The People of the Abyss

by Jack London

$1,302 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Isbister and Company , 1903 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. The first UK edition of American author Jack London s first-hand account of the weeks he spent living in the East End of London in 1902. The first UK edition, published the same year as the US. Scarce work. Bound in the publisher s original cloth. A vivid, first-hand account of slum conditions in early twentieth-century England by Jack London, who spent several weeks in the deprived area of Whitechapel in the East End of London in 1902. During this time, the author lived with a poor family surrounded by working-class men, and sleeping in workhouses or on the street. These conditions were shared by about five hundred thousand people of the working-class. While there are many other accounts of these conditions, most were based on second-hand sources; this work is notable for providing a personal account, and has inspired authors such as George Orwell. Jack London was an American novelist and journalist, known for his activism surrounding matters such as this. With twenty-four full page photographic plates in black and white. Collated, complete. Scarce to see complete. With a W. H. Smith amp; Son s subscription label to the front paste down. Bound in the publisher s original cloth. Externally, generally smart, with slight bumping to the extremities and rubbing to the joints and extremities. A little fading to the spine and the odd mark to cloth. Subscription label to the front endpaper

• Publisher: Isbister and Company
• Year: 1903
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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