first edition
1900 · Chicago
by BAUM, L. Frank
Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co, 1900. Full Description:
BAUM, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With pictures by W.W. Denslow. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., [1900].
First edition, second state. With the following points: on p. [2], the publisher's advertisement has no box; on p. 14, line one begins "low wail of..."; p. 81, fourth line from bottom has "pieces"; p. [227], line 1 begins: "While The Woodman..."; and the colophon is reset in thirteen lines with no box; with broken type in the last line of p. 100 and p. 186. The verso of the title-page has a press-printed copyright notice, with the "R"'s having tails that are on a line with the rest of the printing. Second state of plate facing p. 34 without the two dark-blue blots on the moon and the second state of plate facing p. 92 without the pink shading at the horizon. Quarto (8 5/16 x 6 3/8 inches; 211 x 165 mm). 259, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank] pp. Twenty-four inserted color plates (including title).
Original light green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in red and a darker green (variant C with publisher's imprint at foot of spine in red in serifed type, with the "C" of "Co." encircling the "o"). Pictorial pastedown endpapers (issued without free endpapers). Spine with the slightest amount of fraying to head and tail. Cloth is very bright and clean without any restoration and text is extremely clean, without any tears. Front and back inner hinges with some repair. Previous owner's old ink inscription on preliminary leaf, dated 1903. Overall, a near fine copy of a book usually found in poor condition. Housed in a custom quarter red morocco over marbled boards clamshell.
Greene and Hanff,.
HBS 69252.
$13,500. (Inventory #: 69252)
BAUM, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With pictures by W.W. Denslow. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., [1900].
First edition, second state. With the following points: on p. [2], the publisher's advertisement has no box; on p. 14, line one begins "low wail of..."; p. 81, fourth line from bottom has "pieces"; p. [227], line 1 begins: "While The Woodman..."; and the colophon is reset in thirteen lines with no box; with broken type in the last line of p. 100 and p. 186. The verso of the title-page has a press-printed copyright notice, with the "R"'s having tails that are on a line with the rest of the printing. Second state of plate facing p. 34 without the two dark-blue blots on the moon and the second state of plate facing p. 92 without the pink shading at the horizon. Quarto (8 5/16 x 6 3/8 inches; 211 x 165 mm). 259, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank] pp. Twenty-four inserted color plates (including title).
Original light green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in red and a darker green (variant C with publisher's imprint at foot of spine in red in serifed type, with the "C" of "Co." encircling the "o"). Pictorial pastedown endpapers (issued without free endpapers). Spine with the slightest amount of fraying to head and tail. Cloth is very bright and clean without any restoration and text is extremely clean, without any tears. Front and back inner hinges with some repair. Previous owner's old ink inscription on preliminary leaf, dated 1903. Overall, a near fine copy of a book usually found in poor condition. Housed in a custom quarter red morocco over marbled boards clamshell.
Greene and Hanff,.
HBS 69252.
$13,500. (Inventory #: 69252)
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