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Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The 12th book in the Oz series written by Ruth Plumly Thompson carrying on the tradition of the original 14 stories by L. Frank Baum, maintaining the lovely illustrations of artist John R Neill throughout the book's 281 pages; decorative endpapers by same. Orig. published in 1932, this is a slightly later (post-1935) Reilly & Lee reprint, with the NO color plates. Light blue cloth over boards (not the later orange ones), with a vividly colored paper pastedown to front cover & black lettering & design to spineLight blue cloth (fancy publisher script, not plain). Condition is downgraded to only Fair due to external wear: very heavy rubbing to extremities, down to underlying boards in spots. Front pastedown is bright & colorful, with light soil to topmost part. Interior is generally clean, with the occasional smudge. Binding is intact, but both hinges somewhat shaky. Pages creamy white with only very mild tanning. Ownership box blank. NO writing/highlighting/underlining; not ex-lib. Original DJ is long gone, & the exterior of this book leaves much to be desired, but it's one of the scarcer titles& the story & illustrations are superb! 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$34.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Purple cloth hardcover with a paste down lable on the cover that has some paper loss. Inside a previous owner has a name in pencil, the book has some wear and signs of age. The bottom of many pages has a very light stain. There are a few pages with nicks inside. Email for a photo. We ship fast.
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Purple Prince of Oz. Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1932.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Later Printing w/o color plates. Some shelf wear and light bumping at corners though corners remain square. Block edges show dust staining. Text is yellowing. Front hinge loose and starting to separate, back hinge loose. "This book belongs to" filled out in pencil and pen. DJ has heavy chipping and is missing several small pieces including one 1/4" piece on front cover at middle of spine.
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.20 + shipping
Description: THE PURPLE PRINCE OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, (1932), spine faded/lightened, inner hinge starting, some brown stains to the fore edge margin of several pages, 4 illustrations very skillfully colored at the beginning of the text, else a bright very good to very good+ copy in the publishers original purple cloth binding. Illustrated by John R. Neill. A post 1935, but still early printing.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ] Hardback, later printing (b&w illustrations, no color plates), tall octavo, appx 7 x 9 1/4 inches, black titling on tan cloth covers, colorful dj, 281 pages, VG+ to Near Fine in G+ dj (dustjacket now in protective mylar). Book itself nearly flawless in a tight binding w/ square corners, rear endpapers couple of tiny spots o/w crisp and clean inside and out incl no names & no writing incl the endpapers. DJ front flap corner-clipped, very clean, no fading, very short splits at the corners, small amt of rubbing chipping fore-edge folds, very minor surface rubbing along center of spine and spine folds, small chip repair top edge front panel, appx 1/2-inch chip out head of spine ("The" partially affected in the title). RWR5 Children's Juvenile Literature Illustrated.
Seller: Reiner Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Purple prince of Oz. Reilly & Lee Co., 1932.
Price: US$74.25 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: No dust jacket. Cloth is frayed at spine caps and corners. Discoloration along spine and board edges. Covers may have heavy shelfwear and edgewear. Pages may include highlighting, writing and other markings. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Ships quickly. Thanks for looking!!
Seller: WookieBooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly and L. Frank Baum. The Purple Prince of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1932.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 281pgs.illustrated endpapers. Beautiful Pictorial Boards, rubbing to edges of boards, minor creasing to lower edge of spine, not affecting the color illustration on the front panel. Black and white illustrations by John R. Neill. Slight lean of the spine. light toning to the outer edges of pages. internaly clean, unmarked. Price-clipped Pictorial jacket(Same illustration as the front panel of book) chipped on the upper spine. in mylar sleeve. One of the more attractive Oz covers, it's the 26th in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the 12th written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Size: Quarto
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. The Purple Prince of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1932.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Later printing, published circa 1960, with the scarce Dick Martin dust jacket. Book is in ecellent shape. Dust jacket is edgeworn and chipped.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. The Purple Prince of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1932.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later printing, with 36 title listed on the dj flap, so arounf 1946. Dust jacket edgeworn and chipped.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$81.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1935-1958 printing, no color plates (Bienvenue pp. 114-115). Very good in fair jacket. Ink name and address on ownership page, jacket edges rubbed with several chips from corners. 1932 Hard Cover. 281, [7] pp. 8vo. Grey cloth, black titles, Purple Prince vignette on spine, color paper label on front board, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The twelfth book in the continuation of Baum's immortal Oz series by Ruth Plumly Thompson, whose books are now considered part of the official canon - as such, it is considered the twenty-sixth book in the series overall.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. The Purple Prince of Oz. Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago, 1932.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early reprint. Illustrated by Jno. R. Neill. Small quarto. Yellow cloth with applied illustration. Tiny nick in upper corner of first two leaves, a little smudging on the front endpapers, corners a little bumped, very good or better.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Purple Prince of Oz, The. Reilly & Lee (1932), Chicago, 1932.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 281 pages illustrated in b&w by John R. Neill. Blue cloth covers with color illustrated pastedown on front. B&w endpaper drawings by Neill. Exceptionally bright, clean copy. Reprint edition without the color plates. Exceptionally bright, clean copy. No dust jacket. Record # 406431
