New York: Holt, Rhinehart & Winston. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. .

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Bookseller: Pegasusbooks.biz (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15193
Title: Silver Chief's Revenge
Author: O'Brien, Jack
Illustrator: Kurt Wiese
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Holt, Rhinehart & Winston
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: Dog Fiction;, Animal Fiction;, Juvenile Adventure Fiction;, Juvenile Adventure Series;, Canada;, Police Dogs;, Human-animal Relationships;, Children's Literature, Royal Canadian Mounted Police;

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Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.