Books

The Macmillan Company, 1903. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. a significant book in poor condition, hardcover in green boards with three panel illustration on front cover board and dog illustration on spine between titles, interesting inscription by Jack London dated 1903 on FEP to someone who had helped him with this classic work, bookplate of Brooklyn Friends School opposite inscription inside front cover board, book appears to have been personalized by Harry Preston whose period signature appears on front fly and whose initials are scratched into rear cover board (ouch!), frontispiece with tissue guard and remaining other 10 colored illustrations are present, front half title page has been cut out and laid in, page 97 is loose and laid in, under the title on the Hal color illustration the word Hell has been handwritten in the same size lettering, binding has a slight lean, see close-up photo of period signature where original signature has been partially erased, rear inner hinge…

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.