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L. Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz - Illustrated by John R. Neill. The Reilly & Lee Co., 1919.
Price: US$13.57 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hard cover book is in good condition with regular shelf wear. A few stains are visible on the front cover. Book has been inscribed by previous owner. Pages are clean and intact.
Seller: Rebound Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
L. Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., 1919.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NOT a first (lacking previously published page before title, lacking color plates). No jacket. General shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Baum L. Frank; Neill, John R.--Illustrations. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Grey cloth cover with usual paste-down illlustration. Solid binding. Previous owner inscribed, the only marking in this book. 266 pages.
Seller: Friendly Books, Lakewood, OH, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Orange cloth with black letters on the spine strip. Front board has a color illustration on a pastedown. 266 pages; b/w illustrations. Endpapers have a b/w illustration. The orange color on the spine strip is faded. The back board has light soiling. The front board's pastedown has a 1/4 in. chip, several small rubbed spots, and a few tiny scratches.The tips of 4 boards' corners are threadbare. The text block ends have darkened; the top end has a 3/4 in. line of stain. The front endpaper is cracked over the hinge; hinge is tight. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee Company, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vintage reprint without color plates. Cloth with color cover plate. Somewhat knocked about, but still a solid example of a Vintage Edition. No jacket.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Description: good only; extremities worn, spine faded, hinge crack; 2 pp edge torn, color picture on front, b/w plates.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
BAUM, L. Frank.. Magic of Oz.. Reilly & Lee,, Chicago:, 1919.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black and white illustrations throughout. A later printing. Corners bumped and worn, else very good in blue cloth with color illustration on front board. Detached and worn remnants of the dust jacket (both panels, flaps, and a portion of the spine) are laid in.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's name on "This book belongs to" page. Cover picture still bright and lovely. Minor scrape to edge of front board.
Seller: Ahab Books, Glencoe, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, New York, 1919.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean and tight and square. Orange boards with a paste-down on the front of The Wizard, Dorothy and a monkey in greens and yellows for the background. All the illustrations are in black-and-white. The end pages are of the good fairy with many monkeys holding the train on her dress. This Book Belongs to Page has a name that has been erased along with some other coloring of the hat and the eyes of the Pumpkin Head. This is later edition after 1935. There are no color plates. No dust jacket.
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A beautifully well preserved copy of an early printing in the original blue cloth with color pastedown, with black and white art by Neill. Clean, tight and unmarked, a very attractive copy in the original format.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly and Lee, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth with applique front cover. Jacket price clipped but word Price and a bit of dollar sign present. Two inch chip around head of spine, but 'Oz and Baum' are still present. Closed tear running off chip on rear panel. 36 titles listed to rear flap.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago, IL, 1919.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 266 pp. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Blue Cloth binding, pictorial pastedown in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (89942).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$41.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1931-1958 printing, no color plates (Bienvenue pp. 77-80). Lacks jacket. Ink name and address on ownership page, 1919 Hard Cover. 272 pp. Dark red cloth, black titles, monkey vignette on spine, color paper label on front board, illustrated endpapers, black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. Book 13 in L. Frank Baum's immortal OZ series, in which the meddling of old Ruggedo -- the ex-Nome King -- and the magic of Kiki Aru, the Munchkin boy, bring mayhem to the Emerald City when its illustrious inhabitants are mysteriously transformed into strange beasts.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank.. Magic of Oz (The).. Reilly & Lee Company, 1919.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Illustrated by John R. Neill." Full-color paste down illustration on front cover. (A-1.)
Seller: Armadillo Books, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE MAGIC OF OZ. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1919.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1919. later printing ca. 1935. 265pp., black and white illustrations. Imperial 8vo. Blue cloth with color plate mounted on front cover, black titles on spine. Fading on spine, black titles slightly faded, small stains lower edges of a few interior pages, overall Very Good attractive hardcover.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
L Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial Boards, Edges Lightly Worn. Plates are in B/W not Color
Seller: Books from Patty, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition, text is tight, clean, no crayon marks. All illustrations are black and white. No dust jacket. Am not sure of the publication year, but it is later than 1919. A good collectible copy.
Seller: Prairie Home Books, Crosby, ND, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Yellow cloth with black and white illustrated end pages. DJ shows original Neill Ill. w/ white spine. ca. 1959. Covers show light to moderate staining. Dust staining along block edges. Hinges tight. End pages have moderate foxing. Block is tight with scattered, very light foxing. Small fold/tear on foredge of first 4 pages. DJ shows some surface rubbing effecting colors. Scattered rubbing and chipping along jacket edges.
