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QUEEN ZIXI OF IX
by Baum, L. Frank f4b
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG book. 1st edition, 1st state points per Ahearn & Bienvenue.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Century. VG book. 1st edition, 1st state points per Ahearn & Bienvenue.. 1905. 1st ed & state. Hardcover. VG book. 23.7x18x3(cm), (6),303pp. Light green cloth with front & spine printed in dark green & red, back in dark green only. . tp date 1905. cp states "Published October, 1905. "Point 1: Rear end papers tipped in. (This point NOT discussed Ahearn.) Point 2: P171 illus is light brown, or pinkish, as opposed to pale blue green, color found in 2nd state. Thus a 1st state, 1st edition. Mixed state books common. This book has two sections of pale green in text illus, between pp63-98 & 248-274. Weak binding. One loose plate @ p 236. Paper over both hinges cracked. Covers & pastedowns w minor soiling & extrems w minor wear. Gift note inside front cover dated 1905. Text & plates without any aging, soiling, foxing, glue browned pastedowns or eps, or any other kind of staining. A very nice copy. The only Baum published by Century or illustrated by Richardson. Initially published in ST NICKOLAS magazine. Bienvenue's 2009 OZ book says QUEEN ZIXI is one of the few of Baum's works to have professional editing and "....the story is among his finest....". .
Synopsis
Queen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak is a children's book written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Frederick Richardson. It was originally serialized in the early 20th century American children's magazine St. Nicholas from November 1904 to October 1905, and was published in book form later in 1905. The events of the book alternate between Noland and Ix, two neighboring regions to the Land of Oz, and Baum himself commented this was the best book he had written.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001100
- Title
- QUEEN ZIXI OF IX
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank f4b
- Illustrator
- 16 Richardson color plates.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG book. 1st edition, 1st state points per Ahearn & Bienvenue.
- Edition
- 1st ed & state
- Publisher
- Century
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- VG book. 23.7x18x3(cm), (6),303pp. Light green cloth with front &, spine printed in dark green & red, back in dark green only., Richardson, bf
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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