Description
First edition of Tales of the Fish Patrol by Jack London.
Octavo, 243pp, [3pp ads]. Blue cloth, illustration and title stamped in colors on front cover. Title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Stated “published September, 1905” on copyright page. Front endpapers cracked, hinge starting. Some rubbing to cloth and illustrated cover. Lightly bumped corners. Occasional finger marks to text pages. Lacking one plate facing page 86, otherwise brightly illustrated. (Sisson & Martens 26) (BAL 11887)
Jack London (1876-1916) was one of the first American authors to gain international fame and accumulate wealth from his writing. Despite his popularity, London never received any literary awards for his work. London is remembered today through retellings of his stories on film and television, most recently in a movie adaptation of The Call of the Wild starring Harrison Ford.
