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Sale 448: Fine Literature - Fine Printing (#448) 02/24/2011 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #97 The Human Drift

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Title:

The Human Drift

Author:

London, Jack

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Macmillan

Date Published:

1917

Description:

[8], 184, [2] + [6] ad pp. Frontispiece portrait of London. Reddish-brown cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition.

An eclectic mix of his short stories like "Small Boat Sailing," and essays such as "The Human Drift" and an introduction to Two Years Before The Mast. Just over 3,000 copies of this (the first) posthumous London work were printed. BAL 11972; Sisson & Martens, p. 91.

Condition:

A touch rubbed at spine ends and corners, bumped at spine head, a few other tiny stray marks to front cover; bookplate of Harriet Benton Phelps on front pastedown, front hinge cracked; a clean and bright copy, near fine.

Item#:

213106

Headline:

Human Drift by Jack London 1st ed
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