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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth stamped white, black, and red, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing at extremities and modest soiling to cloth. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown along with contemporary ownership to recto of frontispiece; light tanning to contents and rear inner hinge slightly exposed. A great copy of this enduring work of adventure fiction set during the 1890's Klondike Gold Rush, with the "snow" stamping still relatively strong and only slightly rubbed.

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.

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