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Ruth Plumly Thompson, L. Frank Baum. The Cowardly Lion of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1923.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The cover is worn and rubbed with the top and bottom edges of the spine being tattered. the back cover is smudged, but not affecting legibility. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Pencil markings on the front end page leaf, otherwise all other pages are clean and bright.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank & & Neill, John R.. THE COWARDLY LION OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1923.
Price: US$52.20 + shipping
Description: THE COWARDLY LION OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, (1923), spine somewhat faded, else a bright, tight, vg copy. 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$66.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1934-1950s printing (Bienvenue pp. 104-105). Includes original jacket. Base stained with significant transfer to jacket base, small tears along jacket edges, ink gift note on ownership page. 1923 Hard Cover. 291, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, black titles, lion vignette on spine, color paper label on front board, illustrated endpapers, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The third 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 seventeenth book in the series overall.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. COWARDLY LION OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1923.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto, 291 pages, dark green cloth, pictorial label on top cover, hinges repaired, top cover plate scuffed at lower left corner; ex libris Lionel Worthall of Chicago. Illustrated by John R. Neill with twelve color plates - coated on one side only. There was only one printing of this first edition. This has the non-standard ampersand [ Bienvenue & Schmidt, pp. 104-105 ].
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Ruth Plumly Thompson. The Cowardly Lion of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1923.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Non-standard ampersand on spine indicating this is a true first edition. First state with plates coated on the printed side only. 11 Full-Page Color Illustrations by John Neill (1 missing) Green cloth w/ paste-on ilustration. Very minor rubbing to illustration on front cover. Illustrated endpages. There is some warping to boards near spine. There is a puncture mark in spine. No name written in the "Book Belongs to" illustration. No writing in book. Clean crisp pages with exception of a few small minor stains on a couple of pages. Very Good condition! Size: 7 x 9"
Seller: P.C. Schmidt, Bookseller, Kettering, OH, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE COWARDLY LION OF OZ. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1923.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by John R. Neill. Enlarged and edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Brown boards, colour pictorial cover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. VG+.
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Cowardly Lion of Oz. The Reilly and Lee Company, 1923.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Hardcover, 1923 first edition, pictorial cover, with 12 color plates and numerous black and white drawings, based on the Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum, spine and hinges reinforced by binder
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.