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Silversheene; King of Sled Dogs
by Clarence Hawkes
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : Platt & Munk Publishers, 1943 Platt & Munk Publishers, New York. 1943. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1924 original by Milton Bradley. No. 560. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O names on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; heavy bump to tail with tear to papers; light wear to head, tail, and tips; dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Good; wear and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips; scar on front panel from sticker removal. Green grained boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and front board. Full-color frontis which matches DJ illustration. 234 pp 12mo. Silversheene is stolen from his home and taken to Alaska to a member of a dog team in frozen Alaska. He has many adventures with friend and foe and his final meeting with his old master, Dick added to the thrilling Alaska Sweepstakes. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010860
- Title
- Silversheene; King of Sled Dogs
- Author
- Clarence Hawkes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Platt & Munk Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- dogs, dog teams, huskies, dog sleds, sled dogs, Alaska Sweepstakes, adolescent fiction, animal stories, animal fiction, Alaska, dog stories, mushing stories, mush dogs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animal Stories; Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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