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Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Book nearly disbound. Boards worn. LATER ISSUE. No color aside from front cover. SOLD AS IS. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. Please note: International and Domestic Priority orders for this item are available.
Seller: Alphaville Books, Inc., Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. Emerald City of Oz, The. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$10.99 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 296 pp. 6 7/8 x 9 1/4. Green cloth covered boards, stamped in black on spine, in black, white and orange on front. No dj. Wear to cloth at all edges.
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. Emerald City of Oz White Cover. Reilly & Britton Co., 1910.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Later printing with all black and white illustrations. Hinges weakened with threading revealed to back hinge. Pastedown still bright with corners worn. Great reading copy.
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee, New York, 1910.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reprint Edition. Hard cover 8vo in color illustrated cloth. Very Good/No DJ. Cloth scuffed and stained, interior has few light stains, "this book belongs to" filled-in, else Fine and unmarked. 296pp; illustrations in b/w.
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank and John R. Neill. The Emerald City of Oz VG. Reilly & Lee, 1910.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full ebony-embossed lemon drop-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 296. Illustrated with pen & ink drawings throughout. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Katharine M. Rogers, the author of L. Frank Baum: Creator of Oz, (2002), noted The "explicitly socialist" economy of Oz has been contrasted to other "fantasy" projections of socialist societies, like Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) and William Morris's News from Nowhere (1890). How far such analyses and comparisons should be pursued is, of course, open to debate; as Baum writes of the social structure of Oz in Chapter Three, p. 31, "I do not suppose such an arrangement would be practical with us." There are also strong similarities between The Emerald City of Oz (and to a certain extent the other Oz books) and the 1915 feminist utopia Herland (novel) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Today probably best known for The Yellow Wallpaper, Gilman was, like Baum, a newspaper editor who used her publication as a platform for social reform. The literary connection between Gilman and Baum is thought to be another campaigning newspaper editor, Matilda Joslyn Gage, the women's rights activist who happened to be the mother of Baum's wife, Maud Gage Baum. Sally Roesch Wagner of The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation published The Wonderful Mother of Oz describing how Matilda Gage's feminist politics were sympathetically channeled by her son-in-law into his Oz books.
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Chicago Reilly & Lee, 1910.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Color paste down front cover. Lacking color plates so post 1935 edition. 295 numbered pages. Illustrated in black and white by John R. Neill. Rubbing to edges. Several corners and bottom of spine starting to fray. Front hinge cracked. Owner's name. Else, good condition. A bright copy. (A2)
Seller: Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, RMABA, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.
Baum, L Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1910.
Price: US$22.94 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Cracked in several places, webbing exposed, pages secure. Age-toned, some light foxing a few pages have small tears. Cover scuffed, bumped corners, exposed boards. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
Seller: Booksavers of Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., 1910.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hard Cover - Good - No dust jacket if issued - Book shows rubbing to cover and edge wear other wise tight - Illustrated - 295 pages.
Seller: gigabooks, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wear to head of spine and to its back edge. Later printing with color paste down (nice and bright) and with black and white illustrations throughout. Hinges weak.
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Text is clean. Obvious wear, both front and rear hinges are loose. Yellow cloth with pasteon illustration. "Semi-Script" font type at base of spine. Previous owner bookplate on reverse of half title page. No color illustrations. Post-1934 printing (style used through the 1950's) ; [Bienvenue, pg. 49] ; The Wizard of Oz; Vol. 6; B&W Illustrations; 296 pages
Seller: Dan Glaeser Books, Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Van Dyne, Edith.. AUNT JANE'S NIECES IN SOCIETY. REILLY & BRITTON CO. CHICAGO 1910, CHICAGO, 1910.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good+ tight condition pictorial board light wear pencil holes EDITION, FOURTH PRINTING, C.1913, VERIEFIED BAUM BUGLE AUTUMN 1978. EDITH VAN DYNE WAS A PSEUDONYM FOR L. FRANK BAUM OF THE WIZARD OF OZ FAME.
