Dutch Courage and Other Stories
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Richards, G.M. [George Mather]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Item #2341511
First edition (BAL 11985). Includes original jacket with $1.75 price on flap. Two edges of front jacket flap trimmed (this appears to have happened with most if not all copies), first and last few pages lightly foxed, jacket soiled, 1/4 inch closed tear to bottom jacket corner.
xii, 180 pp. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Jack London, seven plates (primarily woodcuts) in text by George Mather Richards. Richards is best known for his World War I poster "Oh, Boy! That's the Girl!," which was published for the Salvation Army. This volume was London's last collection of short stories, published posthumously, and includes: Preface by Charmian London; Dutch Courage; Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan; The Lost Poacher; The Banks of the Sacramento; Chris Farrington, Able Seaman; To Repel Boarders; An Adventure in the Upper Sea; Bald-Face; In Yeddo Bay; Whose Business is to Live.
Price: $950.00