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Thompson, Ruth Plumly, After Frank L. Baum. Kabumpo In Oz. Chicago: Reilly And Lee, 1922.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 297 Pp. First Edition, First Issue And First State, Color Paste-On Illustration. See Bienvenue P. 104. Book With Wear, Small Frays At Corners, But Many Defects: Coloring Applied To Many B/W Plates And Endpapers, Front And Rear Illustrated Free Endpapers Removed, Half Title And Frontispiece Detached But Present; All Color Plates Present, Two With Small Losses, One With All Borders Removed Down To The Plate Edge, Some Pages With Loss Of Paper At Edges.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Kabumpo in Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reprint Edition (1922 but is actually 1940's.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 297 pages. The book is in very good condition. Interior is clean and tight except for previous child's name on front free end paper. The dust jacket is in fair condition with some shelf wear, loss to top of spine, loss to bottom of spine, and small losses to front and back panels. White spine/blue text. Size: 8vo
Seller: JERO BOOKS AND TEMPLET CO., SANTA MONICA, CA, U.S.A.
( Baum, L. Frank ) Thompson, Ruth Plumly & Neill, John R.. KABUMPO OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1922.
Price: US$52.20 + shipping
Description: KABUMPO OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, (1922), spine a bit tanned, else a tight vg copy. A post 1935, but still early printing. Illustrated by John R. Neill.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
(L. Frank Baum) THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly.. Kabumpo in Oz.. Reilly & Lee,, Chicago:, 1922.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Founded on and continuing the famous Oz stories by L. Frank Baum. Black and white illustrations throughout. A later printing. Cloth covered boards are worn along the top edges, foxing to endpapers, thus only good in a good (edge worn with several small chips, faded along the spine, foxing to flaps) dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.20 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Titles Listed Through Kabumpo Of Oz (1922). Early Reilly And Lee Reprint With All Of The Color Illustrations Of The Original 1913 Edition. Embossed Cover Color Design Showing The Patchwork Girl, Color Endpapers With Scarecrow And Tin Woodman Riding A Lion And A Tiger, Striking Color And B/W Illustrations On Soft Wove Paper Throughout. Hinges Neatly But Completely Broken At Endpapers And Several Places Internally With A Few Pages Loose, Covers Worn With Fraying Just At Tips And At Ends Of Spine. Owner's Information Page With Gift Inscription Dated 1924.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly (L. Frank Baum). KABUMPO IN OZ. The Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago, IL, 1922.
Price: US$83.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, 9.25 in. x 7 in., pp. 297. Illustrated with twelve color platesand many black and white ink drawings. Illustration on p. [299] shows Kabumpo in Oz. Publisher's spine imprint shows "standard" ampersand. (Bienvenue 103; Hanff 88-89). Dark blue cloth boards with full color pastedown illustration of four Ozians on elephant's trunk. Black title and elephant with rider to spine. Publisher's yellow to edges. Rubbing to extremities; light soiling to boards. Quarter-inch tear to cloth at bottom of rear board. Black and white pictorial endpapers. Front hinge showing. Unmarked interior.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly (L. Frank Baum). Kabumpo in Oz. Reilly & Lee Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1922.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, no DJ, 297 pages. Original copyright 1922. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Blue cloth boards with black type and illustration of elephant on spine. Full color pictorial paste-on on cover with title in yellow, blue background, and illustration of Kabumpo's head and other characters. Printed end pages are faded around edges, especially front and back unattached pages. Cover is lightly worn, with some light spotting on back and faded edges of paste-on. Spine is faded and worn. Front cover is ripped at inside seam but binding linen is in tact and holding cover together. The 4-page gathering before title page (Princess Dorothy illustration and Kabumpo full color plate) are ripped out (not attached, but still present). Overall book is in good condition, pages are clean and unmarked, binding is otherwise sound. 12 full color plates, glossy on picture side only. Illustration captioned "Princess Dorothy" is in front of book and Kabumpo illustration is at back. Standard ampersand on spine. Elephant on mock title. Check our other listings for more early-edition books from the Oz series.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, early printing of Thompson's second fantastical continuation of Frank Baumâs 'Oz' stories. Octavo, original cloth with colored pictorial paper onlay, illustrated plates by John R. Neill. In very good condition. Ruth Plumy Thompson was chosen by Baum's publishers to continue the 'Oz' series due to her talent for storytelling and her familiarity with the world of Oz. In 'Kabumpo in Oz,' Prince Pompadore of Pumperdink receives a scroll on his eighteenth birthday, warning that unless he weds a 'proper princess' within seven days, his kingdom will disappear. The prince, along with the kingdom's wise elephant Kabumpo, set off on an adventure to the Emerald City, so Pomp can find a princess to wed.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. Kabumpo in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Paste on cover illustration chipped and worn at edges, spine faded, cloth splitting at rear hinge - binding sound. Slight scattered browning and foxing internally - generally clean and unmarked otherwise. A good copy of the first editon, first state with 12 color ilustrations. Bienvenue 103. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 048331.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$111.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1922 Edition hardcover book VERY GOOD clean copy no writing in or on book, binding is solid, cover has minor rubbing and corner wear paste down jacket insert
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Kabumpo in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, having the stylized Kabumpo on the half-title page and Dorothy on page 299.Quarto. Hardcover. Illustrated. "Founded on and continuing the famous Oz stories by L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz"". Good, no jacket. Hinges are cracked, have been repaired with glue rather badly, pictorial paste-on front cover is rubbed around edges and has one tiny chip.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: Originally issued in 1922 (stated on Copyright page), we believe this is a later issue, c.1938. NO color plates, but many b/w illustration throughout. A PERFECT full color paste front over red cloth. Rear book board is moderately soiled. Dust jacket has original price on front flap ($1.50), but flaps are corner clipped. Rear flap lists 31 Oz titles, the last being "The Silver Princess in Oz", which was issued in 1938. White unmarked end-papers."This Book Belongs To" area is Clean and UNmarked. B/W illustrations throughout with NO markings at all, very clean and tight. Half-title page AT REAR is an illustrated page with Kabumpo the elephant. A great copy. 297+ pages. Mylar protected jacket.
