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1903 First Edition
Hardcover
USD$17,500

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Macmillan, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing (Stated Published July 1903 with no additional printings mentioned). Published by Macmillan, 1903. Octavo. Green cloth pictorial boards stamped in gold, red white & black. Gilt topstain and illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing, names or ownership markings. Spine straight and corners sharp. Binding tight and pages crisp. Has scarce first state dust jacket. Jacket is very good/near fine with some professional restoration to edges and interior hinges. Illustrated frontispiece present with tissue guard. An uncommonly fine copy of Jack London s most famous novel. Featuring the iconic illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin & Charles Livingston Bull. Decorations by Charles Edward Hooper. 231 pages plus two pages of advertisements in rear. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. Comes in a green morocco custom chemise case. 100% positive feedback. 30 day…

About The Call of the Wild

Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London. The story is set during the Klondike Gold Rush and follows a domesticated dog named Buck, who is stolen from his home and sold into the brutal life of an Alaskan sled dog.

Identifying the First Edition of The Call of the Wild

Contains 18 full-page color illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull.