Short Leash by Shurtleff Bertrand (19 results)

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Light tanning to pages with minor foxing to text block edges. Noticeable creasing to gutters and hinges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping, denting and edgewear with moderate staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. 1st ed. Very good, 270pp.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Thorne, Diana (illustrator). Slightly smaller book, dark green cloth, title on front very good, author's gilt name very fine, all gilt lettering very good on spine, 270 pages, final page uncut. DJ price-clipped along bottom inner front flap. DJ heavy paper, green foliage background on front and spine with heads of two dogs on front, ad on back for "AWOL: K-9 Commando," author's first book, with praise from New York Mirror, Hartford Times and others. DJ has very tiny near-chip at both top tips, microtear at top front edge, tiny crease at spine top edge, white back slightly browned, two microtears and very tiny tear at top back edge, 3/8" tear at top back tip. Good DJ/Near Very Good book.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition, hardcover. 270 pages. Nearly very good, a bit bumped at top of spine, gift inscription dated 1945 on endpaper, in a good plus dust jacket (in fresh mylar protector) with some wear and perhaps a hint of sunning on the spine; overall a clean, vintage copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Diana Thorne (illustrator). No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1945. 1st edition, NF/G. Book has light wear to spine ends, one bumped corner, gift inscription (ink) on FFE. DJ wear & chipping to spine ends, light chipping to corners, closed tear on upper front panel near gutter, scattered small close tears & small chips on edges, darkening to spine. Another story (previous "AWOL- K-9 Commando") dealing with two dogs in the South Pacific on New Guinea in the Owen Stanley Mountains during WWII. Fast-paced action. One color drawing (DJ) and 6 b & w drawings by the wonderful dog artist, Diana Thorne.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A book that is used but still very attractive, with dustjacket ; 270 pages; Author of AWOL.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Bound in green boards with gilt lettering on the front cover & spine. Light wear on the spine tips and cover corners. Contents clean. Dust jacket has chips off the spine tips and a chip on the front & back cover. FAIR.

