Jack London
129 copies for sale · $12–$17,500 · 26 first editions
Notable copies for sale
The Mutiny of the Elsinore (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$4,000
The Human Drift (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,750
The Abysmal Brute (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$1,250
Caption title: Foreword (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$750
Love of life (first edition) — Rootenberg Rare Books$350
The Iron Heel Appeal to Reason (first edition) — B Street Books$250
The Faith of Men, and Other Stories (first edition) — B & B Rare Books$225
The Scarlet Plague (first edition) — B Street Books$220
THE SCIENCE FICTION OF JACK LONDON: AN ANTHOLOGY (first edition) — L. W. Currey$150
The Cruise of the Dazzler St. Nicholas Books (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
The Cruise of the Dazzler St. Nicholas Books (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
The Road (first edition) — Second Story Books$38
Works on the market
THE SEA - WOLF; Easton Press16 copies · $273–$293
THE CALL OF THE WILD7 copies · $38–$3,694
WHITE FANG6 copies · $35–$1,883
THE SEA WOLF5 copies · $37–$51
CALL OF THE WILD AND WHITE FANG4 copies · $33–$47
The Call of the Wild2 copies · $4,000–$15,000
The Call of the Wild2 copies · $500–$1,500
SHORT STORIES; Easton Press2 copies · $298
BEFORE ADAM2 copies · $150–$250
WHITE FANG; The Works of Jack London2 copies · $73–$83
NOVELS AND STORIES; Library of America2 copies · $71
CALL OF THE WILD, WHITE FANG2 copies · $35–$67
SERIES II : ; Before Adam, the Game, the Cruise of the Dazzler, a Daughter of the Snows2 copies · $43–$63
THE CALL OF THE WILD AND OTHER STORIES2 copies · $48
THE MUTINY OF THE ELSINORE2 copies · $20–$43
Before Adam1 copy · $17,500
John Barleycorn1 copy · $17,500
The Turtles of Tasman1 copy · $9,500
The Mutiny of the Elsinore1 copy · $4,000
The Cruise of the Dazzler St. Nicholas Books1 copy · $3,500
Market context
48 copies of Jack London's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $63 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Le Tourbillon, translated by Louis Postif, Paris, 1926; and a quantity of others (c.100) (forum, 2026-07-23)£460
The Call of the Wild, 1st edition, 1st issue, New York: Macmillan, 1903 (dominic winter, 2026-06-01)£1,400
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