YANKEE IN OZ
by Thompson, Ruth Plumly
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kinderhook, Illinois: The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is one of about 100 copies bound in light blue cloth, with the original pictorial paper wrappers bound in as a frontispiece. The author's twentieth Oz title, relating the adventures of Thomas P. "Tompy" Terry, star drummer in his marching band, who is swept away by a hurricane, landing on the shore of Winkie Lake, where he meets Yankee, the first American dog in space. Illustrations by Dick Martin, with maps by James E. Haff. Quarto: 94 p. Original light blue cloth binding, with a pictorial title label inset on the front panel. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75088
- Title
- YANKEE IN OZ
- Author
- Thompson, Ruth Plumly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Kinderhook, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, Fantasy, Illustrated Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...