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Bancroft, Laura (Aka L. Frank Baum) and Illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright. Prairie-Dog Town. Reilly & Britton Company, Chicago, 1906.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Pictorial cloth, former owner's name on series listing page, moderate soiling and well worn, with a couple of pages loose but laid in neatly. 15 full color illustrations. Binding copy. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 61 pages

Seller: Liberty Book Shop, Avis, PA, U.S.A.

Laura Bancroft. (L. Frank Baum). Prairie-Dog Town. Reilly & Britton Company (1906), Chicago, 1906.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Tan cloth with a color illustration and title in color along the spine. Thick red endpapers. Illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright. There is some rubbing, light wear and soiling to the covers. A rather small rubbed area to the center of the front free endpaper. There is the beginning of cracking to the joint at the lower title page. The hinges themselves are very tight and fine. A 1" tear to the title page fore edge. There are three long creases to three leaves early in the text. Light, sporadic soiling to some of the pages although most are clean. One of Baum's scarce Bancroft titles. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall

Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.

[BAUM, L. Frank] BANCROFT, Laura.. Prairie-Dog Town.. The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, 1906.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: 61 [1] pp. With Illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. 12mo, publisher's pictorial cloth. First edition. Very shaken, including a gutter break at pp. 8-9; cloth hand-soiled with some rubbing to the pictorial design; child's ownership inscription on blank leaf at rear. The Twinkle Tales by Laura Bancroft.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Laura Bancroft (L. Frank Baum). Prairie-Dog Town. Reilly & Britton Co, Chicago, 1906.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: 61 pp. Pictorial hard cover with red card stock end papers, no dust jacket, part of the the "Twinkle Tales" series, illustrations throughout by Maginel Wright Barney, story by Laura Bancroft (aka L. Frank Baum). A story about Twinkle and her friend Chubbins who explore the prairie dog holes and the animals who are watching them back. Chapters include The Picnic; Prairie-Dog Town; Mr. Bowko, the Mayor; Presto Digi, the Magician; The Home of the Puff-Pudgys; Teenty and Weenty; The Mayor Gives a Luncheon; On Top of the Earth Again. 7" x 5" damage to verso free end paper and half title page from glue, Ex Libris, light edge wear, rebound with new endpapers.

Seller: Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.

By Bancroft, Laura AKA (L. Frank Baum), Who Wrote Wizard of OZ Books, Inner HINGES Slightly Starting , Title Page Lettered in Black, Color Illustrated By Maginel Wright Enright, Frank Lloyd Wright's Sister, Title Page in Color of Prairie Dog Tipping Bla. Prairie-Dog Town, Here is a Scarce Edition of The Twinkle Tales, Prairie Dog By Bancroft, Laura AKA ( L. Frank Baum), Who Wrote Wizard of OZ Books, Series #3, 1906, 1st Edition THUS . Chapters Include The Picnic, Tweenty & Weenty, ETC, Illustrated B. REILLY & LEE CO Chicago, 1906.

Price: US$469.00 + shipping

Description: HARDBACK NODustJacket, 1906,1ST Edition THUS, , VeryGOOD+/GOOD+ CONDITION, NOJACKET, SOLD AS-IS, SPINESTRIP MISSING , Beige, BlueGreen REd & Yellow Illustrated ClothCover picture Light Scuff Cvr, Colors Bright on Front , Prairie-Dog on Front with 2 Children wearing Hats, Cvr light Scuff but Black Titles Clear, ,Back cover light Soil & very light Stains Light Stains bottom Cvr Front , Interior , LiGHt FoXing, light WEAR, O/W Very Nice, Small 4 3/4 X 6 3/4 in Approx, Light chipping alOng sPine edge, All color plates are present anD iN good shape , . Not perfect bUt this is a hard booK to find in any shape. 61 pgs, sLightly Fragile. Original color cover iS in very good 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! Title Page in Color of Prairie Dog Tipping Black Hat to 2 Children, Blank Endpapers slight FoX. All color plates are present and in good shape , Back of Book The Twinkle Tales at top & Talks about 6 Vols slight Stain Marks, Soil, . Illustrated by Maginel WrighT Enright, Frank Lloyd Wright's sister, . Contains full-page illustrations (including title page in Color ) by Maginel Wright Enright.

Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.

[BAUM, L. Frank] BANCROFT, Laura. ENRIGHT, Maginel Wright (illus.). Prairie-Dog Town.. The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, 1906.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: 61 pp. Illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright. 12mo, publisher's boards illustrated in color. First edition. 1916 red pencil gift inscription on front free endpaper; shallow chipping at the extremities of the spine; slight use at corners and mild soiling to the boards. The Twinkle Tales.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Bancroft, Laura (L. Frank Baum). THE "TWINKLE TALES" SERIES: BANDIT JIM CROW, MR. WOODCHUCK, PRAIRIE-DOG TOWN, PRINCE MUDTURTLE, SUGAR-LOAF MOUNTAIN, TWINKLE'S ENCHANTMENT (SET OF SIX SEPARATE BOOKS). The Reilly & Britton Co, Chicago, IL, 1906.

Price: US$3850.00 + shipping

Description: FIRST PRINTING. Set: 12mo, 6.8 in. x 5 in. Illustrated with colored plates. Light tan cloth boards. Hand-lettered stylized text to top line of title pages reads: "The Twinkle Tales". Heavy, blank, red endpapers. Verso of half title pages have list of all six volumes of The Twinkle Tales. Color title with "hand-lettering" style print to top of title page. List of chapters and "Copyright ,1906, by the Reilly & Britton Co." on verso of title page. (Bienvenue 288). Tan boards with illustrations and lettering stamped in color to fronts and spines. Light rubbing and soiling to all boards. The front boards and interior pages of all six titles are sharp and bright. BANDIT JIM CROW: Bottom corners nudged. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1913, to half title. Hinge showing, but holding, at page 8. Scattered dark stains to rear board. Condition: Good Plus. MR. WOODCHUCK: Corners nudged. Previous owner's name, dated 1906, to front free endpaper. Condition: Very Good. PRAIRIE-DOG TOWN: A few scuffs to front picture. Front upper corner nudged. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper and half title.Condition: Very Good. PRINCE MUDTURTLE: Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Front corners nudged, and corners just showing. A couple small chips to top/bottom of spine. Condition: Good Plus. SUGAR-LOAF MOUNTAIN: Front bottom corner nudged. Hinges repaired, but text block uneven. Condition: Good Plus. TWINKLE'S ENCHANTMENT: Previous owner's name, dated 1911, to front free endpaper. Three corners nudged. Hinge showing, but holding, at page 32. Condition: Good Plus. Complete set of first editions, first printings, published in 1906. Subsequent titles to the set were published in later years.

Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.

Bancroft, Laura (pseud) L. Frank Baum.. Twinkle Tales. Mr. Woodchuck. Bandit Jim Crow. Prairie-Dog Town. Prince Mud-Turtle. Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Twinkle's Enchantment. First editions 6 volumes 1906, RARE, in original color pictorial cloth in near fine condition.. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., nd,, 1906.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First editions, foolscap 8vo (6 7/8" x 5"), pp. 62+ (1)printer device + (1) blank; 62+(1)+(1) blank, (1)-26, 31-58; 61+ (3) blank; 64; 64; 71 full page color illustrations. First printings each with red card endpapers, half titles with the list of the six volumes of The Twinkle Tales on the reverse, & color titles from hand lettering with List of Chapters and "Copyright 1906." on the reverse. Original color pictorial beige cloth. (Copies of these original six titles with out the point above or in paper covered boards or with Reilly & Lee imprints are later editions in all cases). Unusually clean bright near fine color pictorial cloth with slight rubbing here & there but with no chipping, very good corners & bright colors. Prairie-Dog Town which is incomplete lacking two sheets (pp. 27-31) & ends at p. 58, thus lacking the final pages is included here because it came with the rest, but it is not a factor in the pricing of the group. The other five titles are complete & have occasional spots or stains & some minor defects. There is a torn off lower corner of 1/2" only & a crease at p. 27 of Mr. Woodchuck; a mostly marginal tear of 1" at p. 17 & a mostly marginal tear with loss slightly affecting the text of p. 20 of Sugar-Loaf Mountain; a lower margin 3/8" tear at the half-title & associated lower margin edge nicks to the following few sheets & a dog eared lower margin corner at p.15 of Twinkle's Enchantment. H9228

Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.