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The Emerald City of Oz / Reilly & Britton 1910 First Edition, First State
by Baum, L. Frank [Kellogg, Jean, Revis.]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1910. First Edition, First State . Pictorial Cloth. Good. 9 1/4 x 7. Neill, John R.. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, [1910]. First Edition, First State. Hanff & Greene VI, plate 38 - first state with advertisement on verso of ownership leaf listing titles through "John Dough and the Cherub". Correct printed dedication, "To Her Royal Highness Cynthia II of Syracuse" is on the half-title (see scan), that being the dedication to the daughter of the author's younger brother Henry Clay "Harry" Baum. Both brothers lived in the Syracuse area for a time, though L. Frank was raised in nearby Chittenango through most of his choldhoodThe sixth of Baum's 14 Oz titles. 9 1/4 x 7, 295, [1] pp., with sixteen color plates embellished with metallic green ink, as well as a multitude of black and white illustrations, by the peerless John R. Neill. Blue cloth, pictorial cover label embellished with the same metallic silver and green ink; pictorial endpapers in black and orange. The binding features the elaborate cover label showing a number of characters traveling through the city; spine, though worn, is lettered in black with picture of a rabbit in black and silver with "B" on his hat. See scans. The striking use of metallic ink for the greens of the illustrations and cover label can only be found in this state. Binding rubbed, worn; 1 plate nearly detached by wear at gutter, another inserted in wrong place with tape, else good or a bit better. Please review scans. l51n
Synopsis
From the book:Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents," for I have used many suggestions conveyed to me in letters from children. Once on a time I really imagined myself "an author of fairy tales," but now I am merely an editor or private secretary for a host of youngsters whose ideas I am requestsed to weave into the thread of my stories. These ideas are often clever. They are also logical and interesting. So I have used them whenever I could find an opportunity, and it is but just that I acknowledge my indebtedness to my little friends.
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000682
- Title
- The Emerald City of Oz / Reilly & Britton 1910 First Edition, First State
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank [Kellogg, Jean, Revis.]
- Illustrator
- Neill, John R.
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First State
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reilly & Britton Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1910
- Pages
- 295
- Size
- 9 1/4 x 7
- Keywords
- Classics, General, Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics of Fiction From All Eras;
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