THE LOST KING OF OZ
by Thompson, Ruth Plumley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1925. 280 pages. First state of the first edition, with 12 color plates printed on paper that is coated only on the printed side and with boldface Reilly & Lee imprint on the spine. Illustrations by John R. Neill. The fifth Oz book by Thompson, the successor to L. Frank Baum as the "Royal Historian of Oz." The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with relatively minor cover edgewear and minor rubbing of color on the front pastedown illustration. On of the 12 color plates has significant edgewear limited to the blank margins.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by John R. Neill. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2285
- Title
- THE LOST KING OF OZ
- Author
- Thompson, Ruth Plumley
- Illustrator
- John R. Neill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Lee Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Children's Books;
- Size
- Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...