Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1934.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grey cloth, b/w illustrations, illustrated endsheets, lacking the dustjacket. A lovely copy that we might call Near Fine but for a small p.o. name in ink on the ffep.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly; Neill, John Jno R. illus. Speedy In Oz. Reilly & Lee Co, 1934.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 298pp. Light blue boards with full-color pastedown on front board, black lettering on spine. Text and artwork is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, heavy rubbing, sunning, and water effects on boards and outer spine, foxing and pageblush throughout, written names on second frontleaf.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1934.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A continuation of the Oz stories. This coy with the spine fading but still much better than average. black and white illustrations, bound in blue cloth. Ownership name not even filled in!
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1934.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In red cloth with pictorial paper label in color on front board. White stain to bottom rear corner, running up a couple inches. Chipping to spine ends of jacket. Rear flap lists 36 titles so this copy circa 1945. $2.00 price on jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly & Frank L Baum. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1934.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early reprint without color plates. Cloth with color cover plate. Overall, a clean and attractive example of a Vintage Edition in an attractive about Very Good jacket with some chipping especially to the rear and spine panels. Jacket lists to MAGICAL MIMICS. ; rare jacket
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly & John Rhea Neill. Speedy of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Company, 1934.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly; Baum, L. Frank; Neill, John R.. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1934.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Previous owner name erased on front endpaper. Cover is worn but pastedown is still intact and clean. Bottom corner of front free endpaper torn off. Illustrations by John R. Neill. Inside pages aged but clean. Providing superior service since 2001. Dropshippers heartily welcomed.
Seller: Tangled Web Mysteries and Oddities, Kennebuunkport, ME, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Speedy in Oz. Reilly and Lee, 1934.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice crisp reprint with black and white illust. Beautiful paste-on, sharp and clean. Dust jacket is chipped on top of spine and on front cover- about the size of a quarter.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1934.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Speedy in Oz By Ruth Plumly Thompson (L. Frank Baum). (1934) copyright but printed later. Publisher: Reilly & Lee, Chicago, (1934). In original cloth with pictorial pastedown on the cover. Binding is in near fine condition, toning to the spine. Contents clean, no writing including the belongs to page. Slight cracking to the front gutter but solid with no separation. Black and white illustrations throughout. 298 pages. 7 x 9 ¼ inches. Black and white illustrated endpapers. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #21-159. Price: $125.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Book is in FINE condition. Dust Jacket has some tears and chipping, else Very Good Minus. 298 pages. Black and White illustrations by John R. Neill. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 298 pages
Seller: Book Gallery // Mike Riley, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1934.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Copyright page states 1934, but 1935 or later without color plates. Bound in blue cloth with color pastedown on front cover. Pictorial endpapers illustrated in black and white. $2.50 price on dustjacket front flap. Dustjacket has been expertly repaired, mostly to the spine ends. A beautiful, bright copy with no writing, names, etc. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. 298 pp. With numerous black & white full page and text illust. (some double-page). Dark green ribbed publisher's cloth, with colour plate front cover, illustrated endpapers, semi-script imprint at foot of spine (minor chipping & slight fraying head of spine, slight scuffing front cover), w/ d.j. cover art by Neill (minor chipping & tears head & foot of spine, dustsoiling, edgewear, couple closed tears, creasing, w/o front flap), still VG-/G- copy. Early printing of this title in the Oz series featuring dustjacket listing to Scalawagons of Oz on rear flap. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p. 116.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly (L. Frank Baum). SPEEDY IN OZ. Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago, IL, 1934.
