Sea-Wolf in a sorry state has auction bite
The jacket of the 1904 first of Jack London’s The Sea-Wolf shown right is quite obviously in a sorry state – falling apart and with sizeable sections missing all round. It is, however, a jacket previously known only by rumour or talk of ‘one other copy thought to exist’.
In a November 13 sale held by Swann (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) of New York it sold for $5000 (£38…