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
Baum, frank l. THE MAGIC OF OZ. reilly & lee, 1919.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Description: very good -fine book good - very good jacket pictorial binding, illos by Neil, chips, long tears
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum & John R. Neill (illustrator). The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later printing. Hardback with dust jacket. 266 pages. Dust jacket is in good condition. Book is in very good condition. No color plates. Dust jacket has a few tears (one with browned tape on the spine) and some corresponding creases, a missing strip, a few chips, and a little loss at the corners. Price shows $2.00. Front flap has two paragraphs about The Magic of Oz. Back flap lists to 36 Magical Mimics in Oz. Dust jacket is in a protective cover. Book has light gray blue linen covered boards with a pastedown on the front and black lettering on the spine. Light bumping on the spine ends. No wear on the pastedown. Spine is tight and square, but has some fading. Hinges are intact. Pages are clean and crisp. No writing inside. Slightly musty. Good to very good readable or collectible condition.
Seller: Bookworm and Apple, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is a fine, unmarked hardcover copy in a brown cloth binding with a pasted color plate on the cover, a later printing with black & white plates. In a mylar protected DJ with the same image as the book cover on both the front and rear panels, the rear flap lists 36 books to Magical Mimics in Oz. Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank; Illustrated by John R. Neill. The Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$66.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Almost Like New. ; Bound in brown cloth with black lettering and illustration to spine. With pictorial pastedown in perfect condition to front board. Illustrated endpapers. Printed ca. 1946-48. With 36 titles on rear flap ending with Mimics in Oz. ; The book is in excellent condition, tight and clean with solid binding. No inscriptions. Not ex-library. A touch of light shelf wear to dustjacket with a few short tears and a very minor chip to top of spine. Not price clipped, $1.75 to top of front flap. ; Illustrated by John R. Neill. ; A gently read book in Collectible condition and now protected in a new Mylar cover. ; Almost Like New. ; 8vo; 265 pages
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$68.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st issue. Illustrated with 11 color plates (lacking one) and in b&w. Good, hinges cracked and weak, endpapers are colored in crayon, 2 pages have stain, several of the plates have a dampstain at fore-edge, wrinkle on spine toward top, front cover pastedown color illustration.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee Company, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Vintage reprint without color plates. Cloth with color cover plate. Overall, a clean and attractive example of a Vintage Edition in an attractive Very Good jacket with some chipping. Jacket lists to MIMICS.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee Company, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Vintage reprint without color plates. Cloth with color cover plate. Overall, a clean and attractive example of a Vintage Edition in an attractive jacket. Jacket lists to MAGICAL MIMICS.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank; Neill, John R. (Illustrator). The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee Co., 1919.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The 13th book in the original Oz series written by Baum & illustrated by John Neill. Orig. published in 1919, this is a later printing that retains the original cover art & internal illustrations, but now in pen-and-ink rather than the full color of the originals. In 266 pages, with decorative endpapers also by Neill, bound in orange cloth-covered boards with a circular stain to back cover. Hardcover book is in Near Fine condition: extremely bright & clean, marred only by slight rubbing to extremities & a few dings to bottom page edges, not noticeable inside. Corners crisp, binding straight & strong, both hinges secure. Pages creamy white. Front pastedown is bright & colorful with just a hint of rubbing & a darker smudge by Dorothy's foot."This Book Belongs To." box is filled in with child's name, rest of book completely unmarked. 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 Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific Time; later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (illstr). The Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1919.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First issue. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Hinges and spine are cracked, but all pages and cover boards remain attached to binding. Pages are tanned with some light foxing throughout, but text is bright and unmarked. All 12 color plates are present clean and unmarked. As is.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Imperfect copy: lacking 3 pltes (pp 64, 120, 208) ; 2 other plates edge damaged; light wear & soiltocloth; Green cloth, color paste on illustration ; 266 pages
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (illstr). Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1919.
Price: US$75.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (illstr). Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1919.
Price: US$79.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1919 Reilly & Lee Early Printing with deep maroon boards and the very brightly illustrated front cover. A lovely copy that has only 2 flaws: There is considerable staining just along the spine end and a crayon name on the ffep. Otherwise a super clean and tight copy with all illustrations in black & white.
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, Orange cloth with pictorial cover and end papers, with numerous black and white Illustrations,this copy, About Fine/no DJ
Seller: Uncommon Books - The Gomez Collection, Port St. Lucie, FL, U.S.A.
