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Williamson Press. paperback. New. 5x1x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

NY: Macmillan, 1925. third printing, inscribed by Charmian London at the front free endpaper; ix, 487 pp., frontis., plates; original gilt stamped blue cloth (hardcover), a news clipping photo of the Londons pasted inside the front cover, else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.

E-056: The Macmillian Company. Very Good. 1916. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Macmillan Company. 1915. 487 pgs. Illustrated with 20 Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in light blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Bound in light blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Upon reading Joshua Slocum's Sailing Alone Around the World, they decided to repeat the journey. The trip on the Snark, designed by Jack, went only to Australia, yet provided the material for books by both writers. Charmian published articles for Mid-Pacific Magazine, along with The Log of the Snark… Read More

487+[5 ad] pages with 20 photo plates, including frontispiece. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 3/4") issued in light blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. inscribed by Charmain on front end paper. First Edition.Charmian Kittredge London (November 27, 1871-January 14, 1955) was Jack London's second wife. After divorcing Bess Maddern London in 1904, London married Charmian Kittredge the following year. Biographer Russ Kingman called Charmian "Jack's soul-mate, always at his side, and a perfect match." She was the author of several books about her life with Jack London: The Log of the Snark, Our Hawaii and The Book of Jack London. The last is considered by scholars to be an important but flawed source of biographical information on London: Clarice Stasz calls it "an uneven account that omits Jack's illegitimacy, yet has surprisingly frank information nonetheless concerning his personality." Their relationship became the subject of a book, Clarice Stasz' American Dreamers. The couple had no children who… Read More