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The Patchwork Girl Of Oz
by Baum, L. Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., (1913). First Edition. First Printing, First State Very good in light green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and the outline of Woozy character embellished in red on the spine. The front board is decorated in dark green and red with red and green text spelling out the title and author's name. An octavo of 9 by 6 3/4 inches with printed, color end sheets conforming to Binding A as defined in Paul Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum p.52. The cloth and the head and heel of the spine is a bit rubbed and the backstrip is tanned. Both boards are slightly soiled. There is a 1/2 inch long area at the fore edge of the front board which has been chewed exposing the underlying board. Both hinges are holding, but starting. The ownership page has a dated (1916) gift inscription. This copy is a first state of the first edition as evidenced by the large red "C" in chapter on page 35 overlying the text on the page and the first page of ads on page [343] begins: "You will be glad to know...". Without its issued dust jacket. 341 pages followed by a blank verso and six pages of ads from the publisher describing early Oz titles. Illustrated throughout from black and white engravings by John R. Neill many of which are in color. A very attractive and clean copy of this first state of the first edition. (Bienvenue, p.50)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32359
- Title
- The Patchwork Girl Of Oz
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Britton Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- (1913)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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