Burning Daylight - First Edition with 3 signatures and laid in ephemera

London, Jack

Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1910

About this Item

New York: Macmillan, 1910. First Edition with spine imprint and 3 blank leaves. 8 Illustrations (plates) by W. Morgan. BAL 11918; Sisson & Martens, p. 47. 12mo, [8],361,[1]+[12}ad pp. Blue cloth lettered in white, with blue & yellow illustration. Spine well rubbed, covers less so but with some flaking to lettering. Overall About Very Good. Collectible as a nice first edition copy of one of London's Alaska tales, the uniqueness of this piece actually lies between the cover and the title page: a tipped in Jack London check, signed by London, payable to E. Winship, dated May 12 1910; an ink inscription beneath the check by Eliza London Shepherd - London's older stepsister, who did much to raise him and who served as business manager for the London Ranch from 1910 until her death in 1939 (inscription is dated September 18th, 1932, at the Jack London Ranch, and is to Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Kerrigan); a rather lengthy full page ALS (autograph letter signed) from Eliza to the same Kerrigans, dated September 19th, 1932 at Glen Ellen, California (at the Ranch); and Jack London's now-famous Wolf's Head bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Top provenance. L28.

Seller Inventory # 000447

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Burning Daylight - First Edition with 3 signatures and laid in ephemera
• Publisher: The MacMillan Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1910
• Language: English
• Binding: Pictorial Cloth
• Illustrator: Morgan, W.
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: About Very Good
• Signed: Signed Various Ephemera
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