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The Hungry Tiger of Oz
by Thompson, Ruth Plumly [L. Frank Baum]
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1926. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. ][1-14], 15 - 261, [pp. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth with titles and design in black to spine and colour illustration to front board. Light shelfwear to boards. Lower corners lightly bumped. Small gouge to upper edge of rear board. All edges died yellow. Ownership signature to first page. Offsetting from something stored in gutter of book on two pages and a few occasional smudges throughout, else a clean and bright copy. With 12 full-page colour illustrations by John R. Neill. very good An attractive copy of the first issue of the first edition of this Oz book. The Hungry Tiger of Oz is the 20th in the Oz series and is the 6th by Ruth Plumly Thompson. The engaging illustrations are by John Neil, who illustrated upwards of 40 of the Oz novels. 1926
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 137776
- Title
- The Hungry Tiger of Oz
- Author
- Thompson, Ruth Plumly [L. Frank Baum]
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Lee Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Wizard of Oz|Children's Literature|John R. Neill|L. Frank Baum
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
Biblio member since 2010
Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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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...
- Spine
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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