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson (after L. Frank Baum). The Purple Prince of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1932.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Reilly & Lee, copyright 1932. VG+ or better cond. hardcover w/ VG bright & colorful unclipped pict DUSTJACKET now in archival Brodart. Tan bds w/ excellent cond. full size, full color paste-down illus on front cover, & black dec & lettering on spine. P/O's stamp on ffep, o/w book is fresh & unmarked throughout. Dj lists to #34 on front & rear inside flaps. Illus in b&w by John R. Neill. Lt-mdt corner- & edgewear to dj. Displays very well. A very nice copy. 281pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG+/VG or better. We recently purchased a number of these Oz titles, & we'd be happy to combine postage. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, 9.25 in. x 7 in., pp. 281. Illustrated with twelve color plates and many black and white ink drawings. Binding A: Spine imprint in boldface. Endpapers illustrated in black. Verso of plates uncoated. (Bienvenue 114; Hanff 98). Lilac cloth boards with full color pastedown illustration of The Purple Prince riding a bespectacled elephant. Black title and prince's face to spine. Publisher's yellow to edges. Rubbing to extremities; sunning and small white paint stain to spine. Upper right corner of cover illustration missing. Corners nudged. Hinges tender. Unmarked interior.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, blue with black print; Boards in blue cloth with with illustrated pastedown covering front, wear to spine caps and corners, light warping, small stain and surface tear on spine, mild smudging/shelfwear to rear, stray pen mark on front; Text block has yellow tinted edges, intermittent spine breaks, occasional foxing; "Founded on and continuing the famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum"- title page; 281 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w drawings, color plates). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. 1359451. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12 full page color plates plus other illus. by John R. Neill, 9 x 6.75", dark purple cloth with color paper label on front cover, 281pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, some waterstaining to top of rear cover, rear inner hinge cracking, pp toned with scattered finger soiling. SWAF. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE (publisher's name on spine in "boldface"). Predicts the birth and popularity of the musician Price, who would be born 26 years after the publication of this book. Or, maybe not.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. The Purple Prince of Oz. Reilly and Lee, 1932.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very nice copy of this reprint which came out after 1935 not the 1932 given. Both book and dust jacket look very nice. Illustrations are in black and white.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. The Purple Prince of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1932.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: first printing, complete with 12 color plates. Covers edgeworn. Front hinge cracked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rear gutter starting, but intact. ; Book is in excellent condition - see image. Tight binding and clean, unmarked interior. All 12 color plates are pristine. Yellow-tinted textblock. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 281 pages
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Lg. 8vo. 281, [1] pp. Numerous full page & text black & white illustrations. Red publisher's cloth, w/ boldface Reilly & Lee imprint on spine, black lettering, plain endpapers (slight shelfwear, discrete ink "25" on spine), w/ d.j. cover art by Neill front & back, semi-script Reilly & Lee (couple small closed tears), still VG/VG copy, w/ former ownership marking on front pastedown. Later printing of No. 26 in the Oz series, without the colour plates, and John Neill cover art no longer mounted on front cover, rear ads on flap listing to "Hidden Valley of Oz." Bienvenue & Schmidt, pp. 114-115.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Purple Prince of Oz. The Reilly and Lee Co., 1932.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. 9" x 7", Blue/purple cloth with color pictorial paste-on to front cover. Pictorial endpapers.281pp. 12 full page color illustrations and many others in black and white by John Neill. There is some light edge-wear at head and tail of spine. Spine lettering a bit dull. A very nice copy.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Founded on and in the tradition of The Famous Oz Stories. Illustrated in color and b&w by John R. Neill. Purple spine faded but readable; front endpapers torn and badly glued together i n front gutter; one of the color plates is torn in the margin not affecting the image; otherwise a Good used copy with a particularly clean cover image of the prince and several baskets of grapes riding an overworked elephant wearing spectacles and a bow tie.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Thompson, RUTH PLUMLY. THE PURPLE PRINCE OF OZ. REILLY & LEE, 1932.
