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[Jack London] London, Jack. "A New Idea in Fiction" The Star Rover By Jack London. NY, Macmillan, n.d., first edition, stapled self-wrappers. Softcover. It includes a sketch of London's life, Jack London And His Work, plus a "complete descriptive list of his novels, short stories and economic writings," this is one of eight items sold for "Milo Sheppard" (sic) by Russ Kingman of the Jack London Bookstore in 1978 that, according to Kingman, "were originally owned by Jack London. They were sent to him by the publishers as they were printed." Fine. JD4957
James M.Dourgarian, Bookman, was established in 1980. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA). Like all ABAA members, we answer to a higher authority and follow a higher standard of ethics that guarantees a successful transaction for all our customers.
We buy and sell old books, vintage books, collectible books, rare books, first edition books, and related ephemera. We maintain several specialties. Among them are American fiction first editions from c.1900 to the present. Within that general field, we have heavy emphasis in John Steinbeck and Steinbeckiana. Thus, we buy and sell Steinbeck primary first editions in dust jackets, signed/limited editions, his appearances in anthologies, his periodical appearances, books and periodicals about Steinbeck, film and theatre memorabilia, bibliographies, and miscellaneous items.
We also specialize in these same categories for these authors -- Jack London, Wallace Stegner, and Stephen King. Other specialties include Western Americana, books on California and the West, books on Japan, China, and the Orient, and Armed Services Editions. The latter are vintage paperbacks issued to American GIs from 1943 to 1947. They are comprised of mysteries, Westerns, science fiction and fantasy, mainstream fiction, historical novels, science, poetry, adventure stories, and more.
Within our field of modern first editions, we also sell related film memorabilia Thus, we sell film posters, lobby card sets, pressbooks, stills, scripts, etc. for films made from the works of authors we carry such as John Steinbeck, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, Zane Grey, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Stephen King, Edward Abbey, Anne Rice, and many others.
[JackLondon] London, Jack. Martin Eden. NY, Macmillan, Sept. 1909, first edition. Frontispiece by The Kinneys.Front hinge barely starting, else very good.JD1679
London, Jack. Dutch Courage And Other Stories. NY,Macmillan, 1922, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Oneof 4,348 copies, frontispiece of a young Jack London, thebook is illustrated by G. M. Richards, interestingly, the jacket indicates that the book is aimed at ages 12-15. Book fore edge soiled, else a very solid copy while the jackethas uniform soiling, small chipping at edges, and the front flap is oddly cut, not affecting text. JD1408
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| [Jack London] Making Western History. "Sunset", October 1909, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. It includes 14 portraits of men and women who are making history today in the West, 389-403, one of whom is Jack London, 394, the issue also includes verse by William R. Benet and a story of Edith Mirrielees who went on to be one of John Steinbeck's most influential teachers at Stanford University. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] Betten, H. L. The Early Haunts of Jack London. "National Motorist", June 1932, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Photo-illustrated, 5-6. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] Branen, Jeff. In the Valley of the Moon. NY, Joe Morris Music Co., 1915, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is sheet music, "a feature with Charlotte Walker Co. in Eugene Walter's new drama 'The Better Way,'" there is no mention of Jack London or his novel (The Valley of the Moon). Good. | |
| [Jack London] de Fer, Bec. In the Realm of Bookland. "Overland Monthly", May 1907, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A review of Jack London's Before Adam, xxvi, the issue also includes a lengthy illustrated article on the growth of San Francisco a year after the horrific earthquake and fire of 1906. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] Haughey, Homer L. and Johnson, Connie Kale. Jack London Ranch Album. Stockton, Heritage Publishing, 1985, first edition. Issued without jacket, seude covers, this is No. 34 of 350 hardcover copies Signed by Becky London, Jack London's youngest daughter, foreword by Earle Labor, profusely illustrated. Fine. | |
| [Jack London] Henricks, King and Shepard, Irving (editors). Letters from Jack London. NY, Odyssey Press, 1965, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes an unpublished correspondence between Jack London and Sinclair Lewis, illustrated with a suite of photographs. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] Koppel, David. Success. Alameda, David Koppel, 2005, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A stage adaptation of Jack London's Mafrtin Eden, this copy Inscribed by Koppel. Nearly fine. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. A personal check signed by Jack London, for $11.56, drawn on the Merchants National Bank of San Francisco, dated March 1, 1911, made out to Lincoln Safe Deposit Co. The usual bank stamps and perforations, else a nice example. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Adventures in Dream Harbor. "Harper's Weekly", Aug. 8, 1908, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated with two photos, one of which shows "The Snark" at anchor in Dream Harbor, Hawaii, 22, first appearance of this piece, Woodbridge 90 and 803. Very good. | |