Price: US$193.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, 9.25 in. x 7 in., pp. 298. Illustrated with twelve color plates, all bound in the textblock, and many black and white ink drawings. Verso of plates uncoated. (Bienvenue 116; Hanff 99-100). Red cloth boards with full color pastedown illustration of three Oz characters with umbrellas. Black title and boy's profile to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Very light scratches to pictorial cover. Top corners lightly nudged. Black and white pictorial endpapers. Front and rear hinges showing. Half title, frontis, and title pages partially detached. Unmarked interior.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Speedy in Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1934.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Complete with all 13 color plates. Covers shelfworn. Front hinge cracked.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly; John R. Neill. SPEEDY IN OZ. Reilly & Lee ( 1934 / 1946 ), Chicago, 1934.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto, 298 pages, beige cloth, pictorial plate on top cover; dj nearly complete, torn at bottom of top flap fold, a few short splits [OZIANA 22; Bienvenue p. 116]. Illustrated by John R. Neill: the interior color plates were eliminated in these later printings. Jacket flap lists titles 1-36 (to MAGICAL MIMICS, which appeared in 1946).
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank) Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, IL, 1934.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: dj w/lite wear only, lite pencil checks on dj flap, in mylar; brilliant yellow cloth w/colored pictorial boards, b&w illus; owner's name; 298 clean, unmarked pages; (lists to Silver Princess on dj flap) Size: 4 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$202.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 298 Pp. Orange-Brown Cloth, Paper Cover Illustration. 12 Full Color Plates. First Printing; ( Later Printings Omit The Color Plates). Wear, Small Frays At Edges; Hinges Completely Intact; No Ownership Information; Front Pastedown B/W Illustration And Some Interior B/W Illustrations Have Been Partly Or Wholly Hand Colored, Fairly Accurately.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Speedy in OZ. Reilly and Lee, 1934.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Th is FIRST edition from 1934 is in excellent condition with clean interior pages and green cloth cover with a color paste down showing three characters with umbrellas.Very slight edge wear on the cover There are 12 color plates with captions. Copyright page has a small stain otherwise interior pages are bright and clean. The "belongs to" page inscription states" David Pearson Christmas 1934" in neat handwriting. There is no dust jacket. A Lovely copy! Picture available upon request.
Seller: Round About Children's Books, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. SPEEDY IN OZ. Chicago:Reilly & Lee Co., 1934.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chicago:Reilly & Lee Co. (1934). 1st edition. 298pp. Illustrated with 12 color plates. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very good, 1st edition with semi script imprint on spine; endpapes illustrated in black/white; 12 color plates and dust jacket which lists to #26, Ojo in Oz. Grey boards clean with light soiling along edges. Front paste-down in very good, bright condition. Internally, decorated end-papers slightly age-toned but with no previous owners marks or signatures. Plates are clean and bright. Binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket did it's job well and shows the strain, missing a large piece from the top back panel and a smaller piece from the lower back panel. Also torn along spine strip with pieces missing, and the rear flap is detached, but present. *Bienvenue p 116.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Speedy in Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1934.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good about copy, internally very fine, with complete plates fine by Jon. R. Neill, one of the last Oz books in full color, the next year, Captain Salt emerged lacking all color from Reilly & Lee, there is slight fading to spine, slight wear to top of spine cloth, edge wear as usual to pastedown, else very good bright copy of a rarer Oz. Refer to Greene and Hanff for more details on its issue and points, this is a first issue with all color plates. Speedy is featured on the front pasteboard color pictorial.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. Speedy in Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1934.
Price: US$373.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Early edition. Brown boards with colour illustration to cover. Black and white illustrations and full colour plates throughout by John R. Neill. Slight edge wear to dust jacket spine. Very rare with dust jacket. Book 28 in The Wonderful Oz series, a continuation of the original books by L. Frank Baum. Comes in protective mylar cover.
Seller: The Scribe Bookstore, ABAC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Thompson, Ruth Plumly.. SPEEDY IN OZ.. Reilly & Lee: Chicago, 1934.
Price: US$1144.25 + shipping
Description: Illustr, 9.25 x 7.25, pict cloth, 298 pp. Spine & back cover heavily damp stained, light soiling/spotting to front cover, dust jacket water stained, torn, faded, missing pieces & creased, pencil name & date (twice), spotting & offsetting to endpapers, scattered spotting. With 12 full color illustr, by John R. Neill. FIRST ED.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.