ENCHANTED ISLAND OF YEW: Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People
by Baum, L. Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good or Better/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company (1903) 242 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ fairy illustration on front cover. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed w/ fraying to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in pencil on front paste-down. Hinges tender. Faint fingerprint smudges to margins of several leaves. Toning to leaves 68-69 from paper that was once laid-in (?). Approx. 1/2" tear to bottom margin of page 159, not affecting any text. Illust. w/ 7 color plates and several drawings w/ illustration on page 238 printed upside down.. First Edition, First State. Hard Cover. Good or Better/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Fanny Y. Cory. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The adventures of Prince Marvel on the Enchanted Island of Yew. A Wildside Fantasy Classic by L. Frank Baum, the creator of The Wizard of Oz.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21974CH
- Title
- ENCHANTED ISLAND OF YEW: Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank
- Illustrator
- Fanny Y. Cory
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good or Better
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, First State
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS BOOKS JUVENILE LITERATURE CHILDREN STORIES IMAGINARY PLACES FICTIONAL CHARACTERS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER WIZARD OF OZ GALE DOROTHY TIN MAN SCARECROW COWARDLY LION DOGS TOTO ANIMALS YELLOW BRICK ROAD FANTASY FICTION GENERAL AUTHORS BAUM L. LYMAN FRA
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- Animals;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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