Comprises: Two checks signed by Jack London, cashed out with perforated “paid” stamps, one dated Nov. 18, 1910 for $3.00 (No. 93), and one dated Jan. 9, 1911 for $2.00 to Bessie London (No. 176); both from his Merchants National Bank (San Francisco) account, bank rubberstamps on versos. * 10 copies of Kropotkin’s An Appeal to the Young. 16 pp. each. Kropotkin's Socialist beliefs were the rallying cry for a young Jack London. 7x4¾, printed wrappers. William Reeves, No date [c.1900]. * 8 copies of The Tramp. 28 pp. (each). Each approx. 5½x3½, saddle stitched wrappers. Charles Kerr (Co-Operative), no dates [c.1905-1915 – reprinted from Nov. 23, 1904 Sat. Eve. Post]. (Some with short tears and/or scattered stains). * 19 copies of a publisher’s 8-page advertising booklet for The Star Rover “A New Idea in Fiction” by London. 8¾x4¼, pictorial saddle stitched wrappers. Macmillan, [c.1915]. * 6 copies of publisher’s advertising brochure “Jack London: The Author with the Sales. 7¾x6, printed & pictorial saddle stitched wrappers. Mills & Boon, [1915]. * Burning Daylight. 1st Ed. Macmillan, 1910. (Worn, dampstained, hinges cracked). * When God Laughs. Reprint. (Ex-library, worn). * The Call of the Wild. Reprint. 1910. (Worn). * Another copy, illustrated edition. 4to. 1968. * White Fang. Paperback. Scholastic. (Worn). * 8 copies of photo plate “Bust from Life of Jack London by Finn Haakon Frolich, 1915.” 8¾x5½”. * 3 copies of printed leaflet “Eight Factors of Literary Success” by Jack London, reprinted from The Silhouette. Printed on recto only. 7½x6”. (One with 1” tear). * “Hop Lee and the Pelican.” 8 pp. 8¾x6, pictorial wrappers. Studies in Socialism / Appeal to Reason, 1903. * Plus a newspaper clipping with stories “Wedded in the Spray of Bridal Veil Falls” on one side and “The White Boxers” on other. (Folded, worn). Together, 49 books and booklets; 2 signed checks; and 12 other pieces of Jack London related ephemera.
Scarce and interesting ephemeral Jack London items.