"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
The Abysmal Brute.
Toronto: Bell and Cockburn, 1913. [Modern literature] FIRST CANADIAN EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 169; [3]. With the tissue-guarded frontispiece illustrated by Gordon Grant. Publisher's green cloth to boards, titles and pictorial decoration in yellow and black to upper and spine. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Interior bright with minor spotting throughout, concentrated mostly to endpapers, preliminaries, and rear leaves. Toning to edges, especially top. Rubbing to boards, mostly to joints and black decoration. Spine also slightly toned. Moderate wear to binding extremities. Very good. London's novel about an unsociable log cabin-dweller turned famous boxer. Item #63971
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