding, one is tempted to look for buttons. Monthly Letter laid in. Slight sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase, not often found in this condition
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1960.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, bound in full green-and-black plaid wool "mackinaw" shirting with a leather label on the spine. The slipcase is also covered in the same lumberman's shirting material. Introduction by Pierre Berton. Illustrated with line-and-wash drawings by Henry Varnum Poor. Printed at the press of Ward Ritchie. One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by Poor the on the colophon page. A striking publication.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.