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. 264 pp. Frontisp. Beige cloth, green lettering, decorative bow (minor soiling, shelfwear, slight wear to corners, w/o ffep), G copy. Early Reilly & Lee edition of No. 5 in L. Frank Baum's Aunt Jane's Nieces series. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p. 320.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1910.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Later printing, 1918 based on final book listed on ads. Original green cloth, pictorial pastedown. Moderate rubbing, shaken, hinges cracked. A few pages loose. Loss to front pastdown. Color plates. Reading copy.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago 1910. Looks like a first ed, not stated. Pasted full color litho on front board, orange cloth hardbound with black lettering on spine. Shows slight edge and spine wear, light soil. Slight loosening to front and back boards on interior, book papers still tight. Very fine art nouveau style illustrations as end papers. Fomer owner name in ink on end papers. List of chapters. Filled with nice black and white illustrations all through book. Nice copy in original cond.
Seller: Offshore Antiques and Books, Harrison Township, MI, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reprint. Orange cloth with color pastedown illustration. B&W illustrations by John R. Neil. Light spine-crease. Faintly bumped spine-ends and corners. Jacket is chipped at spine-ends and corners.
Seller: Avalon Books, Stockton, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth with black and white illustrated end pages. "Sexy Ozma" DJ ca. 1950s. Book has minor mildew staining to spine. Dust staining along block edges. Hinges are tight. End pages have minor/moderate mold and mildew staining but text is NOT warped or stained. Block is tight. No markings within text. DJ shows soiling and foxing in white portions. Scattered rubbing and chipping along jacket edges. Inside of dust jacket has mold stains. With all the staining this book still has very minimal odor. However, those with sensitivity to mold and mildew should probably avoid this copy.
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original green cloth with color pastedown by Neill. An early printing in the black and white illustrations. Only the front panel and front flap of the jacket (with 36 Oz titles and $2.00 price) remain, which are laid and protected between plastic and paper-backing of a Brodart jacket cover, with spine title reproduced. A clean, unmarked, bright copy.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
L. FRANK BAUM. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. THE REILLY & LEE CO., CHICAGO, 1910.
Price: US$40.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ, Illustrated by John R. Neil, Pinkish/orange Cloth binding with color paste-down illustration on front cover. Small 1/2" top spine seam tear front edge. Covers are loose with inside (paper only) seam splits to both hinges. Rear cover lower left 5" x 1 1/2" strip with past spill damage. Inside book mostly clean and unmarked except for former owner signature on the "This book belongs to" page. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Illustrated copyright page with "1910" as well as appearing again on the facing introduction page "Coronado, 1910". Not the true first edition since it does not contain the 16 color illustrations. (Later copy).
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz (The Oz Series Book 6). The Reilly & Lee Co., 1910.
Price: US$46.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1934-50s printing (Bienvenue pp. 47-49). Includes original jacket. Base stained, 2 inch chip from jacket corner, several small jacket chips and tears. 1910 Hard Cover. 295, [1] pp. 8vo. Pink cloth, black titles and rabbit soldier vignette on spine, color paper label ('Sexy Ozma' version) on front board. Illustrated endpapers, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The sixth title in Baum's immortal Oz series.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$46.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards rubbed with some loss from corners, pencil name on ownership page. 1910 Hard Cover. Two classic children's stories, bound dos-a-dos, with color illustrations by John R. Neill throughout. Neill is most well-known for contributing illustrations to L. Frank Baum's Oz books, the first of which (The Marvellous Land of Oz) he'd completed work on just 6 years before this volume was issued.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz [Illustrated by John R. Neill]. The Reilly & Lee Co., 1910.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An early printing but not a first, c.1920s. Green cloth boards with pictorial front board. Minor foxing to front board, some shelf wear. Splitting at inner hinges but binding is intact. Pages clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L Frank. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1910.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Uncertain printing date, circa 1946 (listed to The Magical Mimics in Oz on the front flap). Dust jacket shows moderate to heavy wear, tear, chipping, rubbing, and tanning. Pages are tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$63.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [8], 18-57, [3] p.: 15 full-page color illustrations; 18 cm. Red paper over boards with black spine title and white-and-black cover title. Color pastedown on front cover. Color illustrated endpapers. Illustrated list for the publisher's The Children's Red Books series on pp. [2-3]; this title is vol. 6 of 12. Title page in red, yellow, green, and black. Includes a much abridged version of The Swiss family Robinson on pages 35-57. Publisher's advertisements for Frank L. Baum books and Rainy Day Scrap Books on 3 pages following text. Although the book is copyrighted 1907, the advertisement for The Famnous Oz Books includes The Emerald City of Oz, which appeared in 1910, indicating that this book was published in that year or soon thereafter. Bookseller's label on back free endpaper verso for Charles Ream, Lancaster, Pa. The "This Book Belongs to" page (p. [1]), has been filled in for William Werntz, who received the book from his teacher, Beryl Frew, for perfect attendance in the school year 1915-16. William Werntz wrote his name and Coatesville, Pa., address on the front endpapers. In Very Good- Condition: ends of spine are rubbed; faint dampstain at tail of spine and along lower edge of back board; light migration of red to lower edge of back endpapers; occasional very light finger soiling on pages; otherwise, clean and bright.