Baum, L Frank. Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cloth boards are well-bound, edges & bright paste-on are a bit rubbed; cracks at endpapers. Previous owner's book plate on front endpaper. One colored plate is missing, another is loose from the binding. Clean, sharp pages throughout.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of OZ. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1919.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: green cloth binding with color paste-down front cover illustration. color frontispiece. color illustrations. very lightly rubbed back cover with one tiny darkened blemish. binding tight and contents
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill (illstr). The Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1919.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Later printing. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Covers worn. Hinges cracked. Some marking and staining. 12 color plates. Frontispiece detached, but still present. As is.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Lg. 8vo. 265, [1] pp. Colour frontisp., 11 colour plates, numerous full page and text black & white illustrations. Tan cloth, black lettering & illust. on spine, colour plate mounted on front cover, illustrated endpapers (minor shelfwear, light rubbing), still VG copy. First edition, early printing of this thirteenth Oz title, many colour plates relocated in text block, no advertisements on verso of ownership page. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p. 80.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE MAGIC OF OZ. , 1919.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: (Neill, John R.)illus. THE MAGIC OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chi., 1919 (later printing). Light green cloth, pastedown illustration, 266pp., 12 color plates. Hanff/Greene p. 74. A printing subsequent to State 3; no publishers advertisements, but plates tipped-in, as in the early states, rather than bound-in. There is a 1"x1/2" scraped area on the pastedown, and some very light wear to the corners, else a very good copy.
Seller: Edward T. Pollack, ABAA, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrations in black and white. Copyright page states 1919, but probably 1935. Color plates were discontinued after 1935. Color pastedown on cover of book. Pictorial endpapers in black and white. The verso of the ownership page is blank. Book is virtually as new. Dustjacket is bright and clean with minor expert repair, mainly to the spine ends. Ojo in Oz is the last title listed on the back flap of the dustjacket. Pages are clean with no writing of any kind. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. HBDJ, 1919, later edition, PC,Yellow decorated cloth lettered in Black with Dancing Monkey on Spine, minor rub, wear & tiny Chips & small mended tears DJ, NF/VG+, AS-IS, DJ Lion Overlooking Man in red hat & long coat & striped purple Pants & little girl with white dress with yellow trim & yellow hat & long white socks with Purple background at top with word Oz in white,Black & Red, 266 pgs,
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank & & Neill, John R.. THE MAGIC OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: THE MAGIC OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, (1919), early printing with 3 leaves missing a small section of the lower corner at the fore edge, else a near fine copy with all 12 full page, full color plates by John R. Neill in fine condition and with no other titles listed on the verso of the ownership page.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE MAGIC OF OZ. , 1919.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: (Neill, John R.)illus. THE MAGIC OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chi., 1919 (later printing). Blue cloth, pastedown illustration, 266pp., 12 color plates. Hanff/Greene p. 74. A printing subsequent to State 3; no publishers advertisements, but plates tipped-in, as in the early states, rather than bound-in. Pastedown margins lightly worn, a few stains on the rear cover, a small hole in the margin of the half-title, but still a very clean, fresh and attractive copy.
Seller: Edward T. Pollack, ABAA, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE MAGIC OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; Light green cloth cover with mounted color pictorial is toned with wear to corners and spine caps and light soiling back cover discolored. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is unprofessionally reglued. Pages are toned and most of the black and white illustrations have been very neatly colored. Only 5 of 12 color plates present.
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ. , 1919.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Oz. (Neill, John R.) illust. THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1919 or 1920. 8vo., light tan cloth stamped in red and black, Woozy in red & black on spine, pictorial endpapers, color illustrations in text throughout, advertisments on half-title through Magic of OZ, five advertisments following page 343. Fine throughout, a very attractive copy. VG Hanff, Greene, page 63ff., considers the tan cloth to a be the secondary binding of the Reilly & Britton first edition, and describes early Reilly & Lee printings as being in this binding, and as being otherwise nearly identical to the secondary issues of the first edition. The fact that this copy has advertisements on the half-title though Magic of OZ, implies the 1919-1920 date, making it the earliest reprint. "Magic of Oz" 1919, was the first Oz book published under the Reilly and Lee imprint, and "Glinda of OZ" was the next, in 1920. The fact that Magic is the last in the list of advertized books, dates it as being issued prior to the publication of Glinda. The binding, however, tan, colored in red and black, varies from the secondary first edition binding which was tan, colored in red, green and yellow. Nevertheless, I base the dating on the publisher's usual practice of adding the newly published books to the list of advertisements on the half-title. Patchwork Girl, unlike most of the Oz books had no inserted color plates in any of the editions.
