Pages with some age toning, including offsetting to the title page from the tissue guard. Light creasing, some light water staining and/or minor chipping to corners and along the edges of some pages.
Interior with starting at the gutters of the interior front and back covers, as well as the verso of the half-title, p.114, and 152. Small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Binding with rubbing to the corners, along edges and to the hinges of the spine. The book became a bestseller and established jack London as among the most famous American writers of his day. First published in serialized form in the summer 1903, in "The Saturday Evening Post", the book tells the story of the Buck, a dog who has to devolve and rely on his feral instincts to survive in the harsh environment of the Klondike Goldrush. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard still present. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull, with a cover by Charles Edward Hooper. Illustrated color plates throughout by Philip R. This is a second printing of the first edition, published the same month as the first printing. Green illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. As early as 1923, the story was adapted to film, and it has since seen several more cinematic adaptations various adaptations starred noted actors including Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Charlton Heston, Mike Reynolds, Bryan Cranston, Rutger Hauer and Richard Dreyfuss.
By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild. He becomes progressively more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. 'The Call of the Wild' is set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. Jack Londons' highly popular tale of survival and a return to primitivism. Minor wear to extremities tiny bump to upper rear corner small bookseller label inside front cover else a fine and bright copy. Publisher's green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering tope edge gilt.
Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull (including frontispiece with tissue guard) cover designed by Charles Edward Hooper. 231 pp + 2 pp Publisher's advertisements.
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