Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$29.33 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: remarkably worn with spine broken , loose pages in acceptable poor condition.
Seller: RUSH HOUR BUSINESS, worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A couple of tiny rubbings to front cover - see image. ; Book is in excellent condition. Tight binding and clean, unmarked text and illustrations. Enlarged and Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 312 pages
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very nice hardcover, [1921], full blue cloth with black and white illustrations, colorful front panel. No color plates. Black and white drawings to endpapers. Includes pages 305 - 312, A Little Story about all of the Delightful Oz books. No writing. Cloth slightly worn. Classic! M00979
Seller: The Groaning Board, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
L Frank Baum. The Royal Book of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., 1921.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Edition. First ed, color plates. Splitting at inner hinges, old tape repaired. Binding shaken but intact. Pages tanned, some of the black and white illustrations colored in. Rubbing/fading to boards.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum; John R. Neill [Illustrator]. The Royal Book of Oz. Reilly & Lee Co., 1921.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early Reilly & Lee edition, not the first, with no illustrated plates. Orange cloth, illustration mounted on front board. Very Good. Snag at head, former owner's name written in pencil at front. Nice shape overall.
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
( Baum, L. Frank ) Thompson, Ruth Plumly & Neill, John R.. THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1921.
Price: US$46.40 + shipping
Description: THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, (1921), faint stain to a small section of the fore edge with practically no bleeding on to the fore edge margins, spine a bit lightened, else a tight vg+ copy. Illustrated by John R. Neill. The first Oz book by Ruth Plumly Thompson. A post 1935, but still early printing.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in publisher's cloth, with pictorial boards. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Name on fep.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Royal Book of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Company, 1921.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Poor condition. Sold with all faults. Bound in publisher's cloth with mounted color illustration. Binding poor. Spine cloth lacking. Shaken. Illustrated color plates by John R. Neill. The long search for a thief and the things he stole -all the magic in Oz as well as Princess Ozma, its ruler.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: GOOD CONDITION.Quite nice color ilust pasted to cover.Black spine titles on dark GREEN CLOTH HARD COVERS.Mull cloth repaired, replaced some over VERY CROWDED CARTOON DECORATED ENDPAPERS. DOES NOT HAVE ANY FRONTIS ILUST, BUT SEVERAL FULL PAGE & MANY SMALLER LINE DRAWINGS IN TEXT. Rear endpapers torn at gutter, binding is OK. ; .No colored plates but black and white illustrations throughout. Black titles on tan cloth with very bright full cover art on paper attached to cover. ; B& W ilust& Color cover art. NO COLOR PLATES; 312pg pages; Color Picture Cover.
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Royal Book of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1921.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Owner's name stamped front endpaper. Dust jacket has some chips top and bottom of spine. No color plates.
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Small quarto, original light gray cloth with pictorial paper label in colors on front board; 312 pp. including 8 pp. publisher advertisements at rear, 12 full-page color plates including plate at page 255 with typographical error in plate caption (Scarecrow's misspelled "Scarecorw's." This error is found only in the first printing, all later issues were corrected. Bibliographia Oziana states that inspite of the title page credit as editor, Ruth Plumly Thompson deserves full credit as sole author of this Oz book. Bibliographia Oziana (2nd edition) #15. Skinned area at lower right corner of pictorial label on front board, front inner hinge weak but holding, previous owner name in pencil at top of front free endpaper, 2 short tears to bottom of title page, fore-edge of title page slightly soiled,else text and plates very clean.
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Royal Book of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1921.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 312 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, a bit loose, decorative eps; a.e. tanned, writing in ink and drawing inked to half title, erasures to ffep and following page. Cover: lt gray-blue, large color paster front, black artwork/titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems worn, paster lt rubbed, w/sm scuff at t.e., back b.e. crnr bumped, spine lt tanned/slightly stained. The 14th Oz book. All illustration are b/w.
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. No Jacket. . B/W decorated Endpapers slight FoX, Inner Hinge Starting Cracked, little Wobbly, Color Frontispiec water stain along EDGE, HB NODUSTJACKET, Olive green cloth boards PICTorial Color Cover with Label of Scarecrow Lion & Dorothy small tear top spine & light Wear , 1921, Later Edition, some watermarks stains edge 1st Few pgs, , Reilly & Lee at bottom Spine in Black, VG-/VG+, NODJ, Interior Nice, tight Clean Light FoX, Wear, Some pgs with color plates have WATER STAINS outer margin edges O/W Nice condition, few pgs with chips Tears Extremites, 303 pgs + A Little Story about All of Delightful Oz Books with b/w illustrations of Covers
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. [Ruth Plumly Thomson]. The Royal Book Of Oz. Reilly & Lee, [1921], Chicago, 1921.
