ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but postmarked September 28, 1903, with London’s personal ink stamp. Letter to C. C. Buel, the editor of The Century Magazine, in full: “Find herewith 15,000 words of revised manuscript. In ten days you may expect to receive another similar installment, and so on, about same rate and quantity, until manuscript, as far as expected, is in your hands. I hope to leave the completed manuscript all in your hands by the first week or so in December.” In fine condition. Upon his return from the Alaskan wilderness, London began freelancing with numerous weekly and monthly publications. After submitting ‘Diablo–The Dog’ to Cosmopolitan in 1902, London decided to write a kinder companion piece that would redeem the species he had come to admire during his time in the Yukon. Serialized in the summer of 1903, The Call of the Wild was published in book form a month later and promptly rewarded London with international fame. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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