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The Shaggy Man of Oz
by Jack Snow
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
SNOW, Jack. The Shaggy Man of Oz. Illustrated by Frank Kramer. Chicago: Reilly & Lee [1949]. 8vo, 255pp. Gray cloth with color pictorial label affixed to front, spine pictorially stamped in black. Pictorial endpapers; b&w illustrations throughout. Spine ends slightly rubbed, small rubbed mark to cover label (possibly printed that way), else a remarkably clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight edge wear, light chipping to spine ends, price-clipped).
First edition, having pictorial endpapers, in first state dust jacket (with 37 titles listed on rear flap). The Shaggy Man sets out to have the Love Magnet repaired by Conjo the magician and has one adventure after another along the way. The 38th Oz book, and the second and last written by Jack Snow. Bienvenue p134.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049326
- Title
- The Shaggy Man of Oz
- Author
- Jack Snow
- Illustrator
- Frank Kramer
- Format/Binding
- Grey cloth with spine pictorially stamped in black and color pictorial paper label affixed to front
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Books of Wonder
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New York, New York
About Books of Wonder
Books of Wonder is NYC's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in both new and old books. Established in 1980, Books of Wonder has a store in the Flatiron/Chelsea area of Manhattan.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
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