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Baum,L. Frank. The Magical Monarch of Mo. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1903.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original blue hardcover boards with intact paper illustration affixed to front. Spine reads Magical Monarch. First edition. Condition is very good, with no dust jacket. Binding is solid, interior pages are clean and fresh, and the twelve color plates by Frank Verbeck are vivid. Light wear to edges of boards. Endpapers front and rear are illustrated with blue line drawings. Title page reads The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People. Large 8vo. 237 pp. plus four blank pages following. A very nice copy.
Seller: Warwick Books, member IOBA, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$143.75 + shipping
Description: Illustr by Frank Verbeck, 9.25 x 7, cloth with pict label, 237 pp, inner hinges cracked, some text block cracking, covers moderately rubbed. FIRST ED, probably 4th Printing.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 237 pp. Blue cloth, stamped blue and white titling, illustrated paste-down illustration of fairy folk. Significant fraying and soiling to cloth, heaviest along spine, text block lightly rolled, PO's inscription in blank ink to ffep "To Margaux from Junior. Christmas 1914". Discoloration scattered throughout margins, not interfering with text. The first full-length children's fantasy novel by L. Frank Baum after the publication of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Whimsically illustrated by Frank Ver Beck.
Seller: Small Volume Books, Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Baum, L. Frank. The Enchanted Island of Yew. BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, 1903.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People; frontispiece colored;green design endpapers; browning pages.general wear and rubbed cover. Tight binding. DATE PUBLISHED: 1903 EDITION: 242
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, 9.25 in. x 7 in., pp. 242. SECOND PRINTING. Illustrated with eight full-color plates and orange ink drawings. Illustrations printed in black and orange. Illustrations on title page and throughout printed in orange. Orange textual illustration to p. 238. is printed right-side up. Endpapers printed in orange and black. (Bienvenue 204) Red cloth boards with black and orange title and design to front board. Black and orange title to spine. Red and black ink to title page. Rubbing to extremities. Bit of fraying at top/bottom of spine. One corner nudged and three corners just showing. Previous owner's inscription to half-title page. Orange, black, and white pictorial endpapers. Spine a bit shaken.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 237 pp. With pictures by Frank Verbeck. Square 8vo, publisher's cloth with applied illustration on front panel. First edition; second state. Schiller Collection #97; variant with orange printed endpapers; 12 color plates. Bookplate on pastedown; tiny ownership name stamp on flyleaf; a few smudges to the first few leaves. White lettering on the spine effaced; less rubbed on front panel. Spine a little tanned; corners of cloth frayed. Tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$666.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. 5 p.l., 242. 8 colour plates. numerous text illus. title printed in orange & black. A very good bright copy in original pictorial cloth (trifling wear to spine ends, ownership entry on front flyleaf). First Edition.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada