THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ
by Baum, L. Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Green cloth boards with black title and a design in black, gray and green of The Scarecrow and The Tin Woodsman shaking hands. Black title and soldier standing on a green emerald to spine. Rubbing to extremities; soiling to boards. Spine legible, but well worn. Corners nudged. Chips to top/bottom of spine; cracking along front joint. Green pictorial endpapers. Previous owners' name to verso of frontis. Fingerprint smudges to title page, and occasionally throughout. Bottom of p. 125 shows repair of small closed tear and (repair of) a chip to bottom corner.
Synopsis
Book 2 of L. Frank Baum's immortal OZ series. Originally published 1904 by Reilly & Britton in Chicago, the title of the popular children’s novel by L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz, was shortened to The Land of Oz within the year. In The Land of Oz, an orphan boy named Tip lives under the guardianship of a wicked witch named Mombi. He intends to scare her with a pumpkin-headed wooden man he made when she returns home, but alas, she is not frightened and instead brings the wooden man Tip created to life with her newly bought Powder of Life. Later that night, Tip and the pumpkin-headed man named Jack Pumpkinhead escape with the Powder of Life, joined by a sawhorse Tip brought to life. They then proceed to partake in adventures throughout Oz, and Tip discovers the secret of his past.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86676
- Title
- THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank
- Illustrator
- John R. Neill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST PRINTING
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Britton Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- The Wizard of Oz, Oz Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...