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Copyright 1910, The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, Hardcover. 7" x 9 1/4". Cover is slightly worn (foxing). Front and back covers have loose binding. One page with unattached illustration. 2" tear on page 252, shelf wear.
Seller: TRU Hospice Thrift Shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City Of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1910.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover Good. Text Clean. Binding fair. DJ Fair to Good.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City Of Oz. Reilly & Lee, [1910], Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Description: Printed after 1935 with illustrations by Neill in black-and-white. Bound in publisher's original full cloth with the title stamped in black on the spine and a large color paste down on the front. Pictorial end papers. Spine sunned, minor soiling, otherwise very good condition.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$89.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1910 Edition hardcover book VERY GOOD clean copy no writing in or on book, binding is solid, cover is nice and bright in color, corners are have bumps/wear, no dustjacket issued
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. No date (c 1910). 5" X 7". Paper over board pictorial cover. Some scratching and darkening to boards. Front matter lists "The Twinkle Tales. Six Volumes. Mr. Woodchuck. Bandit Jim Crow. Prairie-Dog Town. Prince Mud-Turtle. Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Twinkle's Enchantment" Backstrip missing but binding solid. 14 full page plates plus title page and final page color illus. Some finger smudging and light color smears on a few pages (including large but faint smear over one plate). Plates bright. Previous owner's pencil inscription on FEP "Edward F. Jr. from Grandma." Boards protected by Brodart sleeve. Illustrator: Maginal Enright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Children's Books & Illustrators; Inventory No: 013629. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.
Seller: Hang Fire Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Orig. published in 1910, this is a later (post-WWII) Reilly & Lee reprint, with the original color plates by John R. Neill now rendered into simple pen-and-ink, but lovely in their own right! In 296 pages, with decorative endpapers, lavishly illustrated throughout.This edition has the original blue-colored cloth over boards (not the later orange ones), with a brilliantly colored paper pastedown to front cover & black lettering & design to spine (fancy publisher script, not plain). Condition is Near Fine: extremely clean, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white with light tanning around all edges; no foxing or stains. . Front pastedown is bright, NO fading or edgewear! Ownership box is blank; NO writing/highlighting/underlining; not ex-lib. Only flaws are slight rubbing to extremities & mild corner bumping. The matching DJ is VG, downgraded due to a few chips & light soil; beautifully protected in new archival mylar cover free! A gorgeous copy deserving a special place in your collection! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Lg. 8vo. 295, [1] pp. Colour frontisp., 11 colour plates. Original green cloth, w/ colour plate of the 2nd & 3rd Reilly & Britton printings mounted front cover with the black lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers in black & white (very minor spotting to front hinge, slight rubbing), still VG copy, w/ former ownership signatures on ffep. Later printing, boldface imprint on spine, plates relocated to match Bienvenue 1919 edition starting at p. 44, without captions, listing to Tin Woodman on verso of half-title. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p. 48.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank & Neill, John R.. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1910.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, (1910), slight wear to the corner tips and spine extremities, else a solid very good copy with all 12 full color plates and other illustrations by John R. Neill present. An early printing.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Britton Co. (on title page), Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Some cover soil. Spine a little darkened. Small decal affixed to recto of frontispiece, not affecting picture. Frame on ownership page shows erasure. Name in ink on ownership page. Printed biography of L. Frank Baum magic taped to blank recto of back free endpaper. Overall a tight, very good copy of this book, desirable because it includes all 12 color plates. Large 8vo. Mint green cloth covered boards. Pictorial color cover plate without metallic ink. Black and white pictorial endpapers. 296 pp. List of "The Famous Oz Books" on verso of ownership page ends with The Tin Woodman of Oz. Spine stamped in black. Publisher's name stamped at the bottom of spine is Reilly and Lee
