THE FAITH OF MEN and Other Stories
NY: Macmillan, 1904. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Original light blue pictorial cloth with gilt and black lettering and a tree branch with pine cones in white, green, and black, octavo, 286 pp. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to spine ends, else very good. Very good. Item #21939
Pencil signature of Johannes Reimers at top of front free endpaper. Johannes Reimers was a Norwegian-American writer and artist who first met Jack at a 1902 birthday party given for Jack by Anna Strunsky. See Charmian London's "The Book of Jack London" volume 1, page 368 for a detailed account of this first meeting. London and Reimers became friends and several years later Reimers designed the landscaping surrounding the Londons' doomed Wolf House. BAL 11878, Sisson/Martens page 18.
Price: $400.00