THE CALL OF THE WILD - with - WHITE FANG - Complete and Unabridged
by London, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0706430204
- ISBN 13
- 9780706430202
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Octopus Books, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 204 pp. Red boards lettered in pale blue on the spine; brick red endpapers; headband. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a crease on the front panel and a short tear on the upper left of the rear panel; previous owner's name and some rubbing on the front free endpaper; small mark along the edge of the first few pages..
Synopsis
Jack London’s The Call of the Wild is an anthropomorphic canine’s unforgettable tale of survival. Set during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, the novel’s main character, Buck, a large and powerful St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd, is stolen from his ranch home in Santa Clara Valley, California, and sold into service as a sled dog. At first, Buck experiences violence and struggles for survival, becoming progressively feral in the harsh environment. By the end, Buck relies on his instinct and learned experience to emerge as the proven leader of the pack. In The Call of the Wild, author Jack London blends his experience as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness with his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, influenced by the work of Darwin and Nietzsche. Thus, although the novel is first and foremost a story about a dog, it displays a philosophical depth absent in most animal adventures. In the summer of 1903, the story was first serialized in four installments in The Saturday Evening Post, which paid $750 for it. Soon after, London sold all rights to The Call of the Wild to Macmillan, which published the story in book format in August of that same year. As the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately, it is safe to say the novel was enormously popular from the moment it was published. It has since secured its place in the canon of American literature. Today, The Call of the Wild is still one of the best-known stories written by an American author and has been published in almost 50 languages. The Call of the Wild is ranked 35th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels and 88th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223119
- Title
- THE CALL OF THE WILD - with - WHITE FANG - Complete and Unabridged
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0706430204
- ISBN 13
- 9780706430202
- Publisher
- Octopus Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- seafaring; maritime; marine; naval; seagoing; nautical adventure; northern; arctic; gold rush; klondike; yukon; dog sled; wilderness; gold; treasure;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Action Adventure;
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