White Fang

by Jack London

illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull 

First edition, second issue.  New York:  The Macmillan Company, 1906  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Blue gray covers with cream title and inset block illustration.  
• Boards show some wear, smudges, bumps, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt text dimmed and is darkened with crushed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is generally secure; leaf at page 313 is loose.  See photos.  
• Pictorial pastedowns and feps have some staining at edges.  Front fep appears just ahead of page 3, seemingly a binding error.  See photos.  
• Frontispiece is present and has intact tissue guard.
• Illustrations, seven color plates, are bright and clear. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some smudges at corners.  See photos.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block has untrimmed fore and foot edges.  
• Four pages of publisher's advertisements follow last page.
• PS2026.0423

327 pages. 5 x 7.5 inches

First edition of London's beloved novel.  First edition, second issue with tipped-in title page dated 1906, as usually seen.  With "Set up and electrotyped.  Published October, 1906" on copyright page and no additional printings noted.  Publisher's original pictorial cloth with white and gilt lettering, pictorial endpapers.  Tissue-guarded frontispiece and seven color plates by Charles Livingston Bull.  Some wear to boards and rounding to spine.  Free end paper at front appears just before page 3, seemingly a binder's error.  Interior shows a few spots, some smudges, no writing or owner's marks.  Illustrations are very good.  Condition is overall Very Good-.

White Fang is one of the most popular novels by Jack London (1876-1916) about a wolf-dog that becomes domesticated, essentially the opposite narrative and companion work to The Call of The Wild published three years earlier. 

The illustrations are the work of Charles Livingston Bull (1874-1932), a prolific illustrator and the premier wildlife artist of his day.  One of his early successes was contributing imagery for Jack London’s The Call of the Wild when it was serialized in 1903.  The work showcased the qualities that would define Bull's career:  anatomical accuracy, palpable motion, and strong design, influenced by Art Nouveau and Japanese woodblock prints.  By the time of his death in 1932, Bull had produced thousands of illustrations for books, magazines, and posters. (Source:  Clayt Lennox)        

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