Chicago:Reilly and Lee Co., 1927. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. Chicago:Reilly and Lee Co. 1927. 1st edition. 282pp. Illustrated with 12 color plates by John R. Neill. Hardcover.  Green boards with full color paste down on front cover lightly soiled and shelfworn with sun-fading to spine strip and light wear along edges, spine ends and edge points. Paste-down in very good condition. Internally end-pages decorated in black and white are lightly age-toned, with a previous owners name penciled to 2nd free end-page (ownership page), otherwise pages slightly age-toned but clean.  All Illustrations present as called for. The binding is tight, but hinges, both front and rear, have cracked.

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Bookseller: Parnassus Book Service (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26329
Title: THE GNOME KING OF OZ
Author: Thompson, Ruth Plumly
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chicago:Reilly and Lee Co.
Date Published: 1927
Keywords: JUVENILE; OZ; RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON;

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