Search results 50 Found

211 pages; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2" Light wear to spine edges and board corners.

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

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

Good condition. No dust jacket. Exterior has signs of gentle use along corners and edges. Light staining along the spine and on back cover. Tear on the inside of back cover near spine, though all the binding is still holding together securely. Unmarked, sturdy copy.

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

Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; No date on this Grosset & Dunlap reprint, but copyright 1945 by John C. Winston was the first edition (listed on verso title page). This is volume #3 in the Silver Chief series. Book has no names, tears or soil inside. Head of 211pp text is dyed burgundy. Brown 'tweedy' paper covered boards with small splits in paper at spine ends. Story title and decorative edging on backstrip title. Famous Dog Stories and G, D, with a thistle flower separating these two initials are all that is decorating the front tweedy paper covered boards. Spine ends and upper tips bumped, lower tips still sharp. Unclipped (and unpriced) color illustrated dj in new mylar shows several short closed tears, a couple of short, triangular chips on frt and rear panels, plus a 3/4" x 1.5" chip at head of spine that took a piece of the last letter R on Silver with it.

A sure sign-of-the times for these 211 pages of northern fiction, appears on page 131 when the pursuit of two (Nazi) escapees from an internment camp are being tracked by Sgt. Jim Thorne. Read more about : Tom Eagle's Nest, revolver, lead-dog, winter cabin, backtracking, marksmanship, Sergeant Thorne, drying skins, and Cameron River. Colour plates and b/w drawings by Kurt Wiese accompny text. Portrait of O'Brien on d.j. back. Cond ; Boards are blue with silver letteringand graphics. Silver Chief also appears on the UNclipped d.j. Pictorial end-papers. Volume is beautifully crisp and square and clean. No names nor marks. Piece missing at tail of d.j. spine. Very collectible ! QUote (p. 96) : " ._._. in the nick of time. His son, Donald, already had several such weapons, but this extra one would be money well spent. It had succeeded in loosing an Indian's tongue, with the result that Tom himself had asked the first question about tracks. His further remarks had ._._._. . " Size: Octavo

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.

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

224 pages. Dustjacket darekend to rear, chips to spine-ends and corners, 3cm tear to top rear hinge, bronzed spine, wear/small nicks to edges, price-clipped. Hardback book covers are somewhat blanched with wear/small creases to spine-ends a small bump to top front corner. Flyleaf missing. Ink child's name to title-page, half-title and frontis rear. Pages-edges darkened, clean colour frontispiece. Pages clean and sound.

A good copy overall, internally just previous owner's name to end paper. But the boards are very worn and rubbed.

Famous Dog Stories, A clelan tight copy in toupe cloth.

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.

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.

1939. First Edition. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with blue lettering. Colour illustrations throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine.

B & W ; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2"; vii, 213 pages; Hard cover has blue spine with silver lettering. Light rubbing, scuffing, bumping to boards. Some discoloration on end papers from glue/tape at the gutter. DJ has rubbing, scuffing, bumping, edge chipping; 11/4" closed tear at rear bottom; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w pictures. 'Sergeant Thorne of the Canadian Mounted Police and his dog, Silver Chief, trying to solve a murder mystery, discover a Russian conspiracy to smuggle valuable ore out of North America. With the aid of an FBI man they track the Russian agents to San Francisco and back again to Canada finally cornering them in Thorne's own territory.' Fourth title in the series.

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.

B000PG76RE. no dustjacket. illustrated covers. 1st edition. edges rubbed. binding tight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; No date on this Grosset & Dunlap reprint, but copyright 1945 by John C. Winston was the first edition (listed on verso title page). This is volume #3 in the Silver Chief series. Book has no names, tears or soil inside. Head of 211pp text is dyed burgundy. Brown 'tweedy' paper covered boards with small splits in paper at spine ends. Story title and decorative edging on backstrip title. Famous Dog Stories and G, D, with a thistle flower separating these two initials are all that is decorating the front tweedy paper covered boards. Spine ends and upper tips bumped, lower tips still sharp. Unclipped (and unpriced) color illustrated dj in new mylar shows several short closed tears, a couple of short, triangular chips on frt and rear panels, plus a 3/4" x 1.5" chip at head of spine that took a piece of the last letter R on Silver with it.

One of the 'Famous Dog Stories" this tale is set in the frozen Canadian north and concerns the adventures of a husky and his Mountie master. Book is fine with no marks or inscriptions; jacket is very good with only very minor losses.

1943 1ST EDITION hardcover VERY GOOD clean book no writing in or on book - title page has tear at page bottom, cover has wear to corners, binding is solid, no jacket

Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine and front cover + silver outline of a dog on the front cover. All clean & bright. Light wear along the edges. Sticker scar inside front cover, removal of a bookplate. Blue and white endpapers. 16/16 illustration in the text + frontispiece. Lists "First Edition" on the copyright page.Dust jacket has small chips on the spine tips, cover corners and top edge. Front cover bright.

Hard cover. 8vo. 235pp. Illustrated. Clean text. Fine boards and binding. Satisfaction guranteed.

Bound in blue grained cloth, white titles and white wolf decoration on front board, previous owners name obscured. Edges lightly rubbed, a lovely clean tight copy. ; 9" x 6"; 218 pages

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Text loss to dust jacket spine ends. Owner's name on frontis recto. (dogs, police dogs, human-animal relationships, Canadian Northwest)

First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. Text loss to dust jacket spine ends. Owner's name on frontis recto. (dogs, police dogs, human-animal relationships, Canadian Northwest)

B000PG76RE. no dustjacket. illustrated covers. 1st edition. edges rubbed. binding tight.

