first edition
1936 · Chicago
by [Baum, L. Frank] Thompson, Ruth Plumly
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1936. First Edition. Illustrated by John R. Neill. First state with the sixteen-page gatherings. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($1.50), generally rubbed and soiled, a circular stain at the front flap fold, generally creased and with shallow chips. Blue cloth, lightly rubbed, with a pictorial pastedown on the front board, stained matching the jacket. Square, bound with a little reading wear, foxed at the edges, toned at the endpapers, former owner's information on the half-title, clean otherwise. The thirtieth book in the Oz series and Plumly's sixteenth entry, the story of Captain Salt and his merry crew as they explore the Nonestic Ocean. (Inventory #: 9885)
