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THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ
by Baum, L. Frank (novel); Neill, John R. (illustrations)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1946. An attractive copy of the eleventh Oz book. Reprint. Octavo (23.5cm); beige cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine, and color title leaf mounted to front cover; dustjacket; 312,[2]pp; with black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name to "This book belongs to" page, some trivial wear to spine ends, with corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with some minor offset to pastedowns from binders glue; a bright, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with both flaps listing 36 titles (ending in Magical Mimics in Oz); edge-worn, slightly dusty overall, with several edge tears, and a few small chips to corners and spine ends (none affecting lettering or design); Very Good or better example.
Synopsis
From the book:There could be no doubt of the fact: Princess Ozma, the lovely girl ruler of the Fairyland of Oz, was lost. She had completely disappeared.Not one of her subjects - not even her closest friends - knew what had become of her. It was Dorothy who first discovered it. Dorothy was a little Kansas girl who had come to the Land of Oz to live and had been given a delightful suite of rooms in Ozma's royal palace just because Ozma loved Dorothy and wanted her to live as near her as possible so the two girls might be much together. Dorothy was not the only girl from the outside world who had been welcomed to Oz and lived in the royal palace. There was another named Betsy Bobbin, whose adventures had led her to seek refuge with Ozma, and still another named Trot, who had been invited, together with her faithful companion Cap'n Bill, to make her home in this wonderful fairyland. The three girls all had rooms in the palace and were great chums; but Dorothy was the dearest friend of their gracious Ruler and only she at any hour dared to seek Ozma in her royal apartments. For Dorothy had lived in Oz much longer than the other girls and had been made a Princess of the realm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2796
- Title
- THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank (novel); Neill, John R. (illustrations)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Lee Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1946
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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