Jack London
147 copies for sale · $20–$17,500 · 38 first editions · 3 signed
Notable copies for sale
Love of Life and Other Stories (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,800
The People of the Abyss (first edition, 1903) — Biblio$1,287
John Barleycorn (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$17,500
Before Adam (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$17,500
The Turtles of Tasman (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$9,500
The Cruise of the Dazzler St. Nicholas Books (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
The Human Drift (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,750
The Cruise of the Dazzler St. Nicholas Books (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
Caption title: Foreword (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$750
The Road (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$500
Before Adam (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,800
Love of life (first edition) — Rootenberg Rare Books$350
Works on the market
THE SEA - WOLF; Easton Press16 copies · $273–$293
THE CALL OF THE WILD9 copies · $20–$8,800
WHITE FANG7 copies · $35–$1,883
THE SEA WOLF6 copies · $25–$51
CALL OF THE WILD AND WHITE FANG5 copies · $20–$47
BEFORE ADAM3 copies · $150–$3,800
THE CALL OF THE WILD AND OTHER STORIES3 copies · $25–$48
The Call of the Wild2 copies · $4,000–$15,000
The Call of the Wild2 copies · $500–$1,500
An Old Lie Finally Nailed2 copies · $250–$350
SHORT STORIES; Easton Press2 copies · $298
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
GOLIAH: A UTOPIAN ESSAY2 copies · $25
The Selected Works of Jack London2 copies · $20
Before Adam1 copy · $17,500
John Barleycorn1 copy · $17,500
The Turtles of Tasman1 copy · $9,500
Market context
116 copies of Jack London's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $57 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Call of the Wild, first English edition, 1903 (forum, 2026-09-03)£320
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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