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Author: London, Jack
Title: Theft: A Play in Four Acts
Place: New York
Publisher: Macmillan Co.
Date: 1910
Item # : 190313
Sale Number   377
Lot Number   108
Sale Name    
Fine Literature; Beats, Bukowski & the Counter Culture; Sci-Fi & Detective Fiction
Sale Date   04/03/2008
Price realized   $ 1080
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Description:
xii, [2], 272 pp. 7x4½, white and maroon cloth, spine lettered in black, front cover in blind (white stamping flaked away), top edge gilt. First Edition, First Issue.
Only 990 copies printed. The play was written for Olga Nethersole, the popular actress, but it was never produced. One of only three plays Jack London wrote. BAL 11919; Woodbridge 80; Sisson & Martens, p. 49.
Condition:
Light soiling, spine a bit darkened, a few minor stains; hinges tender, previous owner's signature partially removed, 1" marginal chip to pp.7-8; about very good.
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