LONDON, Jack "The Sea-Wolf" [Macmillan, 1904] 1st Edition

LONDON, Jack. The Sea-Wolf.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First Edition, first state with "Published October, 1904" on copyright page. 7.75" x 5.5", 366pp + 3 ads with 6 plates. Top edge gilt and other edges deckled. Extremities well rubbed. White spine text (binding variant B) faded. Front hinge starting, rear cracked. Text generally clean and unfoxed. Good. BAL11882

The Sea-Wolf follows Humphrey Van Weyden, an intellectual unaccustomed to hardship, who is rescued at sea by the sealing schooner Ghost. There he encounters the brutal and domineering captain Wolf Larsen, whose physical power and philosophical skepticism clash with Van Weyden’s ideals. The novel becomes both an adventure and a psychological struggle, exploring themes of survival, authority, and the conflict between brute force and moral conviction.