Condition: Very Good. IN Bobbs-Merrill 1945. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown VG. in G dj dj wchipping, sm pieces missing, in mylar; lite shelf rubbing 270. Illustrated by Thorne, Diana illus. 1st edition. 12vo.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: G++ DW. 1st Edition. c1946. DW has some spine loss.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A well presented copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Bound in green boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. Fading to the spine tips and light wear on the cover corners. Contents clean & unmarked.Later printing no "First Edition" on the copyright page. Dust jacket has chips off the spine tips and wear on the cover corners. Clean & bright.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon. Edition originale. C1 Bertrand SHURTLEFF. PATROUILLES EN NOUVELLE GUINEE. Editions Presses de la Cite , Collection Captain W.E. Johns , 1952, EPUISE EN LIBRAIRIE, RELIE (cartonnage editeur), Format 12*18.5 cm, 189 pages, Bien Complet de sa JAQUETTE Illustree. Jaquette un peu touchee aux coiffes , autrement BON ETAT, Bonne Apparence Traduit de l'americain (Short Leash - 1945) La "courte laisse" tourne autour de l'histoire de deux grands chiens de l'armée en NOUVELLE GUINEE. Bertrand Leslie Shurtleff, (1897-1967) est un écrivain américain connu pour ses livres ayant des chiens pour héros . Je n'ai pas trouve de resume en francais : Every dog in the K-9 Corps has a specialty. Spareribs is a messenger dog. The less said about his pedigree the better. Except when he is actually at work, Spareribs always slouches lazily, lolling about with a humorous gleam in his eyes. But Spareribs has a serious side which comes out when he is given an assignment. Ready for a mission he is off like a spring released. In the jungle he is both elusive and fast and he can get through with a message where no man could. Full of courage and deceptively strong, Spareribs can cover amazing distances through the cruelest sort of country -- and does. Huskie is a complete contrast to Spareribs. A magnificent specimen of the breed, Huskie carries himself with pride. Big, powerful, he is trained to accompany reconnaissance parties, catch the scent of strangers and warn his handlers. His keen nose has spoiled the plans of many an enemy sniper. On New Guinea the two dogs, their handlers and a native Angau guide parachute down to search for two very important officers whose plane has crashed high in the Owen Stanley Mountains on the slim chance that the lost officers are still alive and can be rescued. NON REEDITE en francais a l'heure actuelle ***** ATTENTION ! ! A PARTIR DU 1er JUILLET, LE TARIF ECONOMIQUE LIVRE ET BROCHURE N'EXISTE PLUS. ENVOI A L'INTERNATIONAL EN TARIF COURRIER OU COLISSIMO, BEAUCOUP PLUS ONEREUX.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. Gift Quality First Edition In Pine Green Colored, Cloth Covered Boards With Copper Gilt Title On Frt Board And Backstrip. Book Shows Sharp Tips And Bumped Spine Ends. Not Exlib, No Names, Tears Or Soil In The 270 Pp Text. Illustrations By Diana Thorne. Color Illustrated Dust Wrapper Is A Professional Reproduction That Has Wear And Light Discoloring Along The Front Flap Fold, Spine Lightly Age Toned, Displays Well In New Mylar. The Author Of The Hit Story Awo K-9 Commando, Has Written This New Dog Story Introducing Two Great Army Dogs In The South Pacific. The Tale Of Spareribs And Huskie, Two Dogs With Completely Contrasting Personalities, Physiques And Mannerisms. On New Guinea The Two Dogs And Their Handlers Get Their Big Opportunity When A Plane Carrying Two Highly Important Officers Crashes High In The Owen Stanley Mountains. On The Slim Chance That The Lost Officers Are Still Alive And Can Be Rescued, The Two Dogs, A Lieutenant And A Sergeant Of The K-9 Corps And A Native Angau Guide Are Parachuted Finto An Inaccessible Valley. Mr. Shurtleff Makes You Feel All The Menace Of The Situation. How The Party Met It, What They Did, Makes A Tense Story Of Critical Adventure, With No Man's Life Safe Ten Minutes Ahead.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Nice copy in green cloth with gold titles in a gorgeous dust jacket, which has been price clipped. Illustrated by Diana Thorne. 270 pages. Selling quality books for 40 years.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Nice copy in green cloth with gold titles in a gorgeous dust jacket, which has not been price clipped, $2.50 and is illustrated by Diana Thorne. 270 pages. Selling quality books for 40 years.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Early Printing. Indianapolis/New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1945. Early Printing. Near FIne/Near Fine. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ("Best Wishes - Bert Shurtleff) on front free endpaper. No other marks. 270 pgs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, two tiny closed edge tears at top of rear panel edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A beautiful author-signed copy in excellent original dustjacket. 8vo. Dogs. Signed by Author(s).

First edition early reprint. Illustrated half-title, titlepage, and an additional illustration by Diana Thorne. 8vo, publisher's original dark green cloth lettered on the upper cover and spine in gilt, in the original colour illustrated dustjacket. 270 pp. Uncommon in such bright condition, internally fine, the paper fresh and clean with no foxing or toning, which is very uncommon, the hinges sturdy and firm, the cloth with a little spotting, likely from oxidation to the war-standards materials used in its production, the jacket with a bit of toning but bright and attractive with exceptionally little wear or chipping and a small nearly unnoticeable closed tear. A BOOK HARD TO FIND IN NICE CONDITION. Reminding us that not all heroes are human this first followup to Bertrand Shurtleff's very popular AWOL tells the stories of two other dogs in the United States Army's K-9 Corp. Spareribs is a funny-looking messenger dog of questionable pedigree and Husky, a magnificent specimen of the breed for which he is named, is trained to accompany reconnaissance parties. While Husky and Spareribs may be fictional, their stories are representational of the roughly twenty thousand brave and patriotic pooches who served in the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during the Second World War.