| [Cinema] London, Jack. Alaska. Monogram Pictures, Dec. 22, 1944, first edition, self-wrappers. Softcover. An original-release film pressbook, 12 pages, for this film based on Jack Londonšs Flush of Gold, the film starred Kent Taylor, John Carradine, and Dean Jagger, good book/London/exploitation angles, shows examples of all posters available, an excellent reference. Previously folded as usual and with spine seam splits, else fine. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Bosworth Inc. Presents John Barleycorn By Jack London. San Francisco, Progressive Motion Picture Co., n.d., first edition. A single sheet folded to make four pages, this is an advertisement for this six-reel film directed by Hobart Bosworth based on London's book, front panel with a photo illustration of London, interior pages and back cover with a synopsis of the film, this is one of eight items sold for "Milo Sheppard" (sic) by Russ Kingman of the Jack London Bookstore in 1978 that, according to Kingman, "were originally owned by Jack London. They were sent to him by the publishers as they were printed". Two folds, else fine. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Call of the Wild. NY, Lynn Publishing, 1935, first edition thus. Issued without dust jacket, this book published in the manner of the Big Little Books and produced as a photoplay edition for the 20th Century film version released by United Artists that starred Clark Gable with Loretta Young and Jack Oakie, this story retold by Rex Carson is illustrated with scenes from the film throughout the book, as a frontispiece and on the covers, although the covers are an artist's representation of a scene from the film, a delightful book. Aged and with some wear, but a much better copy than usually found, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Chased by the Trail. "The Youth's Companion", Sept. 26, 1907, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Cover and 446, first appearance of this story, Woodbridge 634. Previously folded in half, as usual, three pieces of tape on covers, some spine seam splits, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Chris Farrington Able Seaman. "The Youth's Companion", May 23, 1901, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Cover and 266, first appearance of this story, Woodbridge 636, the issue also includes William Dean Howells. Previously folded in half, as usual, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Dutch Courage And Other Stories. NY, Macmillan, 1922, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. One of 4,348 copies, frontispiece of a young Jack London, the book is illustrated by G. M. Richards, interestingly, the jacket indicates that the book is aimed at ages 12-15. Book fore edge soiled, else a very solid copy while the jacket has uniform soiling, small chipping at edges, and the front flap is oddly cut, not affecting text. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. In the Forests of the North. "Pearson's Magazine", September 1902, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Pages 875-834, illustrated by Jay Hanbridge, this is the lead story in Children of the Frost, the issue also includes H. Rider Haggard and others. Spine chip and tears along spine, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Jerry. "Cosmopolitan", January 1917, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A serialization of this novel, 16-22, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer, magazine cover illustrated by Harrison Fisher, the issue also includes Rex Beach, George Ade, John Galsworthy, and Howard Chandler Christy. Good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Just Meat. "Golden Book Magazine", November 1934, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. This is the second periodical appearance of this story, 577-587, the issue also includes Theodore Dreiser, T. F. Powys, Balzac, and others. Very good. | |
| [Armed Services Editions] London, Jack. Martin Eden. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. N-28 in this important series, his autobiographical adventure novel with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Michael, Brother of Jerry. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, n.d., first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. Reprinted from the 1917 Macmillan plates, color frontispiece by Mountford which is repeated on the front jacket panel, bound in blue cloth, illustration of two dogs on front board in brown, rear jacket panel with a photo of London and a list of his other books. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Pluck and Pertinacity. "The Youth's Companion", Jan. 4, 1900, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Pages 2-3. Rusted staples, but this issue not folded in half, scarce thus, very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. That Spot. "Sunset Magazine", February 1908, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story, 371-376, it eventually was included in Lost Face, the issue also includes Joaquin Miller, and others. Some tape reinforcement to spine and edge chipping, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Apostate A Parable of Child Labor. Girard, The Appeal to Reason, 1906, first edition, stapled self-wrappers. Softcover. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Banks of the Sacramento. "The Youth's Companion", March 17, 1904, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated by H. Burgess, 129-130, first appearance of this story which eventually became part of Dutch Courage, Woodbridge 625. Spine seam splits and tears, good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. "Saturday Evening Post", June 27, 1903, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. With two illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and one by Philip R. Godwin, 9-11, 19-20, this is the second of five parts of this serialization, Woodbridge 20, the issue also includes William Allen White. