London, Jack

The Call of the Wild

Hardcover, Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2014. Fine. Easton Press Deluxe Limited Edition. This book is number 411 of 800 printed. This is a special recreation of the 1903 first edition including all the original illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull. Goodwin and Bull were well known nature artists in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Their illustrations for The Call of the Wild were actually commissioned by the Saturday Evening Post for their magazine serialization of the novel during the summer of 1903, the book first edition published by Macmillian was released just as the serialization was ending, and Macmillian wisely chose to include the wonderful illustrations. Interestingly, both London and the Saturday Evening Post disliked the title. London suggested changing it to The Sleeping Wolf while the SEP considered The Wolf. Bound in full genuine leather with real 22kt gold titles. The cover illustrations faithfully recreate those of the original. Luxury features include pictorial endpapers, raised bands on the spine, gilded page edges, a satin sewn-in bookmark, and archival quality paper pages that are sewn (not glued) into the binding. All features of this book are upgraded and superior to the standard Easton quality. The leather is specially imported from Italy by Cortina of New York. The paper was specially made by Glatfelter of Pennsylvania. Lithography by the Falcon Press of Nashville. Comes in a custom clamshell illustrated box made by BindTech of Nashville. Beautiful and As New. I bought this book from a long time Easton Press subscriber who purchased it from Easton Press in 2014 and never read it. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box with tracking. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages. [Item #77373]

Price: $500.00