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly and Britton, 1910.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: First printing. With plates embellished with bright metallic green ink. Only 15 of the 16 plates. Covers very worn, and totally detached. Absolutely As-Is.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee Company, Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Circa 1920's-1930's reprint with 12 colored plates. Dark blue cloth with plate of Dorothy riding the Sawhorse on the front cover. Modest cover wear. Former owner's pencil name. Overall, a solid and attractive copy.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. Reilly & Britton Company c. 1910, 1910.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; Mint green cloth cover with mounted color pictorial is frayed at corners and spine caps and soiled. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Many of the black and white illustrations and end sheets are very neatly and attractively colored. Former owner's name on front end sheet dated 1919. Pages are toned with thumbing but in very good condition. 8 color plates including frontispiece.
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$264.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second Printing (One of the pseudonymous books of L. Frank Baum, and in this case, one of the "Boy Fortune Hunters" series.) COVER STAMPED IN ORANGE, BLACK AND GREEN. 325 pp. text, plus two pages of advertisements at rear.) Shelfwear, particularly to spine caps and corners, with some darkening to spine caps, smudging to boards, and a slight spine lean. Fully conforms to second printing points (Bienvenue, 285). Nice, affordable copy of one of Baum's scarcer pseudonymous titles. Very scarce.
Seller: The Sensible Magpie, Creswell, OR, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of OZ. Reilly and Britton, Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dark Blue cloth cover with Paste Down Image on front cover, Rabbit on Spine in gold and black, List of Previous books including Last book John Dough, PO name inside box, missing plates on pages 108, 136, 232., spine ends rubbed, slight spine lean
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Later printing (1920) with 12 colored plates. Last entry on list of issues ad is Glinda of Oz. Publisher: Reilly & Lee, Chicago, (1910). In original cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front cover. 296 pages. Binding is in near fine condition. Endpapers intact without any cracking. Contents clean. Belongs to page without writing. Toning to pages adjacent to the verso of the colored plates. A very nice copy. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #22-121. Price: $300.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1910. First Edition, first printing in binding A dark-blue cloth with front cover paper label illustrated in full color on a now-dulled metallic silver background with metallic-green embellishments. Large octavo. 296 pp. 16 full color illustrations embellished with metallic green ink; black and white illustrations throughout. Dark-blue cloth boards stamped in black with rabbit soldier to spine and color paper label to front. Illustrated endpapers, printed in black and orange. No dust jacket. Boards worn with brief exposure to corners and chipping with loss to spine ends; heavy soiling to edges and spine with spine stamping nearly illegible; general scuffing. Opens easily between gatherings, but overall binding holding soundly. Light spotting to plates; mild smudging to margins; interior else unmarked and legible throughout. Good to Very Good. The sixth book in the Oz series, and, upon publication, purported to be the final volume, as Baum was looking to direct his creative energies elsewhere. Low sales for The Sea Fairies and Sky Island, however, would lead him back to Oz with the 1913 publication of The Patchwork Girl of Oz. [Bienvenue & Schmidt pp. 45-50].