1st Edition. First UK Edition First
Printing of the "New Edition" with May 1910 to the copyright page.
231 pp. All illustrations present. Same format as the first
printing, original decorated blue cloth.
Jack London's beloved 1903
masterpiece, The Call of the Wild, is unsurpassed as the gripping
adventure of Buck, a California wolf-dog enjoying the good life who
is brutally kidnapped and sold into the Canadian Yukon as a sled-dog
during the gold rush of the 1890s. Buck quickly has to shed his
civilized ways to survive the harsh new laws of fang and club, but
after terrifying challenges he triumphs by discovering his true
nature, which leads him to authentic love and finally an authentic
life. Far more than a deeply moving animal fable, London's harrowing
and sublime tale probes fundamental questions of human existence and
our relationship to the natural world.
Condition: Hardcover. Condition:
Good, with some shelf wear to cover. Internally intact with some
yellowing due to age of book. Click photo for larger image of cover.
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