B000PG76RE. no dustjacket. illustrated covers. 1st edition. edges rubbed. binding tight.

The Return of Silver Chief was written by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. The book was published by The John C. Winston Company in 1943 and appears to be a First Edition but is not specifically stated as such. The price on the dust jacket flap is $2.00. It is not an ex-library copy, the dust jacket is in very good condition, and the book is in very good + condition. The book is 5 7/8" by 8 5/8" with 211 pages with several black-and-white illustrations scattered throughout and a full-color frontispiece. The book and dust jacket are in good enough condition that it'd make a nice birthday gift . . . even if it's to yourself. Thank you!

Bound in blue boards with bright silver lettering on the spine & front cover with outline of dog in silver on the front cover. All bright. Light wear on the front cover and 7 1/2 cm X 2 1/2 cm piece off the top edge of the front endpaper. End papers silver and blue. Contents clean. 13/13 Illustrations in the text + frontispiece. Dust jackets has chips off the spine tips, cover corners and closed tears. Front cover bright.

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.

An exceptionally nice copy. The jacket has minor edgewear with a small (1/8") tear at top of spine. Jacket is price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages

235 Seiten, zahlreich illustriert. Buch gut erhalten, Einband leicht berieben. Ecken leicht bestoßen. Stempel, Datum und Name auf Titelei. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050 Gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, Silberprägung.

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

Text/trace soiling to pg 185, else As New w/a whisper of margin discoloration. Illustrated, silver embossed blue linen boards/BF w/rubs to corner tips & upper/lower spine edges. DJ/Poor; intact but brittle w/nips, chips, closed tears, losses & discloration. Photo of Canadian author to back. Bookshop price sticker to rear inner flap of DJ matches the publisher's price of two dollars. O'Brien (1898 - 1938), surveyor to the Byrd Antarctic expedition 1928-30, frequently drove huskies on prospecting trips into Northern Canada. This is the debut story of Silver Chief, offspring of a husky and a wolf, found in the wild and befriended and tamed by Sergeant Jim Thorne of the Canadian Mounted Police. Great adventure story. Other books in the series include Silver Chief to the Rescue, Return of Silver Chief, and Silver Chief's Revenge.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1943. Stated first edition, 1943. Very good in fair dustjacket. Illustrated with color plates and other illustrations in black and white. Blue pictorial cloth printed in silver gilt, color illustrated dustjacket. The book has modest shelfwear, mainly light rubbing to the corners and spine ends and a very small transparent spot to the front cover, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [2.00] and has considerable chipping and some closed tears, old tape repairs to reverse side, cover design mainly intact, about 15 percent paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1943. Stated first edition, 1943. Very good in fair dustjacket. Illustrated with color plates and other illustrations in black and white. Blue pictorial cloth printed in silver gilt, color illustrated dustjacket. The book has modest shelfwear, mainly light rubbing to the corners and spine ends and a very small transparent spot to the front cover, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [2.00] and has considerable chipping and some closed tears, old tape repairs to reverse side, cover design mainly intact, about 15 percent paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1st ed.; 1943 fine condition, DJ good condition, wear at edges and corners of DJ, chipped at top of DJ spine

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.

First or early printing of this adventure tale, of a Northwest Mounted Police officer and the husky/wolf hybrid he befriends. The author was Surveyor for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, among other adventures. No edition or printing stated, as was Winston's practice at this time, but the date 1934 is penned on the free endsheet, with a VII; copyright page dated 1933. Uncommon binding of tan cloth with blue titling & decoration; in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor bumping to corners, a little silverfishing to edges, light foxing - mostly near the plates, a few pages dog-eared (ho-ho!); jacket rubbed & tanned with short tears, chips, creasing, $2.00 price intact; Text clean; [vi], 218 pages; drawings, some full-page, four color plates as called for. Size: Octavo

Fine clean copy of this great story by O'Brien. Pages edges show minor soiling. Boards show some dirt but the silver gilding on the front board and spine are bright and complete. Some age toning to the spine possibly from some sun exposure. There is no jacket with this copy. A nice affordable copy .

Near Fine,tiny rub to cloth top corner, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing at the extremities. Great illustrations in color and black and white by Kurt Wiese.

Blue cloth on boards with bright silver gilt deco lettering and silouhette of wolf on front, faded silver gilt lettering on spine. Book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of major markings or flaws, other than some minor spotting on front cover and the aforementioned faded spine. Shining bright silver and blue endpapers - wolf in wilderness. Other illustrations, including full color frontispiece of Silver Chief himself, throughout by Kurt Wiese. 218 pp.

Decorative Cloth (Blue). Very Good +/No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue top page edges. Gift inscription (pencil).

First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Text loss to dust jacket spine ends. Owner's name on frontis recto. (dogs, police dogs, human-animal relationships, Canadian Northwest)

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.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1943. Stated first edition, 1943. Very good in fair dustjacket. Illustrated with color plates and other illustrations in black and white. Blue pictorial cloth printed in silver gilt, color illustrated dustjacket. The book has modest shelfwear, mainly light rubbing to the corners and spine ends and a very small transparent spot to the front cover, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [2.00] and has considerable chipping and some closed tears, old tape repairs to reverse side, cover design mainly intact, about 15 percent paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.

Hard cover. 8vo. First Edition. 218pp. Apears unread. Fine text, boards and binding. Nice addition to any collection. Satisfaction guaranteed.