Author: LONDON, Jack
Title: The Call of the Wild
Description: Los Angeles, Limited Editions Club, 1960. hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in full green-and-black plaid wool "mackinaw" shirting with a leather label on the spine. The slipcase is also covered in the same lumberman's shirting material. Introduction by Pierre Berton. Illustrated with line-and-wash drawings by Henry Varnum Poor. Printed at the press of Ward Ritchie. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Handling this most unusual binding, one is tempted to look for buttons. Ill.: Henry Varnum Poor. Foxing to first and last few pages; one very small area of loss of fabric on the front cover of the book which has a sunned spine. Very Good in a close to Fine slipcase .

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