The Cowardly Lion of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dustjacket
- Seller
-
Kettering, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1923. Non-standard ampersand on spine indicating this is a true first edition. First state with plates coated on the printed side only. 11 Full-Page Color Illustrations by John Neill (1 missing) Green cloth w/ paste-on ilustration. Very minor rubbing to illustration on front cover. Illustrated endpages. There is some warping to boards near spine. There is a puncture mark in spine. No name written in the "Book Belongs to" illustration. No writing in book. Clean crisp pages with exception of a few small minor stains on a couple of pages. Very Good condition!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 7 x 9".
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Details
- Bookseller
- P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93428
- Title
- The Cowardly Lion of Oz
- Author
- Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Lee Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- L. FRANK BAUM WIZARD OF OZ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare; First Editions;
- Size
- 7 x 9"
Terms of Sale
P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller
All Major Credit Cards accepted, check, money order and Paypal; will bill libraries; All books guaranteed with 30 day return; All book dust jackets covered with Brodard protectors. Shipping: $3 postage for first book for book rate shipping, $1 each for all subsequent books: $4 priority mail for most books. Orders outside U.S. billed at cost. All Orders Shipped promptly.
About the Seller
P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Kettering, Ohio
About P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller
We are an Internet Bookseller and have been in business since 1996.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...