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Chinago. A Story. "Harper's Magazine", July 1909, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Second periodical appearance of this story which eventually was included in When God Laughs And Other Stories, 233-240, the issue also includes William Dean Howells and others. Some cover tears to front edges and some chipping to rear wrappers, very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Class Struggle. "The Independent", Nov. 5, 1903, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. According to the editor, "The following article is the best statement we have yet seen, from the radical standpoint, of the industrial and social conflict of classes," 2603-2610, illustrated with a photo of a young Jack London, first appearance of this article which eventually was included in War of the Classes, Woodbridge 812. Spine a bit loose, very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The First Poet. "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine", June 1911, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A play, 251-255, first appearance, it eventually was included in The Turtles of the Tasman, the issue also includes a color frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, plus contributions by Richard Le Gallienne, and others. Spine chips, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The "Fuzziness" of Hoockla-Heen. "The Youth's Companion", July 3, 1902, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story, 333-334, Woodbridge 660. Previously folded in half, as usual, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The God of His Fathers. "McClure's Magazine", May 1901, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First periodical appearance, 44-53, illustrated by Ernest L. Blumenschein, the issue also includes Rudyard Kipling and others. Spine chips, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The House of Mapuhi. "McClure's Magazine", January 1909, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story which eventually was included in South Sea Tales, 247-260, illustrated by Wladyslaw T. Benda. Entire spine tape reinforced. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The House of Mapuhi. "McClure's Magazine", January 1909, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story which eventually was included in South Sea Tales, 247-260, illustrated by Wladyslaw T. Benda. Spine beginning to corrupt and general wear, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The King of Mazy May. "The Youth's Companion", Nov. 30, 1899, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Cover and page 630, a story of the Klondike, Woodbridge 688. Entire issue folded in half, as usual, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Law of Life. "McClure's Magazine", March 1901, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story which later found its first book appearance in London's Children of the Frost, 435-438, this issue also includes Lincoln Steffens, Ida M. Tarbell, Theodore Roosevelt, Frederic Remington, Rudyard Kipling, and others. Covers and spine have become dis-bound, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Little Lady of the Big House. NY, Macmillan, April 1916, first edition. Color frontispiece. Bright, clean copy, very good plus. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Lost Poacher. "The Youth's Companion", March 14, 1901, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Cover and 122, illustrated with a small photo of London, first appearance of this story, Woodbridge 699. Previously folded in half, as usual, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Lost Poacher. "The Youth's Companion", March 14, 1901, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Cover and 122, illustrated with a small photo of London, first appearance of this story, Woodbridge 699. Rusted staples, previously folded in half, as usual, else very good. | |
| [Modern Literature] London, Jack. The Scarlet Plague. NY, Macmillan, May 1915, first edition. Illustrated by Gordon Grant, BAL 11960, one of only 5,105 copies, a science fiction/fantasy novel of the world in catastrophe, some consider this London's best fantasy novel. Chipping to top and bottom spine ends, very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Sea-Wolf. "Century Magazine", July 1904, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is part VII of this serialization, 352-364, illustrated by W. J. Aylward. Spine chipped, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Sea-Wolf. "Century Magazine", June 1904, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is part VI of this serialization, 290-299, illustrated by W. J. Aylward, the issue also includes William Allen White, James Whitcomb Riley, Ernest Thompson Seton, O. Henry, Joaquin Miller, and others. Spine chipped and cover chip, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Sea-Wolf. "Century Magazine", April 1904, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is part IV of this serialization, 875-887, illustrated by W. J. Aylward, the issue also includes Maurice Maeterlinck, Edith Wharton, Maxfield Parrish, and others. Spine and edge chips, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Sea-Wolf. "Century Magazine", September 1904, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. This is part IX of this serialization, 770-780. Very good-minus. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Seed of McCoy. "Century Magazine", April 1909, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story which eventually was included in South Sea Tales, 898-914, illustrated by W. J. Aylward. Spine and edge chips, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Shadow and the Flash. "The Bookman", June 1903, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story which eventually was included in Moon-Face, 410-417, Woodbridge 747, the issue also includes Zone Gale, George Barr McCutcheon, and others. Good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Somnambulists. "The Independent", Dec. 20, 1906, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this piece which eventually was included in Revolution And Other Essays, 1451-1454, the issue also includes Louis D. Brandeis. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Star Rover. NY, Macmillan, Oct. 1915, first edition. Hardcover, color frontispiece, his last novel which mixes astral projection (in 1915 no less!) with adventure story telling. Solid, clean, very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Unexpected. "McClure's Magazine", August 1906, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story which was eventually included in Love of Life And Other Stories, 368-382, color illustrations by E. L. Blumenschein, this issue also includes O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, and others. Spine chips, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Wife of a King. "Overland Monthly", August 1899, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story which eventually became part of his first book, The Son of the Wolf, 112-119, Woodbridge 797, the issue also includes Maynard Dixon. Missing its front cover. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. The Wit of Porportuk. "Sunset", February 1910, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Pages 159-172, third appearance of this story which was included in Lost Face, Woodbridge 800, the issue also includes Stuart Edward White and others. San Francisco Public Library stamp with two paper check-out slips on preliminary leaf, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. To Build A Fire. "Reader's Digest", November 1938, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. Condensed. Near fine. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Trust. "Century Magazine", January 1908, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story which eventually was included in Lost Face, 441-448, illustrated by Oliver Kemp, the issue also includes Eduard J. Steichen, May Sinclair, and others. Tape reinforcement to spine and edges, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. Up the Slide. "The Youth's Companion", Oct. 25, 1906, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearance of this story, 545, Woodbridge 782. Previously folded in half, as usual, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. What Life Means to Me. "Cosmopolitan", March 1906, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First appearsance of this piece which eventually was included in Revolution And Other Essays, 526-530, the issue also includes Edwin Markham, Elbert Hubbard, Ambrose Bierce, Frederic Remington, H. G. Wells, and others. Spine chipping and some soiling, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. White Fang. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), second issue, wrappers. Softcover. No. 672 in this important series, it reprints A. S. E. No. G-182, "a dog story of the North Country," issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] London, Jack. White Fang. London, Methuen, 1914, 10th British printing. While this hardcover lacks its dust jacket, it does include a full-page inscription by London, to wit: "Dear Guaraguella:--/I'm really/glad your haven't/read this yarn,/because it is a/particular fav--/orite of mine./Sincerely yours,/Jack London/Nov. 17, 1916.," London died on Nov. 22, 1916, just five days after this presentation, if it is not THE last book he inscribed, it certainly is among the last few inscribed before his death. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] Maurice, Arthur B. Makers of Modern American Fiction (Men). "The Mentor", Sept. 1, 1918, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The piece features, among others, Jack London, Zane Grey, Harry Leon Wilson, Theodore Dresier, O. Henry, etc., including photos, laid in loosely are six "Mentor" gravures with text on Jack London, Booth Tarkington, Robert W. Chambers, Richard Harding Davis, Rex Beach, and Stewart Edward White, Woodbridge C251. Good. | |
| [Jack London] Schlottmann, David H. (editor). What's New About London, Jack?. Olympia, London Northwest, 1986, etc., first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A lot of five issues of this fanzine devoted to Jack London, the issues are Jan. 11 and April 24, 1986, July 30 and Aug. 15, 1987, and Nov. 11, 1993. Essentially fine. | |
| [Jack London] Titus, Warren I. (editor). Two Unpublished Letters of Jack London. "California Historical Society Quarterly", December 1960, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. The letters are to the American novelist Winston Churchill, 308-310, Woodbridge 918. Very good. | |
| [Jack London] Williams, P. S. Jack London Lecturer. "Overland Monthly", October 1906, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Illustrated, 247-250. Spine chipped and with two pieces of tape reinforcement, else very good. | |
| [Jack London] Willson, Carolyn. London Album: A California Legend at Work and Play. "California Historical Quarterly", Fall 1976, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A piece on Jack London in his centennial year, profusely illustrated with photos, 218-245. Near fine. | |
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