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$378.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 296 Pp. First Edition, Second Printing Per Bienvenue. Green Cloth, , Spine Stamped In Black With Vignette Embellished In Silver, Reilly & Britton Spine Imprint In Upper And Lower Case, 4 Cm Tall; 16 Full Color Inserts Embellished With Metallic-Green Ink, No Captions Beneath Illustrations. Extremely Worn And Frayed, Binding Split At Rear Spine Edge, Some Pages And Illustrations Loose And Worn But All Present. Comes With A Defective Copy Of The First Printing Lacking Spine And 7 Plates, And Also An Extra (Third) Set Of Pp. 211-268.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Description: First edition thus. These are known as Turnover Books in which each volume in the series has two titles. The book must be read one way for one story, then turned upside down and read the other way for the second story. Decorated red boards. Page edges and endpapers are red. Wonderful colour illustrations. 64 pages. 190 x 140 mm (7½ x 5½ inches). Illustrated by John R. Neill, Known for His Illustrations of L. Frank Baum's OZ Books. No dust jacket. The boards are a little rubbed, particularly to spine head and tail. Overall a very good example of the earliest edition. The illustrations were first serialised by the Philadelphia North American Syndicate in Sunday supplements as "Children's Stories That Never Grow Old," September 1, 1907 to March 22, 1908. Reilly & Britton then issued them as single volumes, and in a collection Children's Stories That Never Grow Old (1908). 34, 34 pages. 190 x 140 mm (7½ x 5½ inches). . Première édition. Ces livres sont connus sous le nom de "Turnover Books", chaque volume de la série ayant deux titres. Le livre doit être lu dans un sens pour une histoire, puis retourné et lu dans l'autre sens pour la seconde histoire. Plaques rouges décorées. Les bords des pages et les pages de garde sont rouges. Magnifiques illustrations en couleurs. 64 pages. 190 x 140 mm (7½ x 5½ pouces). Illustré par John R. Neill, connu pour ses illustrations des livres OZ de L. Frank Baum. Pas de jaquette. Les planches sont un peu frottées, en particulier à la tête et à la queue du dos. Dans l'ensemble, il s'agit d'un très bon exemplaire de la première édition. Les illustrations ont d'abord été publiées en série par le Philadelphia North American Syndicate dans des suppléments du dimanche sous le titre "Children's Stories That Never Grow Old", du 1er septembre 1907 au 22 mars 1908. Reilly & Britton les a ensuite publiées en volumes individuels et dans un recueil intitulé Children's Stories That Never Grow Old (1908). 34, 34 pages. 190 x 140 mm
Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France
Baum, Frank L.. EMERALD CITY OF OZ. Reilly & Britton Company, 1910.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st State; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 296 pp; Cracked front board at spine, moderate soil and shelf wear, dinged corners, fabric beginning to fray. RARE Dark Blue Cover! 16 color plates instead of 12, Ad lists 5 titles to: "John Dough and the Cherub". No markings inside, lt soil throughout but still very clean, 1st Ed- 1st State. Highly sought.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, IL, 1910.
Price: US$424.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pale blue cloth with mounted color illustration embellished with metallic green and silver ink, five titles listed on the advertisement page ending with John Dough and the Cherub, sixteen color plates featuring metallic green ink and several black and white illustrations by John R. Neill, orange and black illustrated end-papers, the following flaws are present: the cloth is worn through at the corners with light edge-rubbing elsewhere and some wear along the edges, the front and rear hinges are a bit weak but holding, the color plate at page 222 is still bound-in but is partially loose, the former owner has placed his name and a date on the "This Book Belongs to" page, the binding and contents are clean overall
Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank & Neill, John R.. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. Reilly & Britton (1910 ), 1910.
