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  • Rare first English edition of Jack London's The Cruise of the Dazzler

    LONDON, JACK.

    The Cruise of the Dazzler.

    London: Hodder and Stoughton 1906.

    First English edition of London‘s scarcest work of fiction and his only “juvenile” novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with six plates.  From the library of William Safire, although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safire’s “magnum opus,” Safire’s Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. In good condition. With the original cloth cover bound in at rear. Scarce. Bookplate to the pastedown. Rare.

    Price: $1,250.00     Item Number: 128002

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  • "Quick, one last kiss, Genevieve. It's my last fight, an' I'll fight as never before with you lookin at me": First edition of Jack London's The Game

    LONDON, JACK.

    The Game.

    New York: The Macmillan Company 1905.

    First Edition, second issue of London’s tragic boxing tale with the magazine rubberstamp of Metropolitan Magazine Co. to the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations and decorations by Henry Hutt and T. C. Lawrence. In good condition with a child’s drawings to a few pages. Ownership inscriptions.

    Price: $125.00     Item Number: 128146

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