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Second Issue with 1903 and 1904 copyrights, and title leaf on stub. Glassine guard at frontispiece. About Fine in vertically ribbed illustrated cloth (sailor motif at top of front cover--very bright), top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. 366pp. with three pages of ads at end. Six illustrations (including frontis) all present. A snug copy. Very slight rubbing to publisher's name at foot. No dustwrapper. Q20222.

First published in 1904, 'The Sea-Wolf' by Jack London is a novel that explores complex themes of human nature and individuality through a captivating tale of adventure at sea. Set on the sealing schooner Ghost, the story follows the intellectual Humphrey van Weyden and his physical and emotional transformation under the hand of the brutal yet charismatic captain Wolf Larsen.