The Wizard of Oz
by Baum, L. Frank (Illustrations by Michael Hague.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Norwalk: Easton Press 1982, Collector's Edition. (4to) 219pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Green leather with gilt decorations and lettering on the cover and spine. All edges gilt, ribbon marker, frontispiece, color illustrations. There is a previous owner's book plate on the front free endpaper. "The story of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out" - from the Introduction by L. Frank Baum in 1900. Illustrations by Michael Hague. (Juvenile, Fairy Tales).
Synopsis
When Nancy searches through the knapsack of an amnesia victim, she finds an unusual ring. Before long, she is caught up in a second assignment from a beautiful harpist. Nancy's discoveries reveal an important connection between the hospital patient, the harpist, and enemies from abroad.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 149765
- Title
- The Wizard of Oz
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank (Illustrations by Michael Hague.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk
- Keywords
- Juvenile, Fairy Tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
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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...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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