The hewing out and setting up of such a figure is enough for a man to do in one lifetime. Ambrose Bierce wrote, "The great thing and it is among the greatest of things is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild. The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. "The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London. The rear inner hinge has cracked and been repaired. The rear cover has a three inch square patch of ground-in dirt and small bits where the cloth has degraded. The spine joints of the book covers have some rubbing as well. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping rubbing and wear, along with some beginning fraying. B&W Illustrations This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket.
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