Price: US$108.00 + shipping
Description: Printed after 1935 with illustrations by Neill in black-and-white. Bound in publisher's original full cloth with the title stamped in black on the spine and a large paste down on the front. Fine condition. This was Ruth Plumly Thompson's first Oz book expanded from Baum's notes after his death.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Royal Book of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., 1921.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: AAM*SPECIALS-This large 8vo hardcover is GOOD- with edge wear and tide marks along the bottom page edges, heaviest on the last few pages. Lower board is quite water damaged. True 1st with "Scarecrow" misspelled on plate opposite p 255. 12 color plates with "map" laid in, although map is split down the middle. 312pp. grey w/black lettering 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing Very good in light tan-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a printed, color, paper label on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing and minor losses to the color label on the front board, rubbing and wear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and with page 243/244 torn completely through, but professionally repaired with archival tape on its verso side. The front hinge has started and has been reinforced and the rear hinge has been repaired with book tape. The "This Book belongs to" page has been filled in with pencil by a young prior owner with a date of "January 1, 1922". Without its issued dust jacket. 312 pages of text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with 11 color plates and numerous black and white vignettes by John R. Neill. The caption below the plate facing page 255 contains the typo of "Scarecorw's" as called for in the first and only printing of the first edition of this title. (Bienvenue, p.102)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$137.00 + shipping
Description: Reprint of Greene & Hanff XV. Illustrated in black and white by John R. Neill. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (very light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar). 312 pps. Hardcover. Pictorial pastedown on front cover. Hard cover.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Royal Book of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1921.
Price: US$149.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Early edition. Grey boards with colour illustration to cover. Black and white illustrations throughout by John R. Neill. Comes in protective mylar cover.
Seller: The Scribe Bookstore, ABAC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Baum, L. Frank. The Royal Book of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, IL, U.S.A., 1921.
Price: US$215.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grey, green cloth with illustrated panel on front board. Noticeable spots of wear to illustrated panel. Hinges repaired. 1st state misspelling on illustrated plate of Happy Toko facing page 255, "Scarecorw's". "The last book" written neatly in ink on FFEP.
Seller: The Book Lady Bookstore, Savannah, GA, U.S.A.
l frank baum. royal book of oz. reilly & lee, 1921.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition 1st issue. dj: none. book: original boards I think. 12 color illustrations, f pastedown bright & minimally worn. hinges repaired. paper toned. "this book belongs to" & 1/2 title page have little girl's name inked in. call it above avg. 0.0
Seller: Thylacine Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Royal Book of Oz. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1921.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Royal Book of Oz By L. Frank Baum. In dust jacket. 1921 edition but a later printing. Publisher: Reilly & Lee, Chicago, (1921). Dust jacket is in very good condition, two tears to the front, no loss, wrinkle at the top of the spine. Jacket is not price clipped with a price of $1.50. In original blue cloth with pictorial pastedown. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. Black and white illustrations. 312 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #15-475. Price: $250. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L.Frank; Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Royal Book of Oz. The Reilly and Lee Company, 1921.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Hardcover with pictorial cover, 12 color plates and black and white illustrations by John R. Neil, hinges reinforced by binder
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$388.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. 312. 12 colour plates & numerous text illus. by John R. Neill. illus. endleaves. cloth, mounted colour illus. on upper cover (light shelf wear, inner front hinge cracked, small chip from lower cover illus., blank corner wanting from 1 plate, else very good). First Edition, Second State.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
( Baum, L. Frank ) Thompson, Ruth Plumly & Neill, John R.. THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ. Reilly & Lee, 1921.
Price: US$406.00 + shipping
Description: THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, 1921, first edition (first issue), slight wear to the lower corner tips, else a tight vg copy with all 12 full color plates by John R. Neill present and in fine condition. The first Oz book by Ruth Plumly Thompson.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$585.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 303 Pp. First Edition, First (And Only) Printing, 12 Full Color Plates, The Caption On The Color Plate Facing Page 255 Has The Misprint "Scarecorw's" For "Scarecrow's", As Is Required For The "First State". A Very Attractive, Near Fine Copy Of The First Issue. The Color Illustration Mounted On The Front Board Is Complete, Unworn, Brightly Colored And Clear. The Spine Is Bumped Top And Bottom; The Tips Are Also Bumped; But The Cover Shows Only Traces Of Wear. The Endpapers Are Illustrated Black And White; Verso The Front Free Endpaper Has Been Written "Taken/Returned" In Ink. Pon The Ownership Page "This Book Belongs To.". The Title Page Has Three Ink Marks; One Above And One Below The Letter "H" And One To The Right Of The Letter "E" In John R. Neill. Page 14 Has A Water Stain Approx. 1Inch By 1 Inch (Irregular I Size) At The Bottom, Left Hand Edge. There Is Also A Small Horizontal Tear Near The Top Fore Edge (About 1/4 Inch). There Are 3 Small Water Stains On Page 15, Not Affecting Text. Page 262 Has A Vertical Tear From Bottom Edge Near Spine (1/2 Inch). The Top And Bottom Page Edges Are Stained With A Few Small Black Dots. There Is One Water Stain Top Page Edges (1 And 1/2 Inches X 1/2 Inch.Irregular In Size), Showing Light Gray Against The Yellow Color Of The Page Tops. . Binding Tight.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.