Description: HardcoverPublisher: NY, The Century Co.Used: Good First edition; First printing (published August, 1913) Hardcover; no DJ. Binding still strong. Dark green cloth boards with gilt barleycorn decoration and gilt text bright on front cover and faded on spine; small copy of the dust jacket cover image pasted in on inside front cover. Rear hinge broken with some staining. 344 pp. All pages inside are clean and unmarked. Includes eight illustrations by H. T. Dunn, including the frontispiece; BONUS: Pasted by previous owner on back cover, original draft reviewing the book, handwritten in pencil by literary critic JB Kerfoot. Kerfoot wrote for a Boston-based magazine called 'Life' in the early 1900s. John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of drinking and struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong "John Barleycorn".these are his alcoholic memoirs, The novel's themes include masculinity and male friendship. London discusses various life experiences he has had with alcohol, and at widely different stages in his life. Key stages are his late teen years when he earned money as a sailor and later in life when he was a wealthy, successful writer. London describes the effects of alcohol along both optimistic and pessimistic lines, insisting at some points that it helped him in his developmental process towards becoming a man as he understood the idea and a writer and at other points that it limited in developing him in a healthy way. (Wikipedia)
Price: 125 USD
Location: Stonington, Connecticut
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Features: Illustrated
Format: Hardcover
Personalize: No
Illustrator: H. T. Dunn
Topic: Adventure, Alcoholism
Vintage: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
Ex Libris: No
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Publication Year: 1913
Book Title: John Barleycorn
Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Author: Jack London
Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: The Century Company
Inscribed: No
Signed: No
Genre: Adventure
Personalized: No
Type: Novel