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The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale
by L. Frank Baum
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. VG. First Edition, second printing; binding 'A' with Bowen-Merrill imprint on lower spine and comma in last line on copyright page to the right of "n' in Brooklyn. 8vo. 245 pp. 12 color plates as well as black & white illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with color plate affixed to front cover; gilt lettering and decoration. Light wear to extremities. Title page, dedication page, and table of contents have been repaired with tape (browning) visible. Owner inscription on title page in pen. The author dedicated this title to his second son, Robert, and it is generally thought that Rob, the novel's protagonist, was based on Robert Baum. A unique story by the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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- EGR books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3146
- Title
- The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale
- Author
- L. Frank Baum
- Illustrator
- F. Y. Cory
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1901
- Pages
- 245
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Wizard of Oz
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Classic and Collectible Children's Books;
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- Gilt
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