Description
First edition, second issue of White Fang by Jack London.
Octavo, vii, [3], 327pp, [4pp ads]. Green-gray cloth, title stamped in white with small illustration stamped in black and white on front cover. Title in gilt on spine. Solid text block, endpapers partially cracked at hinges. Lightly bumped spine ends, a near fine example. Previous owner’s name written in ink on front pastedown. Complete with eight color illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard. A second printing with cancel title page. (Sisson & Martens 30) (BAL 11896)
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.