Price: US$157.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John R.Neill (illustrator). 4 vo. dj w/chipping, in mylar; navy c w/colored pictorial boards ; b&w illus; LISTS down to Mimics
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, 9.25 in. x 7 in., pp. 281. Illustrated with twelve color plates and many black and white ink drawings. Binding A: Spine imprint in boldface. Endpapers illustrated in black. Verso of plates uncoated. (Bienvenue 114; Hanff 98). Dark purple cloth boards with full color pastedown illustration of The Purple Prince riding a bespectacled elephant. Black title and prince's face to spine. Publisher's yellow to edges. Rubbing to extremities; light sunning to spine and scuffing along joints. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1932, in pencil on ownership page. Hinges showing front and rear. One inch closed tear to bottom of title page.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Purple Prince of Oz,The. Reilly and Lee, 1932.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition of the Ruth Plumly Thompson storie illustrated by John R. Neil no color illustrations
Seller: The Roving Eye, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly; Baum, L. Frank. The Purple Prince of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1932.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Purple cloth cover with black spine title, yellow page edges, and color paste-down cover illustration. Cover has minor cloth wear and soiling,the spine is lightly sunned, paste-down has slight surface damage. Pages are clean and bright, with a child's name on the "This Book Belongs to" page. This is a true First Edition with all color plates present. MC
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Purple Prince of OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1932.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This 1932 FIRST edition book is in near fine condition with clean interior pages and 12 color plates all without flaws. The cover has a beautiful color plate of a prince on an elephant. The cover is purple ans has a small handwritten number on the spine and one on the first end paper at the top. The spine top and bottom have a tiny bit of wear. No dust jacket The book meets all points of issue for a first edition (Hanff and Greene). Picture available upon request.
Seller: Round About Children's Books, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank) Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Purple Prince of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, IL, 1932.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: early edition; lists to Scalawagons on dj flap; dj w/chipping, in mylar; navy c w/colored pictorial boards ; b&w illus; owner's name; 281 clean, unmarked pages Size: 4 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank; Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Purple Prince of Oz. THE REILLY & LEE CO., CHICAGO, 1932.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1932, 1st edition;beautiful prestine condition; rubbed top/bottom spine; colored illustrated; b/w illustrations on fep; printed : The book belongs to: signed by owner; yellow edge pages; cracked back hinge; 6 colored plates; b/w plates hand colored pages; pictorial covers; tight binding. DATE PUBLISHED: 1932 EDITION: First edition 281
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$292.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 281 Pp. First Edition, First Printing, Binding "A" With Publisher's Imprint In Boldface Type, 12 Color Plates. A Clean Example Previous Owner's Name In Pencil, Rubbing At Each Corner Of Cover Illustration But Just One Tiny Abrasion, A Few Points Of Fraying To Cloth At Corners, Some Loss Of Cloth In Gutter Of Front Cover, 3/4" X 2" Light Water Stain On Rear Cover, Pencil Ownership Signature.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Purple Prince of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., 1932.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In good condition. Missing dust jacket. Boards are lightly worn along edges with slight rubbing and scuffing. Corners rubbed. Light scratch marks to surface of illustrated cover. Spine faded. Extremes lightly rounded, frayed. Hinges starting. Splotchy toned end papers. Free of ownership. Interior is lightly age-toned with minimal foxing. Binding shaken, but intact. Free of markings. Please see photos. 1st edition. The Purple Prince of Oz is the 26th in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the 12th written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. John R. Neill is quoted as saying of Kabumpo in Oz, After illustrating about seventeen Oz books, I think it worthwhile to let you know this with my congratulations on having secured an author of such superior qualifications to continue the work of supplying the 'Oz books.' Every feature of the child appeal is handled with the greatest skill. The whimsical, the humor, the interest and the zip of the book make me think it one of the very best Oz books so far.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 281 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white by John R. Neill. 4to, publisher's cloth with applied color illustration on front panel, in a later (1946) dust jacket. First edition. Light rubbing and use to spine, but a nice copy in a later (1946) dust jacket with some very shallow chipping and light use.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first state of this continuation of Baum's Oz series, a beautiful copy in the rare dust jacket. 9'' x 6.75''. Original deep purple cloth with pictorial paste-on. In original unclipped ($1.75) dust jacket with ads through this title. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Neill with 12 color plates coated on one side, plus black-and-white images in-text. 281, [1] pages. Book with small spot of discoloration rear corner (on jacket as well), else fine, in fact very bright and glowing. Jacket with a few medium closed tears, one on front panel along title, with attendant creasing and tape repairs to verso, and light edgewear.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.