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Octavo, Hardcover. ex school lib book with blue pictorial boards and no dj. Wear to board edges, corner bent, some light stains on edges of endpaper else a good reading copy. Great color illustrations (framable). 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.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

No date, 235 pages. Tan cloth on boards, brown lettering. The cover has only minor wear. The previous owner's name is written neatly at the top of the front free endpaper and there is a small bookstore stamp at the bottom of the front pastedown. Interior otherwise clean & tight. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. The adventures of Silver Chief & his master, Jim Thorne of the RCMP. Book #2 in the Silver Chief series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

five plates in color and numerous illustrations in b/w. decorated end papers. front end paper with owner's inscription. front cover is spoiled, but silver lettering and embellishment to front cover still good.

Book has previous owner's name and address written in pencil on endpaper, the illustrations on pages 79, 80, 107, 117, 159 are lightly colored in with crayon, a slightly shaken spine, heavy rubbing to the edges of covers and spine, and gentle bumping to the corners of covers. Otherwise, the book is in good condition with sturdy pages and charming illustrations throughout.

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05

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

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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.

First Edition; 1937; Grosset & Dunlap, New York; first three page are bent, tan linen cover, corners are bumped. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng

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.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good/Very Good. 1937. . Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 235pp, Dust jacket has slight wear to edges and corners; otherwise in Very Good condition; now has protective cover. Cloth cover is in Very Good condition. Pages clean & unmarked. .

FIRST EDITION. Very Good hardcover book. No DJ. .Bright clean square tight.Beautiful endpapers, 5 full page color illustrations, many b&w.Wear to spine tips, slight rub to corners, quarter inch split to top of gutter, eighth of inch indent to middle of lower spine. Shelf 1010. .Not a book club (BC)copy. We ship within one business day of receiving your order. Boards and spine are straight // Binding is tight.//Pages are clean, legible, and bright // No previous owner name//No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No highlighting// No foxing// Not remainder marked // Not price clipped// Not Ex Library// Not a Book Club

Some writing on first several pages. No writing in text. Cover shows wear.

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85

Dust jacket missing. Later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Reprint. Small octavo in blue cloth binding with silver lettering & decoration. Color plates and B&W drawings. Near fine condition. Pages: viii, 235.

Brown tweed look boards, brown titling on spine. Scroll with "Famous Dog Stories" on cover. Solid binding, rubbed edges. Clean unmarked pages. DJ has tears and chips, now in clear cover. ; 8.30 X 5.50 X 0.90 inches; 235 pages

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1

NF/None, no markings or names.; Four lovely color plates by Wiese. Illustrated endpapers; First; Blue cloth/silver; 8vo; No DJ.

Octavo, Hardcover. ex school lib book with blue pictorial boards and no dj. Wear to board edges, corner bent, some light stains on edges of endpaper else a good reading copy. Great color illustrations (framable). 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.

General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. The top and bottom edges of the spine have some small tears. P/O sticker and inscription inside. THe spine has water staining along it. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Dust jacket missing. Later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.05

Hardbound 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 235 pages. Description: Illustrated in black and white by Kurt Wiese. A small group of people, locked in the snows of the North were suddenly caught in the grips of diphtheria and in desperate need of serum. When Mountie Jim Thorne and his dog Silver Chief arrived with the serum, the outpost was saved. In fact, the two seemed to have brought good fortune with them, as caribou arrived and then the foxes. But, then the skins of the fur trappers started to disappear and Silver Chief was blamed! So Jim started an investigation to clear his dog. An investigation that proved to be dangerous. Note: the only printed date is the 1937 copyright renewal; this series circa 1950s. BINDING/CONDITION: tan 'tweed' binding with running hound vignette on the front; owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise in Very Good condition, with a Good dust jacket. ISBN: B07FT1ZTC3

Reprint. Hardcover. Edges and endpapers very slightly foxed, bookshop stamp on the front free endpaper, otherwise very good in laminated pictorial boards. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. In the "Famous Dog Stories" series.

Dw protected by mylar cover.

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

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

fine in very good + dust jacket . small chipped corners, some fold rubbing,

Reprint of 1957 (code M-757 on copyright page), with many full-page color plates and some black and white illustrations by Kurt Wiese. A very attractive copy with just slight wear to edges and two tiny chips on rear panel of dust jacket, bright and clean otherwise.

