LONDON, Jack

The Game [ASSOCIATION COPY]

New York: Macmillan, 1905. Henry Hutt. First Edition, second printing. [PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED to one of the book's illustrators] Octavo : pp. [14] 15-182 [6] (publisher's advertisements) : illustrated by Henry Hutt and decorated by T.C. Lawrence : t.e.g. : green publisher's cloth lettered in red with vignette of shrouded Death snipping a thread : image repeated on scarce pictorial dust jacket in blue against orange and white background, lettering also in blue : inscribed by the author at the half title to "Henry Hutt, - with grateful appreciation and hearty best wishes, Jack London, Glen Ellen, California, August 8, 1905." In blue chemise and blue half morocco slipcase.

A chipped and slightly soiled jacket from another copy (previous cataloguer's admission); corners of top board lightly bumped. Near fine / very good. Item #15535

First edition second printing with the Metropolitan Magazine rubber stamp to the copyright page.

Provenance: Sotheby's - New York, April 2024 - The Maurice F. Neville Collection. Included at the sale with the Autograph manuscript (see item #15534).

Price: $15,000.00