Lot 73
- 73
London, Jack
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- printed book
The Call of the Wild. New York: Macmillan, 1903
8vo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 196 x 133 mm). Color frontispiece, headpieces, and 10 plates and other illustrations printed in blue by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull; minimal wear, slight offsettng fron tissue-guard on title-page. Publisher's olive green pictorial cloth, spine and upper cover gilt-lettered, spine and upper cover with with illustrations blocked in red, white and black, pictorial endpapers; some rubbing. Original grey dust-jacket printed in green; repair to spine, lower joint starting, corners chipped. Gilt-lettered green buckram slipcase.
8vo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 196 x 133 mm). Color frontispiece, headpieces, and 10 plates and other illustrations printed in blue by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull; minimal wear, slight offsettng fron tissue-guard on title-page. Publisher's olive green pictorial cloth, spine and upper cover gilt-lettered, spine and upper cover with with illustrations blocked in red, white and black, pictorial endpapers; some rubbing. Original grey dust-jacket printed in green; repair to spine, lower joint starting, corners chipped. Gilt-lettered green buckram slipcase.
Literature
BAL 11876; Peter Parley to Penrod 119
Condition
8vo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 196 x 133 mm). Color frontispiece, headpieces, and 10 plates and other illustrations printed in blue by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull; minimal wear, slight offsettng fron tissue-guard on title-page. Publisher's olive green pictorial cloth, spine and upper cover gilt-lettered, spine and upper cover with with illustrations blocked in red, white and black, pictorial endpapers; some rubbing. Original grey dust-jacket printed in green; reapir to spine, lower joint starting, corners chipped. Gilt-lettered green buckram slipcase.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition of the author's most popular book, in dust-jacket. This copy with London's pictorial bookplate, signed by him. With a 4-page Macmillan prospectus featuring Call of the Wild tipped-in.