The Call of the Wild
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903.
First edition, first printing. 231, [3] pp. with two advertisement pages at rear; complete with 11 inserted color lithographic plates. Bound in publisher's dark green vertically ribbed cloth with pictorial stamping in white, black, and red. Gilt lettering, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Very Good with slight lean and crease to spine, moderate rubbing to extremities and "snow," and several spots of soiling to rear board. Some thumbing and staining to contents; binding starting at several places. Traces of penciled ownership inscription dated July 1903 to frontispiece verso. The first edition of Jack London's iconic story of a domestic dog rediscovering his wild nature in Alaska. Sisson & Martens 14, BAL 11876. Item #140947999
Price: $2,200