The Emerald City of Oz
by Baum, L. Frank; Neill, John R. (Illustrator)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: Reilly & Lee Co., 1920. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Neill, John R.. Orig. published in 1910, this is a later(post-WWII) Reilly & Lee reprint (c. 1920) , with the original color plates by John R. Neill now rendered into simple pen-and-ink. In 296 pages, with decorative endpapers, lavishly illustrated throughout.This edition has the original blue-colored cloth over boards (not the later orange ones), with a brilliantly colored paper pastedown to front cover & black lettering & design to spine (fancy publisher script, not plain). Condition is VG: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges; no foxing or stains. Old child's name in pencil in ownership box, which we have left intact in honor of that long-ago reader. Bumped corners, pushed spine, rubbing to extremities, heavy in a few places, leaving a small hole (see top of spine-front cover interface). Front pastedown is brilliant & bright, NO fading or edgewear! Alas, the original DJ is long gone, but this remains a handsome copy! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific Time; later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018136
- Title
- The Emerald City of Oz
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank; Neill, John R. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Neill, John R.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- WIZARD OF OZ ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATOR COLLECTIBLE OZIANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Oziana;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...