first edition Hardcover
1910
by Baum, L. Frank
Reilly and Britton, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A near fine first edition, first state (5 titles on back of ownership page). BAUM,L.FRANK. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1910). 4to, dark blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, faint mark on paste-on, small margin mend on one plate and slight rubbing, near fine. 1st ed., 1st state, H-G VI.1. Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, 2-color pictorial endpapers, 16 color plates plus many black and whites in-text. A beautiful copy of an early Oz title in the rare dark blue binding. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
(Inventory #: 1507202)
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