THE SEA-WOLF
by LONDON, JACK
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. AEG. Covers and spine designed and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. From the Easton series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Color frontispiece of the author. Illustrations through text by Fletcher Martin. First published in 1904. Jack London (1876-1916) was an innovator in the genre that would later become known as "science fiction". 354pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Red Leath. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Super Royal Octavo.
Synopsis
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London about a literary critic and other survivors of an ocean collision who come under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues them. Its first printing of forty thousand copies were immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014970
- Title
- THE SEA-WOLF
- Author
- LONDON, JACK
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Super Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Literature, Sea Stories, Fine Binding, Jack London
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Prairie Village, Kansas
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....