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The Call of the Wild
by London, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Goodwin, Philip R.; Bull, Charles Livingston; Hooper, Chas. Edw. [Charles Edward]. 5th printing, 1904 date on title page. 25 cent Jack London stamp laid in. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, minor wear to corners. 1903 Hard Cover. 231, [3] pp., 2-page terminal publisher ad. 8vo. Illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull throughout, including color frontispiece and several color plates. Original olive cloth, gilt titles, gilt top edge, black & red illustrations of sled dogs on front board & spine, decorated endpapers and chapter headings by Chas. Edw. Hooper. The classic story of a sled dog during the Yukon Gold Rush.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2330380
- Title
- The Call of the Wild
- Author
- London, Jack
- Illustrator
- Goodwin, Philip R.; Bull, Charles Livingston; Hooper, Chas. Edw. [Charles Edward]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.19 lbs
- Keywords
- JACK LONDON WORLD LITERATURE AMERICAN NATURE WILDERNESS
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Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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