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Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
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- Hardcover
- first
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co [1929]. 8vo, 253pp + [2] advts. Green cloth with spine stamped in black and color pictorial label affixed to front. Pictorial endpapers; 12 color plates. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, pages a bit yellowed, else an exceptionally clean, tight copy with cover label exceptionally clean and bright and in original color pictorial dust jacket (several small chips and tears at edges, 3½" closed tear at base of hinge where front and spine panels meet and a 4½" closed tear at upper hinge of rear flap).
First edition, first state, being from the collection of the late Fred Meyer, long-time Executive Secretary of the International Wizard of Oz Club. Peter, the lad from Philadelphia, joins forces with Jack Pumpkinhead to rescue Ozma and the Emerald City from conquest by Mogodore, the infamous Red Baron of Baffleburg. Even with the help of Belfaygor of Bourne, whose beard grows at an alarming rate, and the consistently charming and rhyming Iffin — which, as everyone knows, is a griffin who's lost his grrrr — their efforts seem in vain. Bienvenue p.111.
Synopsis
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz is the twenty-third of the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and continued by other writers; it is the ninth Oz book written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was Illustrated by John R. Neill.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049144
- Title
- Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
- Author
- Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Illustrator
- John R. Neill
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first state
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Lee Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8vo
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Books of Wonder is NYC's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in both new and old books. Established in 1980, Books of Wonder has a store in the Flatiron/Chelsea area of Manhattan.
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