B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S * * * * H O L I D A Y G I F T S * 32 “THIS WAS CONSIDERED THE AMERICAN DREAM”: HANDSOME FIRST EDITION OF THE CALL OF THE WILD 32. LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wild. New York and London, 1903. Octavo, original pictorial green cloth. $4200 First edition, first issue, of one of the most desirable classics in American literature. “One of the first American novels to examine the quest of the pioneering individual who breaks away from the sheltered environment of civilization and is romantically compelled to find freedom in nature. In the early part of the century this was considered the American dream” (Parker, 16). With 18 full-page color illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull. First issue, with “Set up, electrotyped, and published July, 1903” on copyright page, one leaf of advertisements at rear. Without scarce original dust jacket. BAL 11876. Woodbridge, London & Tweney 19. Text with a few spots of soiling; cloth with minor rubbing to spine extremities, gilt bright. A near-fine copy.
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