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1st British edition; dj w/rubbing, unclipped price, in mylar; blue c w/silver gilt titles; slight toning; 192 clean, unmarked pages

Octavo, Hardcover VG ex school lib book with orange boards and no dj. Famous dog story series. 235 pp. Heroism in the Canadian wilderness. Silver Chief, son of a husky and a wolf, gets a well earned rest has a great rescue adventure and goes home.

VG/no dust jacket. Bright and attractive silver cloth hardcover with blue lettering and designs. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. 1937. John Winston co. Moderate bump to foot and some creasing to free front endpaper with former owners inscription on first blank page. With five color illustrations by Wiese. Very nice copy.

1st printing; dj w/lite chippping, unclipped price, in mylar; illustrated end papers; ownr's stamp; 235clean, unmarked pages

The dark blue cloth cover has the title and some sled dogs in silver, with the title on the spine in silver also; the trimmed head is colored blue. The corners are not bumped, there is a water smear on the back cover 3? long. The endpapers are in black and white and show a man driving his dog team, there is a former owners name there. The frontispiece is of Silver Chief and is one of 5 total colored illustrations in the book, along with many black and white illustrations. The interior is bright and clean. The Dust-jacket has the picture of Silver Chief and the title is in black. There are a few chips to front cover, spine end and other chips; the price is unclipped.

First edition. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Very good in pictorial boards. Light rubs at spine ends and slong spine folds, fold in bottom corner of rear endpaper, top edge of text block spotted.

O'BRIEN, Jack. SILVER CHIEF TO THE RESCUE. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1937. First edition. Owner's ink Christmas gift inscription on reverse of frontispiece. Near fine in good price-clipped dust jacket. Corners gently bumped, else a fantastic copy. Stunning silver and blue endpapers. Color frontispiece and plates, b/w illustrations in the text. Jacket soiled, closed 3 inch tear to front panel at flap joint (not affecting text or image), a few small chips. In mylar jacket protector. The author's fourth book.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.