Wolf the Storm Leader

by Frank Caldwell

illustrated by Edward A. Poucher

First edition.  New York:  Dodd, Mead & Company, 1910  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Brown cloth covers have color illustration, inked title in orange and white. 
• Boards show some smudges, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed.  See photos.
• Spine has cream text, rubbed, and is faded with crushed, frayed ends.
• Binding is secure, with stitching visible at some openings.  
• Illustrated end papers/ pastedowns have a few marks. 
• Frontispiece, a photographic plate, is oresent.
• Illustrations, black and white photo plates, plus single color decorations in text, are bright and clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, a 1/2" adhesion mark on page 153.  See photos.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have untrimmed fore and foot edges. 
• PS2025.0715

183 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches

An overall Very Good- copy of this first edition, in publisher's brown boards with color illustrated plate on top board.  Illustrated endpapers printed in Copen blue, interior pages have decorative blocks in the same blue.  Photographic portraits of the sled dogs.  Complete and unmarked, untrimmed fore and foot edges give the text block an edgeworn effect.

This is the story of the most famous dog team in the world, driven by Eli the mail carrier.  He and his team traveled from Nome, in far Northern Alaska, thousands of miles to Washington D.C., where they were received by President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House.  The narrator is Wolf, the team leader.  Wolf was born in a cave, trapped in the wilds of Alaska, and then went on to become a remarkable team leader, leading his mates all the way from Nome to Washington. 

The illustrations are the work of Edward A. Poucher (1882-1966).  Poucher was one of those numerous, talented, prolific illustrators about whom little is known except their printed works.  In addition to cover art such as is seen on this book, Poucher worked as a fashion illustrator and in advertising.  His signature varied from "Poucher," to just "EP" in a circle or "P."  [American Art Archives]

First edition.  Published September, 1910.

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