Price: US$464.00 + shipping
Description: THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ, Reilly & Britton, (1910), apparent second printing with the same ads listing to JOHN DOUGH AND THE CHERUB with all 16 full color plates fine and present with the green metallic ink on the color plates not quite as vivid as on the first printing and the cover with the artwork from the end-papers of DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD OF OZ. A short closed tear to the upper spine corner hinge, else a solid very good plus copy
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. The Reilly & Britton Co, Chicago, IL, 1910.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST PRINTING. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 7 in., pp. 296. Illustrated with sixteen full-color plates and black and white ink drawings. Front cover paper label illustrated in full color on metallic-silver background with metallic-green embellishments. Illustrated endpapers, printed in black and orange. Color plates embellished with bright metallic-green ink. Publisher's advertisement on verso of title page lists five titles, the fifth being John Dough and the Cherub. (Bienvenue 47; Hanff 61-62) Light blue cloth boards with full-color pastedown illustration of a carriage full of Oz characters in the Emerald City to front board. Black title and a silver-embellished rabbit holding a musket to spine. Rubbing to extremities; a few light scratches to front pictorial. Soiling to boards with white stains on rear board; light sunning to spine. Shelf-fraying to top/bottom of well-rubbed spine. Bottom corners nudged. Previous owners' names to ownership page. Front hinge just a bit tender. Black and white drawings on half-title, verso of title page, and p. 191, and on portions of the drawings on p. 155 and 235, have been embellished in color by previous owner.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. The Reilly & Britton Co, Chicago, IL, 1910.
Price: US$523.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, 9.25 in. x 7 in., pp. 296. Illustrated with sixteen full-color plates and black and white ink drawings. Front cover paper label illustrated in full color on metallic-silver background with metallic-green embellishments. Illustrated endpapers, printed in black and orange. Color plates embellished with bright shiny, metallic-green ink. Publisher's advertisement on verso of title page lists five titles, the fifth being John Dough and the Cherub. (Bienvenue 47; Hanff 61-62) Light blue cloth boards with full-color pastedown illustration of a carriage full of Oz characters in the Emerald City to front board. Black title and a silver-embellished rabbit holding a musket to spine. Rubbing to extremities; light soiling to boards and sunning to spine. Minor shelf-fraying to top/bottom of spine. Corners nudged and showing. Previous owners' inscription, dated Dec 25 1910, to front free endpaper. Front hinge a touch tender. Scratches to metallic paint on plate opposite p. 166.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$555.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Color Frontispiece with Santa Holly Branches & Red Berries on Red & Blue Cap & Long White Beard & Red Nose .HBDJ, 2 bks in 1, 1910, 1st Edition THUS, Early Issue, BK NF+/ DJ GOOD-, AS-IS, 12mo. 32 & 33 pages. Red HB Binding with Cinderella with Long Hair in Green Dress & Prince Kneeling with Shoe has Scuff, rub Wear DJ, Small BRIGHT RED Boards hardcover BK measures 7 1/2 inches tall by 5 3/4 inches wide & Duplicates DJ Ilustration very Nice Condition with Light rub, Wear Cvr & Interior Lighbt Fox, Hardcover bound in red paper-covered boards with the original red pictorial dust jacket. The jacket is rubbed and worn , Tiny chips Tears edges & Light & Heavy SCUFF Marks to Cinderella btm side of DJ affects btm of I & N in Cinderella ON DJ,and is now in Protectivce mylar. The "Cinderella" side of the book has a couple of abrasions on the jacket with the red surface stripped or rubbed off. The book itself has minimal wear. The inner hinges are secure, and the text is clean. This is an obscure little series of books. The Turnover Books came in only three sets of titles; . Each book has two stories. Small btm front chip to DJ 3/4 X 3/4 in,to Cinderella side & Light Ink Mark TOP RT. CORNER DJ, , IN bk FRONT TURNOVER BOOKS LISTED THRU Little Red Riding Hood & 3 Bears , Color Illustrated Half Title pg of Santa Standing in Red Outfit Trimmed in Black with Matching Hat by His Brown Bag of Toys TITLED IN RED ,EXTREMELY RARE Copy in Original Red Color Dust Jacket of Santa in Red Outfit Trimmed in Black entering white stone Chimney with Big Bag of Toys in Black Bag with His Finger Up to His Nose & when you Turn Over THE DJ, Cinderella seated on Bench in Ragged Green Dress, Red Shoes & Very Long Hair as Prince Kneels with Slipper , Scarce "Turnover" Book Illustrated by John R. Neill, Known for His Illustrations of L. Frank Baum's OZ Books!! Neill Illustrated the OZ BOOKS
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Illustrated by John R. Neill. With 5 books by L.Frank Baum illustrated by John R. Neill listed on the verso of the ownership plate (*e.g., "This Book Belongs to." The Titles are: The Road to OZ, the Land of OZ, Ozma, Dorothy & the Wizard, and John Dough and the Cherub." Attractive endpapers featuring the head of an adorable Dorothy wearing a headband garlanded with flowers on one pastedown and a band with a Z encircled by an O in the other. Former owner has stamped his name at the bottom of the front endpapers. G+ in worn vertically-ribbed light blue cloth. The black lettering on the spine is dulled and flecked. The silver rabbit holding a baseball bat and wearing a black hat bearing the letter "B" is fairly bright. It must be his intelligent eyes. There is considerable fraying to the top and bottom of the spine and the extremities. Internally VG- , clean and slightly shaken. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Britton, Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Emerald City of Oz. Illustrated by Jon. R. Neill. 1st ediition, 1st issue, 1st state in the original blue cloth with the central pastedown pictorial in very good shape, no chips, wears and repairs to edges of binding else a good plus copy.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Britton, Chicago, 1910.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In the rarer dark blue cloth gilt binding with the central pastedown highlighted in green and gold, a good copy, a bit shaken, but interior is good plus with all 16 color plates fine and high lighted and the list of other titles ending with John Dough. a bargain copy of one of the top Oz. 1st ed, 1st issue, 1st state
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Chicago: Reilly & Britton, [1910]. First Edition, First State. Hanff & Greene VI, plate 38 - first state with advertisement on verso of ownership leaf listing titles through "John Dough and the Cherub". Correct printed dedication, "To Her Royal Highness Cynthia II of Syracuse" is on the half-title (see scan), that being the dedication to the daughter of the author's younger brother Henry Clay "Harry" Baum. Both brothers lived in the Syracuse area for a time, though L. Frank was raised in nearby Chittenango through most of his choldhoodThe sixth of Baum's 14 Oz titles. 9 1/4 x 7, 295, [1] pp., with sixteen color plates embellished with metallic green ink, as well as a multitude of black and white illustrations, by the peerless John R. Neill. Blue cloth, pictorial cover label embellished with the same metallic silver and green ink; pictorial endpapers in black and orange. The binding features the elaborate cover label showing a number of characters traveling through the city; spine, though worn, is lettered in black with picture of a rabbit in black and silver with "B" on his hat. See scans. The striking use of metallic ink for the greens of the illustrations and cover label can only be found in this state. Binding rubbed, worn; 1 plate nearly detached by wear at gutter, another inserted in wrong place with tape, else good or a bit better. Please review scans. l51n
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank; Neill, John R. (illus.). The Emerald City of Oz. Reilly & Lee c.1910, 1910.
Price: US$1103.00 + shipping
Description: 295pp. Touch of wear to extremities, light rubbing and a touch of soiling else very good condition. An exceptionally nice copy. 2 pages of the prelims have the lower corner creased. All illustrations present. All first state points present.
Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ,Color Illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright, Frank Lloyd Wright's sister, Title Page in Color Black Bird & Blue Bird standing on Branch, HBDJ, 1906, Early Edition, Undated, NF+/VG, AS-IS, Book is in NF+ Condition, with a beautiful bright color cover VERY Light Wear. All text pages are intact and well attached to the binding. Hinges are unsplit. Pages are clean with no marks or tears. A very nice little copy, especially with the dust jacket! VG condition Dust jacket repeats the cover design and pretty much almost complete, with just a little chipping at the ends of the spine DJ and along the ends of the inside flap folds. Also a couple of 1" closed tears (now protected in a mylar cover.) There is also a very small piece of tape residue on the top front--about 2/3" long--not very noticeable at all. Back DJ is plain with light Wear Soil, BeigeCreme, BlueGreen Red & Black Illustrated Cvr light wear, 63 pgs, Original color cover is NF+ condition, with bright colors and just a little rubbing. Page 1-2 (containing the listing of other titles, before the actual title page) small FoX, . All story text pages are included and are in Pretty good shape, A charming and very hard to find little Book in any condition! ClothCover picture Light Scuff Cvr, Colors Bright on Front , Jim Crow on Front on blue Branch of Tree, Interior Nice tight Clean light Wear FOX,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Emerald City Of Oz. The Reilly & Britton Co., 1910.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy Without Wear In Decorative Boards First Edition (1910). Very Scarce In This Condition. Gorgeous Fresh Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1690.00 + shipping
Description: HBDJ, 1910, Later Issue with titles through AUNT JANE'S NIECES ON VACATION ), NF+/VG, AS-IS, DJ with some light wear and Light FADE, and LIGHT FoX, DJ light Rub, , Wear Light Soil, Tiny Chips Extremities DJ, Crease Mark Spine DJ, Beautiful Beige Cloth wiTh Purple Lilacs & Pasted Beautiful Color Picture Inlay on DJ duplicated, Cover lettered in Blue on Spine, Lettered in Orange on DJ Spine light Soiling Sun, Interior Nice tight Clean light Rub, Wear FoX, 264 pgs + ADS in Back for , Flying Girls & Captain Becky Series ETC
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: HBDJ, 1910, Later Issue with titles through AUNT JANE'S NIECES in Red Cross ), F-/VG-, AS-IS, DJ with some light wear and Light FADE, and LIGHT FoX, DJ light Rub, small edge Tears, , Wear Light Soil, Light Stain up & down Spine DJ, Tiny Chips Extremities DJ, Small Brown Stain Back DJ , Beautiful Beige Cloth with Purple Lilacs & Pasted Beautiful Color Picture Inlay on DJ Duplicated, Cover lettered in Black on Spine & Front, Lettered in Orange on DJ Spine light Soiling Sun, Interior Nice tight Clean light Rub, Wear FoX, 264 pgs + ADS in Back for , Flying Girls & Captain Becky Series ETC, Front DJ few tiny light purple Stains, DJ is wonderfully intact, no chips. Pencil marks in gutters of book, otherwise clean. The inside of the dj has a small (1") head rendered in purple ink, which is invisible from the outside of the dj. Two pinhead-sized spots of purple ink at the front fold-over. Spine of dj has a shadow as if from moisture, but there is no rippling or other evidence of water.
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 296 Pp. First Edition, First Printing, Binding A. Dark Blue Cloth, Horizontally Ribbed, Front Cover Paper Illustration With Metallic Silver Background And Metallic Green Ink Embellishments, Spine Stamped In Black With Vignette Embellished In Metallic Silver With Variant Black Shoes And Paw, Reilly & Britton Spine Imprint In Upper And Lower Case, Variant 4 1/2 Cm Tall; 16 Full Color Inserts Embellished With Bright Metallic-Green Ink, No Captions Beneath Illustrations. This Binding Appears To Be A Variant, With Much Heavier Inking To Rabbit On Spine, Including Entirely Black Shoes And Paw, All Other Black Inking On Rabbit Much Heavier And Wider, Publisher's Name Is 4 1/2 Cm Tall Rather Than 4 Cm Tall, "Emerald City" And "Oz" Slightly Larger (Over 10/32" Tall Rather Than Exactly 10/32" Tall) Compared To Usual Imprint; This Variant Not Described In Bienvenue (The Current Major Bibliographic Reference Work On Baum's Book Publications). Light Wear, Mostly At Corners, Pinpoint Frays At Two Lower Tips, Four Small Frays At Bottom Edge Of Spine. Illustration Facing Page 240 Neatly Detached But Present, A Little Fraying Right Along The Outer Edge.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Hardback NODUSTJAKCET, 1910, 1ST EDITION, VG/VG-, AS-IS. NO JACKET, Slight SOIL & Sun SPINE COVER, 19cm., with four titles listed on title page. Ending with YUCATAN, Small Corner Ding From Top edge Cover. , Interior nice, Tight Light FOX, Wear., 343 pgs + ADS Aeroplane Boys Series & Airship Boys Series, Verso of half title lists five titles ending in Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan. Very good condition with slight remains of smoke to spine. Gift inscription dated 1911 on front free endpaper , One of the scarcer titles in the series and one especially hard to find in collectible condition. .
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.