LONDON, Jack “The Valley of the Moon” [Mills & Boon, 1914] 1st UK Edition

LONDON, Jack. The Valley of the Moon.

London: Mills & Boon, Ltd., 1914. First U.K. edition. 7.5" x 5", 530pp + 32pp publishers catalogue. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lacking jacket. Cloth shows light rubbing and a few small marks, with slight softening at spine ends; gilt remains bright. Binding sound. Internally clean with mild, even toning. Very Good.

First British issue of London’s California novel of labor, class, and agrarian idealism, following the 1913 Macmillan (U.S.) publication. The publisher’s list and imprint correspond to Mills & Boon’s early distribution of London’s works for the U.K. market.