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Jack London
The Turtles of Tasman
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New York, The MacMillan Company, September, 1916
8vo. [iv], 268, [2], [5 pp advertisements] pp. Mauve cloth with yellow lettering on front board; gilt lettering on spine; pictorial front board and spine in black, brown and reddish-orange; in publisher's scarce, unrestored illustrated dust jacket. The book is in fine condition, with a hint of wear at extremities. The price on dustjacket spine excised; minor wear to extremities; faint marking at upper rear edge; a near fine copy.
A collection of 8 stories published just before London's death; the title story, “The Turtles of Tasman,” is one of the more whimsical and ironic tales in the volume. (BAL 11968; Sisson & Martens pg. 90)
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