WHITE FANG

Jack London, October, 1906; First Edition, First Printing; The Macmillan Company; Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull; 5"x 7.6"; 327 pages; Extremely Rare; NO RESERVE!!!

Great for any fan of the Legendary Author of Call of the Wild or collector.

One of his most famous books, seen selling for up to $2,500.00!!!

Attributes:

Comes in a leather binding and corners with beige boards, nice floral end pages with the required 7 beautiful color plates other than the frontispiece and an Epic Classic!!!

Summary:

White Fang is the title of a novel by United States author Jack London. The novel was first serialized in The Outing Magazine in May to October 1906.

White Fang is the story of a wild wolfdog's journey toward becoming civilized in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush, at the end of the 19th century. White Fang is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which concerns a kidnapped civilized dog turning into a wild animal.

The book is characteristic of London's precise prose style and his innovative use of voice and perspective. Much of the novel is written from the view-point of the animals, allowing London to explore how animals view their world, and how they view humans. White Fang examines (sometimes graphically) the violent world of wild animals, and the equally violent world of supposedly-civilized humans. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption. White Fang has been adapted into a movie numerous times, including in 1991.

The story begins before the three-quarters wolf hybrid is born, with two men and their sled dog team. The men, Bill and Henry, are stalked by a large pack of starving wolves over a course of several days. Finally, four more teams find Henry, after all his dogs and Bill have been eaten, in a ring of coals from his fire in an attempt to keep the wolves away. The story then follows the pack, who have been robbed of their last prey. When the pack finally manages to bring down a moose, the famine is ended, and they eventually split up, and the story now follows a she-wolf and her mate, One Eye. The she-wolf gives birth to a litter of five cubs by the Mackenzie River, and all but one die from hunger. One Eye is killed by a Canadian lynx, and the surviving cub and the she-wolf fend for themselves.

Jack London (12 January 1876 – 22 November 1916) was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing.

Condition is Poor/Fair. Some wear to edges/cover. Missing frontispiece, library sticker. I tried to restore it as best I could, about 5-6 pages have a missing corner, a little text missing on those, one page is missing about half. Some light blemishing throughout, a few pages have some older tape on them, I applied new tape on many others, rough edges, some pages stick out/off-centered. Overall, for over 100 years old its in Poor/Fair condition.