Title: The Game Author: London, Jack Place: New York Publisher: Macmillan Co. Date: 1905 Description: 182 + [6] ad pp. Illustrated with 6 color plates by Henry Hutt & T.C. Lawrence, many black & white drawings in the text, pictorial endpapers. Green cloth lettered in red & gilt, cover illus. in white & brown, top edge gilt. Trimmed front panel of jacket laid in. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by London to George Wharton James on front free endpaper: "To George Wharton James - I'd rather by champion of the world than President of the United States. Jack London. Dec. 28, 1906." George Wharton James (1858-1923) was a prolific author of books on California and the West, and American Indian arts and crafts. He was a long-time friend of Jack London. Blanck's state "B" of the magazine rubberstamp on copyright page. BAL 11886; Sisson & Martens, p. 23. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight wear to spine tips and corners; couple small smudges to front board; large bookplate of noted London collector Willard S. Morse tipped to front pastedown and his catalogue slip tipped to rear; small bookplate of L.M. Kaufmann to front pastedown, about fine. Item number: 194694
Title: The Game Author: London, Jack Place: New York Publisher: Macmillan Co. Date: 1905 Description: 182 + [6] ad pp. Illustrated with 6 color plates by Henry Hutt & T.C. Lawrence, many black & white drawings in the text, pictorial endpapers. Green cloth lettered in red & gilt, cover illus. in white & brown, top edge gilt. Trimmed front panel of jacket laid in. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by London to George Wharton James on front free endpaper: "To George Wharton James - I'd rather by champion of the world than President of the United States. Jack London. Dec. 28, 1906." George Wharton James (1858-1923) was a prolific author of books on California and the West, and American Indian arts and crafts. He was a long-time friend of Jack London. Blanck's state "B" of the magazine rubberstamp on copyright page. BAL 11886; Sisson & Martens, p. 23. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight wear to spine tips and corners; couple small smudges to front board; large bookplate of noted London collector Willard S. Morse tipped to front pastedown and his catalogue slip tipped to rear; small bookplate of L.M. Kaufmann to front pastedown, about fine. Item number: 194694
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