Seller: Edward T. Pollack, ABAA, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1919.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Color illustrations (all present). Illustration at pg 120 is loose. List of titles ends with The Tin Woodsman of Oz. Green cloth cover with color paste down on front. Cover has moderate wear and stains. Previous owner name on the free end paper, and on the ownership page. Text is bright and clean.
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first state with the publisher's advertisement on the verso of the ownership page giving The Tin Woodman of Oz as the last of eleven titles listed, 8vo (8 7/8 x 6 5/8 inches), pp. (8), 13-265, (1), 12 color plates without captions and pictorial endpapers after drawings by John R. Neill inserted. Bibliographia Oziana p. 74-75, 1. Original light tannish green with color plate mounted on the upper side, Reilly/ & Lee imprint at foot of spine with Reilly measuring 7/8 inch long. Very good+ condition. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. Old owner name only on ownership page and on the blank verso of the frontispiece. H10712 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank & & Neill, John R.. THE MAGIC OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$728.35 + shipping
Description: THE MAGIC OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, 1919, first edition (first issue), light wear to the fore edge of the color paste-down to the front cover, else a tight vg+ copy with all 12 full page, full color plates by John R. Neill present and in fine condition.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Magic of Oz. Reilly & Lee, 1919.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth cover with paste-down illustration. Black and white end papers. Front hinge is cracked, rear hinge is solid. Pub ad lists until the Tin Woodsman. Residual tape adhesive on the back cover. Color plates on pages 28, 48, 65, 86, 88, 120, 136, 142, 160, 208, 236. Color plate missing on page 248. Ink inscription: "Catharine Harris, from Daddy December 23 of 1919."
Seller: Rosemary Books, Benicia, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 266 Pp. First Edition, First Issue, First State Of Book, In First Issue Dust Jacket. Titles At Front Of Book List Through The Tin Woodman Of Oz (1918). 12 Full Color Inserts Tipped In. Publisher's Name "Reilly" On Spine Is 7/8" Long, Covers Medium Green, As Shown For First American Edition In Bienvenue, And Book Bulks 1 1/2" Thick. [Presumably The First Issue; Not Noted In Bienvenue Is That Copies Which Are Noticeably Thinner Than This Example, About 1 3/8" Thick, In A Cloth Of Similar But Lighter Gray- Green Color, And Thus Similar To The Binding Of The First Canadian Edition, Meet All The Other Points For The Bienvenue "First State", Even Though There Are Other Very Slight Differences Between The Covers Of This Book And Books With The Lighter Green Covers, Such As In The Inking And Type On The Spine, The Medium Green Books Like This One Appearing To Be Printed More Strongly And Finely, And The Colors On The Cover Of These Medium Green Books Printed Slightly Off Register With Small White Shadow Appearing Towards Upper Left Of Lettering. ] This Book With A Touch Of Wear To Corners Of Top And Bottom Edges, No Tears Or Fraying Or Fading Or Names, An Attractive Unfaded Example With Bright Green Cloth And Black Lettering On Spine. Front Cover Paste-On Illustration Bright And Complete, And Would Be Near Fine, But Has Neat Coloring To A Few Illustrations: 1. Front Pastedown Has Gold Watercolor On The Headdress And Sceptre; 2. On The B/W Frontispiece In Front Of The Colored Frontispiece, The Dress And Scarf Are Watercolored Green And The Hat Blue; 3. On P. 73, Sheets And Clothes Are Watercolored Green, Black Lines Of Dorothy's Hat Erased From Page; 4. On The Two-Page B/W Illustration On Pp134-135 There Is Extensive Appropriate Watercoloring; 5. There Is A Long Tear Near The Gutter Edge Of Pp 242-244, Not Affecting The Illustration On 243. Dust Jacket Is First Issue, With Illustration On Front And Back Reproducing The Paste-On Cover Illustration, Spine Panel Reproduces Spine Of Book Without A Price, Front Flap Summarizes The Story, Back Flap Is Blank. Dj Clean, Nearly Complete, Wear At Top And Bottom Edges, Several Tears, One Quite Long On Front Panel, One Irregular 3/4" Squarish Chip On Rear Panel Removing A Few Letters In Illustrator's Information, Several 1/2" Or Smaller Edge/Corner Losses Not Affecting Lettering Or Design. See Bienvenue, P. 79, First Issue First Printing ]. Hanff And Green; Xiii-1 : First Edition, First Issue.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.