first edition Hardcover
1947 · Indianapolis
by Baum, L. Frank; Evelyn Copelman (Illustrator)
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. 187pp. Large octavo [24.5cm]. Bound in green cloth, with title and author stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Mild rubbing to extremities. Spine ends bumped. Bookseller ticket on front pastedown. In an illustrated dust jacket with moderate sun toning to spine. Toning extends approximately 3cm onto front panel. Evelyn Copelman is considered the first of the "second generation" of Oz artists, following the original artists such as John R. Neill and W. W. Denslow. (Inventory #: 67799)
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