White Fang.

First edition of London’s beloved novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with white and gilt lettering, pictorial endpapers. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and 7 color plates by Charles Livingston Bull. With usual cancel title page. BAL notes that the cancel page occurs printed on either wove or on laid paper (the rest of the text sheets are all laid paper) but no priority or other significance. BAL 11896. Association copy, inscribed by London’s step-sister at Jack London Ranch, “Dearest Jessie, I could not think of a more appropriate gift for your birthday than a 1st edition of ‘White Fang’ written by the boy you & I watched grow into manhood & prominence and whom we both loved. All love & best wishes for many happy returns of the day- Mother. Jack London Ranch, June 15 1935.” In 1905, London purchased a 1,000-acre ranch in Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California, on the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain. Desirous that the ranch become a successful business enterprise, he continued to write purely as a commercial enterprise. The ranch was ultimately an economic failure, but it was during this period that London published some of his best-known works including White Fang (1906), The Iron Heel (1908), and Adventure (1911). Eliza Shepard moved to Beauty Ranch, Glen Ellen, in 1910, where Jack hired her as both ranch supervisor and overseer of the Wolf House Project. Following Jack‘s death, Eliza partnered with his widow, Charmian, and continued to handle most business matters, including the continuation of the ranch and movie rights. In near fine condition with rubbing to the spine. Jack London’s bookplate tipped on to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Christophe Stickel Autographs laid in.