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Giant Horse of Oz: By Ruth Plumly Thompson. Founded and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories By L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz". Illustrated by John R. Neill.
by THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly
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- first
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About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1928. BAUM, L. Frank; NEILL, John R.. First Edition, In Dust Jacket
[BAUM, L. Frank]. THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. The Giant Horse of Oz. By Ruth Plumly Thompson. Founded and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories By L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz". Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1928.
First edition with "Oniberon" on the frontispiece and color illustrations coated on one side only. In dust jacket. Complete with twelve color plates. Octavo (8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches; 226 x 170 mm)). [5]-[15], 16-283, [1, blank] pp.
Publisher's original rust cloth. Spine stamped and lettered in black. Front board with color pictorial label. Illustrated endpapers. All edges yellow. In the publisher's pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with some wear to spine extremities and along edges. A small chip from bottom edge of front panel. Some minor repairs to inside of jacket along edges and at top of spine. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Overall a near fine copy in a very good jacket. Housed in a black cloth slipcase, with color pictorial label affixed to front.
Greene and Hanff, 94.
HBS 68777.
$1,850.
[BAUM, L. Frank]. THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. The Giant Horse of Oz. By Ruth Plumly Thompson. Founded and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories By L. Frank Baum "Royal Historian of Oz". Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1928.
First edition with "Oniberon" on the frontispiece and color illustrations coated on one side only. In dust jacket. Complete with twelve color plates. Octavo (8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches; 226 x 170 mm)). [5]-[15], 16-283, [1, blank] pp.
Publisher's original rust cloth. Spine stamped and lettered in black. Front board with color pictorial label. Illustrated endpapers. All edges yellow. In the publisher's pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with some wear to spine extremities and along edges. A small chip from bottom edge of front panel. Some minor repairs to inside of jacket along edges and at top of spine. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Overall a near fine copy in a very good jacket. Housed in a black cloth slipcase, with color pictorial label affixed to front.
Greene and Hanff, 94.
HBS 68777.
$1,850.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68777
- Title
- Giant Horse of Oz
- Author
- THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly
- Illustrator
- BAUM, L. Frank; NEILL, John R.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Lee Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books|Children
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About the Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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Beverly Hills, California
About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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