Seller: Margins13 Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Color illustrated paper label illustration on front cover in good condition but lightly rubbed. Top and bottom of spine and corners of binding lightly rubbed and bumped. Previous owners name on book belongs to dated 1932. 297pp. Content bright and sound.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Kabumpo in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book Description: Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co, 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good. This is a first edition with a later printing date-c.1928. There are 12 color plates bound in and are shiny on the printed side. Nice tight copy, very little rubbing. No DJ. The interior is without writing or marks. Blue cloth binding with pasted color plate on front board. The half-title is at the end of the book, and the portrait of Dorothy follows the ownership leaf. The Ownership leaf is marked "Dorothy Baxter Christmas 1928". Picture available upon request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
( Baum, L. Frank ) Thompson, Ruth Plumly & Neill, John R.. KABUMPO OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1922.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: KABUMPO OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, 1922, first edition, some light silverfish wear to the spine and fore edge of the rear cover, else a tight vg+ copy with all 12 full color plates present. Illustrated by John R. Neill.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bound in blue-green cloth. First issue with half-title following ownership page, portrait of dorthy on page 299 and all color illustrations coated on the printed side only. Many of the illustrations have been identified by writing the name of the illustrated figure neatly at the side. There is an ink spot on page 127, the dedication page and the list of chapters page. Top corner of page 259 is chipped. The binding has been reattached and the endpapers replaced by a professional bookbinder. Corners bumped and worn. Rubbed and the spine a little faded.
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Kabumpo in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson. (L. Frank Baum). 1922 edition but later. 12 color plates. Publisher: Reilly & Lee, Chicago, (1922). In original blue cloth with pictorial pastedown on the cover. Binding is in near fine condition, slight rubbing along the spine edge front. Contents clean including no writing in the belongs to box. 297 pages. Wonderful copy. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #12-240. Price: $250. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 297 Pp. First Edition, First Issue And First State, Color Paste-On Illustration. Illustration Of Dorothy On P [299], And All Other First Issue Points, See Bienvenue P. 103. Blue Cloth Stamped In Black, With Color Illustration On Front Color. Book With Light Wear, Fraying Along Much Of Bottom Edge Of Spine, Tiny Frays At Three Of Four Tips. No Ownership Names Or Marks. Insect Damage On Small Areas Of Foredge And Bottom Edge Of Page Block To Maximum Of 1/8" Depth. Hinges Tight.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. KABUMPO IN OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1922.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; Blue cloth cover with mounted color pictorial is toneed with wear to corners and spine caps and light soiling but in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are toned and most of the black and white illustrations have been very neatly colored. Eleven of 12 color plates present.
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. Kabumpo in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson. (L. Frank Baum). Early edition with 12 color plates. Publisher: Reilly & Lee, Chicago, (1922). In original blue-green cloth with pictorial pastedown on the cover. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean including no writing in the belongs to box, small 1924 and initial in ink at the top of ffep. 297 pages. Thickness of the volume is 1 ½ inches. Picture of Princess Dorothy on the half-title page. Wonderful copy. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #22-123. Price: $400.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$585.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Issue, Blue Cloth, "Kabumpo In Oz" Half-Title, "Princess Dorothy" On P.299, 12 Full-Color Plates, Earliest State Of Ampersand. This Copy From The Family Of Frank Joslyn Baum (12/4/83-12/2/58), L. Frank Baum's Oldest Son, With Childish Handwritten Signatures Of His Two Children, "Joslyn" , Joslyn Stanton Baum (1908-1982), And "Alden", Frank Alden Baum, (1914-1944). Alden Is The Dedicatee Of Some Of L. Frank Baum's Own Oz Books; Joslyn Was The Dedicatee Of The Road To Oz. [ Family Copies Of The Oz Books Are Rarely Available On The Market.] Wear, Front Hinge Broken, "Good" Only.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.