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The Sea-Wolf
de London, Jack
- Usado
- fair
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Fair
- Librería
-
Haddon Heights, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
The Macmillan Company, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904 Book. Fair 1st Edition. First printing. No Dust Jacket. Earliest issue with gilt lettering on spine. 1904 on title page and 1903 & 1904 on the copyright page. Book has six black and white illustrations byW. J. Aylward , 366 pages and 3 pages of advertisements. Cover is rubbed and soiled, inner hinges cracked. Book edges rubbed through to the inner board, stain on bottom edge of book and many pages, probably a water stain. Spine is tight and the except for the previous owners name on the inside cover, book is unmarked. A thrilling epic of a sea voyage and a complex novel of ideas, The Sea-Wolf is a standard-bearer of its genre. It is the vivid story of a gentleman scholar, Humphrey Van Weyden, who is rescued by a seal-hunting schooner after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. The Sea-Wolf also introduces Jack London's most memorable, fully realized character, Wolf Larsen, the schooner's brutal captain, who ruthlessly crushes anyone standing in his way. An immediate bestseller, the first printing of forty thousand copies was sold out before publication. Please ask any questions or for additional photos before purchasing. 366 pp. AB273
Sinopsis
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London about a literary critic and other survivors of an ocean collision who come under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues them. Its first printing of forty thousand copies were immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Glading Hill Emporium
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- Alibris.0001938
- Título
- The Sea-Wolf
- Autor
- London, Jack
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- The Macmillan Company
- Fecha de publicación
- 1904
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Action & Adventure; Fiction
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction;
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Glading Hill Emporium
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Haddon Heights, New Jersey
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
