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Silver Chief: Dog of the North
by O'Brien, Jack
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1933. 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. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Kurt Wiese. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0132
- Title
- Silver Chief: Dog of the North
- Author
- O'Brien, Jack
- Illustrator
- Kurt Wiese
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Canada, Mounties, RCMP, Dogs, Huskies, Wolves, Adventure
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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