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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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Very Good in boards, faint stamp on the back of the front end page.

Presumed first edition (no subsequent printings noted) in immaculate blue boards with silver gilt stamping, topstain blue. Binnding is crisp and tight, with illustrated endpapers and color frontis. . Marvelously illustrated throughout with drawings and color plates. The book is covered in a bright jacket with wear at top of spine, else about fine, with original $2.00 price. A lovely copy.

This is the second story of Silver Chief, the offspring of a husky and a wolf, found in the wild and befriended and tamed by Sergeant Jim Thorne of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It is a terrific adventure story. Jack O'Brien (1898 - 1938), was a surveyor to the Byrd Antarctic expedition 1928-30, and often drove huskies on prospecting trips into Northern Canada. Other books in the series include Silver Chief Dog of the North, Return of Silver Chief, and Silver Chief's Revenge. This first edition features blue boards with silver lettering and illustrated endpapers. The binding is tight and square and the unclipped dustjacket is in very good condition and is protected by a mylar cover, This was never a library book.