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The Patchwork Girl of Oz
by Baum, L. Frank
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. John R. Neill. First edition, second state, with the "C" on p. 35 not overlapping with "to," and 5 pages of publisher's ads at the back and the announcement on p. [343]. Green cloth with illustrated front boards and spine, and lettering in green and red. A couple of light bumps to the board edges, the spine a little rubbed at the tips and very lightly worn at the ends, publisher's lettering at the spine foot rubbed and the boards with very faint spotting noticeable at an angle, really unobtrusive and not noticeable. The endpapers clean and the book clean throughout, and the binding tight and square. Nice copy. Hinke, P. 25; Greene & Hanff, VII. pg. 53; Bienvenue, p. 52.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46613
- Title
- The Patchwork Girl of Oz
- Author
- Baum, L. Frank
- Illustrator
- John R. Neill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Britton Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1913
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- 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...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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