1937 First Edition. Tight and clean, no marks. Beautiful Jacket with one slight chip out at top of spine, otherwise like new. Price-clipped Jacket now in protective, clear, removable cover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.

1933 Winston Press 1st edition, blue and silver illustrated hardcover, solid binding, unmarked text, no jacket, mild cover edge wear, exowner stamp, good 1st edition copy We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Front jacket flap price-clipped, a few minor tears to jacket edge. 1937 Hard Cover. vii, 235 pp. Silver Chief is the son of a Husky whose father was a wolf. After his mother is killed he hates all mankind until a Canadian Mountie, Jim Thorne, shows him kindness and tames and trains him. In this book, Thorne and Silver Chief arrive at an outpost with serum to save the outpost from diptheria outbreak. Later in story Silver Chief is accused of stealing trappers' furs and Thorne sets out to clear his name. Book is richly instructive in the lore of hunting, trapping and sledging.

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

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Super nice reprint hardcover in navy blue cloth covered boards dated 1937 on verso title page, but below that is the following number code: L 647. Possible reprint? Book has no names, tears or soil inside. Head of 235pp text is dyed green. Navy blue cloth covered boards with bright silver titles and illustration of sled dogs on frt board. Tips sharp showing color loss only, no rub-through. Vivid, uncreased blue/white illustrated endpapers show a team of dogs pulling a sled through a snowstorm. Original, price-clipped, color illustrated dj in new mylar shows several short closed tears, color loss and small chips at tips, triangular chips on frt and rear panels, plus a 1/2" x 1" chip at head of spine that took the top half of the S in Silver with it, small chip at foot of white background rear dj panel foot that shows a b/w photo of the author in a fur coat, ready for adventure. Sounds worse than it looks, please email for photo if one is not showing up here.

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.

Some writing on first several pages. No writing in text. Cover shows wear.

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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.

Dust jacket missing. Later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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.

NF/None, no markings or names.; Four lovely color plates by Wiese. Illustrated endpapers; First; Blue cloth/silver; 8vo; No DJ.

Dark green top-stain. Dustjacket good plus. A few small tears and chips to edges, .75" or less. Brown discoloration to folded edges. Color illustrated front jacket, black and white photograph of author to rear panel. Very small, lightly raised spot to cloth of upper rear board. Color illustration of Silver Chief to frontispiece. 14 black and white illustrations throughout text. Navy blue illustrated endpapers. Silver metallic debossed lettering to spine and front of denim blue cloth-covered boards. Silver stamped illustration of sled dogs to front board. 235 pp. Clean, tight, bright. By author of Silver Chief, Dog of the North ; Valiant, Dog of the Timberline and Alone Across the Top of the World. "An heroic tale of the most ancient struggle of man against the elements in which modern innovations -- serums, radio, the airplane -- play a vital part," (front flap).

Dw protected by mylar cover.

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark blue cloth boards with silver letting and decoration on cover. 6"w x 8 5/8"h. 236 pages. Black and white and color illustrations by Kurt Wiese.

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark blue cloth boards with silver letting and decoration on cover. 6"w x 8 5/8"h. 236 pages. Black and white and color illustrations by Kurt Wiese.

Ex-Library (A524)

1933 Winston Press 1st edition, blue and silver illustrated hardcover, solid binding, unmarked text, no jacket, mild cover edge wear, exowner stamp, good 1st edition copy We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

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

Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Super nice reprint hardcover in navy blue cloth covered boards dated 1937 on verso title page, but below that is the following number code: L 647. Possible reprint? Book has no names, tears or soil inside. Head of 235pp text is dyed green. Navy blue cloth covered boards with bright silver titles and illustration of sled dogs on frt board. Tips sharp showing color loss only, no rub-through. Vivid, uncreased blue/white illustrated endpapers show a team of dogs pulling a sled through a snowstorm. Original, price-clipped, color illustrated dj in new mylar shows several short closed tears, color loss and small chips at tips, triangular chips on frt and rear panels, plus a 1/2" x 1" chip at head of spine that took the top half of the S in Silver with it, small chip at foot of white background rear dj panel foot that shows a b/w photo of the author in a fur coat, ready for adventure. Sounds worse than it looks, please email for photo if one is not showing up here.

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. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark blue cloth boards with silver letting and decoration on cover. 6"w x 8 5/8"h. 236 pages. Black and white and color illustrations by Kurt Wiese.

Ex-Library (A524)