Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Baum, L. Frank. The Sea Fairies. Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1911.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Reilly & Lee Co. 1911. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards, silver gilt to spine. Sm 4to. vg (shelfworn, boards misaligned, duststained, bumps to spine ends) in vg- dj (price clipped, sunned, shelfworn creasing and rubbing to edges) 240pp
Seller: Page 1 Books - Special Collection Room, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
BAUM, Frank L. and John R. Neill (illust). The Sea Fairies. The Reilly and Lee Co, 1911.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: later printing, 240pp, color frontispiece, color illustrations (one missing), small quarto, wear and fading to color pastedown image on front, binding shaken with front hinge lightly starting yet binding solid, printing error to chapters page, one color plate missing, text clean throughtout.
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Baum, Frank L.. The Sea Fairies. The Reilly And Lee Co, 1911.
Price: US$74.97 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The book is well worn.
Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.
HOWARD, Clifford.. What Happened at Olenberg.. Chicago, Reilly & Britton [1911]., 1911.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. 11 full-page illustrations (6 in color) and numerous drawings in text, by Emile A. Nelson. Original tan pictorial cloth stamped in green, black and orange. Dust jacket (unclipped; small chips to spine ends, few nicks). Very good-fine, bright copy. Uncommon thus. Notable for the advertisements for L. Frank Baum books, "The Daring Twins" and "The Sea Fairies," on front and rear dust jacket flaps.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: FIRST EDITION, first state. Full green cloth with green and pink on spine. Much worn with wear to the front paste down. Spine has faded and is barely ledgible. Text points include: on page 95 the last two lines transposed; on page 105, lines: 14 & 15 lines transposed; and the adverts end with John Dough and Cherub. 12 color plates. Front free endpage corner missing. Previous owner's name and date on the "ownership" page. Dated "xmas 1911". Another previous owner's name also on that page. Damp staining to bottom edge of corners. Overall a POOR condition. For the collector who wants a first edition but can live with condition problems. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
BAUM, L. FRANK & NEILL, JOHN R. (Illus). The Sea Fairies. The Reilly & Britton Co. 1911, 1911.
Price: US$274.07 + shipping
Description: COLOUR PLATES, FIRST EDITION (1911) FIRST ISSUE WITH TRANSPOSED LINES ON Pg95 & Pg105. LIST OF PREVIOUS TITLES ENDS WITH 'JOHN DOUGH & THE CHERUB', imperial octavo, green buckram boards, green lettering to spine, colour illus title plate to front board, illus eps, illus prelims, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/plates, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, moderate scuffing & chafing to boards & edges, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate cracks to gutters- boards still reasonably firm, sporadic light soiling & minor closed tearing to page edges)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
BAUM, L. Frank. This Sea Fairies. The Reilly and Lee Co, Chicago, 1911.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Later printing circa 1937, large octavo, blue cloth over boards with paper illustration on front cover, stamped in black on spine. Children's fantasy novel set following the adventures of Captain Bill and old Trot at sea, with black and white illustrations throughout and color frontispiece by John R. Neill. Very good book with light shelf wear, in very good dust jacket, with chipped top spine end, stain along front flap edge.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. SEA FAIRIES. The Reilly & Britton Company, Chicago, IL, 1911.
Price: US$305.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 240 pp. Original green cloth covers; second state binding. Soiled and lightly rubbed. Small lift to pictorial paste-down on front cover. Corners bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. Hinges starting. Illust. w/ color plates and b/w drawings.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Sea Fairies. The Reilly & Britton Co, 1911.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early printing. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Front hinge cracked. Covers shelfworn, with some rippling to pastedown, but doesn't seem to be from water.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. THE SEA FAIRIES. Reilly & Britton Co, Chicago, 1911.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth boards. First Edition and the "A" binding variant of Baum's first attempt to create another fairyland after Oz, this one called "Trot'. 9 1/4 in. x 7 in. 12 color plates. Shelfwear, and rubbing to extremities. Rubbing and fading to (textured) front paste-on, which depicts three faces within a mirror, upon a gilt background. Hinges tender but holding just fine. All first edition points of issue are present. The two first-edition misprints wherein several lines were transposed (last two lines on pp. 95 and lines 14 & 15 on pp. 105 respectively) are present ; even if so, for collectibility purposes, these should not be considered as true points of issue (Bienvenue 245). A very respectable and relatively robust copy. The Sea Fairies, long with its sequel, Sky Island, suffered 40% fewer sales and eventually Baum not only returned to OZ, but brought several of the more memorable characters from his "Trot" series, along with him.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
L. Frank Baum. The Sea Fairies. The Reilly & Britton Co., (1911), Chicago:, 1911.
Price: US$460.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing Very near fine in light green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and the design of a character in orange on the spine. The front board is covered with a color printed, paper label with very light scuffing and wear. An octavo of 9 by 6 3/4 inches with printed, color end sheets conforming to Binding A as defined in Paul Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum p.244. The cloth and the head and heel of the spine is a bit rubbed. The ownership page is blank. Without its issued dust jacket. This was Baum's first book in the Trot series which was a departure from the Oz series of books. (240) pages followed by a blank verso. Illustrated with 12 color plates from engravings by John R. Neill and a number of vignettes. . A very attractive and clean copy of this first edition with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.243)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Sea Fairies. The Reilly & Britton Co, Chicago, 1911.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 239pp. Small quarto [23.5 cm] Light green cloth over boards with a textured pictorial label on the front board. With 12 color plates. The backstrip has a light stain, measuring 2" tall by 1/4" wide. The rear hinge is going. Quite a few of the black and white illustrations have been colored in, with watercolor paint or crayon. Bienvenue, p. 244. Illustrated by John R. Neill. A fantasy novel for children about a kingdom beneath the sea.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank). The Sea Fairies. Reilly & Britton, Chicago, 1911.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: 240p. illus. good conditon cover lightly rubbed inner hinges cracked p.103 repaired
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Sea Fairies. Reilly & Britton, Chicago, 1911.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: 240 pp, decorated boards & endpapers, 12 col plates Very good; 1st state: 3 heads & lines transposed; plates 8 & 9 have small ink titles inscribed on edge;; Small scuffs & rubs to front cloth & picture, points somewhat worn, green spine lettering dulled, sturdy, bright and attractive.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.