Max Brand — Silvertip&Apos;S Search

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1945 . Cloth. A very scarce early edition of Max Brand's thrilling tale, the eighth work in his Silvertip Western series. An early edition of Max Brand's popular Western, published in the same year as the first edition.Billed to the front flyleaf as a reissued 'complete and unabridged new edition [..] made possible by use of the same plates made for the original edition', by arrangement of Dodd, Mead & Co.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper, bearing the same illustration as the dust wrapper of Dodd, Mead & Co's first edition.In this novel, legendary Arizona John Silver, known as Silvertips, agrees to find Judge Brender's rebellious young son who has joined a band of outlaws led by Christian, Silvertip's arch-foe. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally fine. Dust wrapper lightly age toned to back strip and rear wrap. Light rubbing to fore edge of front wrap. Small losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Tape repair to dust wrapper reverse at back strip head and tail, and tail of fold at rear flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.