Description
The first appearance in print of Jack London’s “The Men of Forty-Mile,” published in the May 1899 issue of The Overland Monthly and later collected in The Son of the Wolf, London’s first book. The Overland Monthly, May 1899, Vol. XXXIII, No. 197, edited by James Howard Bridge.
Octavo, [16], [389]-482pp, [17-32pp ads]. Publisher’s original illustrated wrappers printed in red, cover by Carlton Fowler. Short tape repair to closed tear along front panel. Housed in a custom black leather chemise. Also includes “Stevenson’s Home in Samoa: Vailima,” with frontispiece by Maynard Dixon and additional illustrations by Blashki, L.M. Keeler, and A.B. Dewing.
(BAL 11869) (Woodbridge 1) (Sisson & Martens, p. 1) (Walker & Sisson, 11)
