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Burning Daylight
by London, Jack
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. First Edition, Second Printing. Original cloth. Very good. First edition of Burning Daylight by Jack London.. Octavo, vii, 361pp, [12pp ads]. Original blue cloth, with illustration stamped on front cover. Title stamped in white on front cover and spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, lightly bumped corners, a touch of rubbing to stamped titles. A very good example. A second printing with three blank leaves at rear instead of one. Complete with all listed illustrations, including a frontispiece. (Sisson & Martens 48) (BAL 11918). Jack London (1876-1916) was one of the first American authors to gain international fame and accumulate wealth from his writing. Despite his popularity, London never received any literary awards for his work. London is remembered today through retellings of his stories on film and television, most recently in a movie adaptation of The Call of the Wild starring Harrison Ford.
Synopsis
Partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith, Burning Daylight was Jack London's best selling book during his lifetime. The novel is set in the Yukon Territory in 1893, telling the story of an adventurer, nicknamed “Burning Daylight,” who went to Alaska and laid the foundations of his fortune before the gold hunters arrived. Burning Daylight was adapted for American films in 1914, 1920, 1928, and 2010.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13053
- Title
- Burning Daylight
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- First edition of Burning Daylight by Jack London.
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- first edition Jack London, Call of the Wild First Edition, Call of the Wild Jack London, signed book Jack London, The game jack London, The Acorn-Planter Jack London, The House of Pride Jack London, Hearts of Three London
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