The Human Drift

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Author: London, Jack (1876-1916) Year: 1917 Publisher: MacMillan Co Place: New York Description: [i-viii]+1-108+109-110]+111-151+[152-154]+155-184+[8 ad] pages frontispiece. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2"). Issued in brick red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. This is a variant binding (BAL 11972) with spine lettered in gilt rather in black as noted in BAL 11972. (Sisson Martens, 92) First edition of one of the smaller publisher runs of 3056 copies. An eclectic mix of his short stories like "Small Boat Sailing," and essays such as "The Human Drift" and an introduction to Two Years Before The Mast. Condition: Light wear to points else very good to fine lacking dust jacket.

• Binding: Hardcover

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