Description:Fine in Very Good + D.J. jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Nice,...Fine in Very Good + D.J. jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Nice, bright copy in fine condition with a very good+ dust jacket.
Description:Martin, Dick. Very Good in Good jacket. Sm4to from 9" to 11" 95...Martin, Dick. Very Good in Good jacket. Sm4to from 9" to 11" 95 pp, green cloth covered boards w/ illustrations on the front & back in full color, blank pastedowns, printed throughout book w/double-page spread of color pictures followed by double-page spread of black-and-white pictures. dj green w/illustrations in color on front & back panels. This volume is loosely based on eleven of the episodes of Baum's newspaper series "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz" (1904-1905). Jean Kellogg's adaption of the original stories does not preserve much of Baum's language. Hanff-80. slight wear on top & bottom of spine, prev owner wrote on front pastedown, dj price-clipped, dj rubbed.
Description:O'Connor, George. Very good in very lightly edgeworn jacket. ...O'Connor, George. Very good in very lightly edgeworn jacket. #285 of a 350-copy limited edition, signed by illustrator O'Connor.
Description:Neill, John R. COLOR Ilust(16+ Good Cond, inner hinges repaired....Neill, John R. COLOR Ilust(16+ Good Cond, inner hinges repaired. Solid copy. 6x9" Dec Clothbound 340+ps. ENDPAPERS HAVE COLORFUL ILUST SHOWING SCARCROW ON LION, TINMAN ON TIGER. End Of Book Has 5 Other Titles(1 Page Each) In Series Advert Synopsis...Cover art shows swinging doll with red & yellow patches. Title in Red & Black...all on dark blue original cloth. Spine his small boxy dog ilust. Back cover has several small white milk stains, else clean covers...inner back cover shows "good" rebinding (cloth mull replaced) (glue NOT poured down spine) NO tape....COLOR Matte ilust frontis. Each chapter has color ilust partial page sized. Book also has full & partial page B&W Line Drawings...HAS-AT LEAST-16 FULL PAGE COLOR ILUST..3 ARE DOUBLE PAGE ILUST. Page 35 Red C not overlapping any text...(page 124 3"margin tear)
Description:First Edition. Publisher's lime green cloth, stamped in red and...First Edition. Publisher's lime green cloth, stamped in red and black, endpapers blank. Mixed state, with illustrations variously in terra cotta, pink, green, tan, orange, or yellow, as well as 16 three-color plates throughout. Gift inscription ("from Santa Claus") in light pencil on the front endpaper, dated 1905, rear inner hinge partially cracked. Cloth moderately soiled, with fraying at the crown and light wear at the corners, and some splitting to the cloth along the top portion of the rear outer hinge. A presentable copy overall of a book that includes characters that Baum would later introduce to his "Oz" universe.
Description:Illustrated by Neill, John R. VG+/NONE. Red cloth, color...Illustrated by Neill, John R. VG+/NONE. Red cloth, color pictorial paste down on front cover, bright with a touch of extremity rubbing. Early printing. Pictorial eps. Several nice B/W illustrations as well. Extremity lightening, mainly the spine. Some very lt foxing on eps. Internal very clean. An overall nice tight, bright and clean copy. A few pgs of ads for other childrens books in rear.; All 12 beautiful color plates present; 271 pages.
Description:W.W. Denslow. Good Plus. No Jacket. The true first edition was...W.W. Denslow. Good Plus. No Jacket. The true first edition was illustrated in gilt boards. This second printing has faded red boards with pastedown illustration of a clown on the front panel, with scuffing on front panel, obliterating part of illustrator's name and part of the word "Dot". Book is missing first free endpaper, but contents are otherwise clean and unmarked and profusely illustrated with many black and green whimsical drawings. There is a repaired tear at the top of the spine. A perfectly decent vintage copy of this uncommon title.
Description:Good. First edition. 8vo in color illustrated paper-covered...Good. First edition. 8vo in color illustrated paper-covered boards. Color frontispiece and with black and white full and partial-page drawings in the text by John R. Neill. Six titles listed on verso of ownership page. Good, hinges firs, rubbing and soiling to the paper-covered boards and some loss at the head and foot of spine. Some fingering in the margins of the text and short closed tear top margin of title page.
Description:Illustr by Frank Verbeck, 9.25 x 7, cloth with pict label, 237...Illustr by Frank Verbeck, 9.25 x 7, cloth with pict label, 237 pp, inner hinges cracked, some text block cracking, covers moderately rubbed. FIRST ED, probably 4th Printing.
Description:With 11 of 12 full page color plates by John R. Neill, 9 x 6.5,...With 11 of 12 full page color plates by John R. Neill, 9 x 6.5, light blue cloth with color pict label on front cover, 312 pp, covers very worn and loose, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, front inner hinge cracked, old ink ownership inscription on front fly, contents browned and soiled and worn with scattered edge tears. Missing illustr facing p 156. Still a FIRST ED (with LPOO as last title on list opp half title. )
Description:As New in As New jacket. Signed by Illustrator(s) pp. 268. A...As New in As New jacket. Signed by Illustrator(s) pp. 268. A first edition/first printing copy of Moser's illustrated Wizard of Oz. (62 woodcuts). A pristine, collectible copy. Cover boards are clean, binding is tight, dust jacket is in mylar sleeve. Interior pages bright and unmarked.
Publisher: Toronto. The Copp Clark Co. Limited. c. [1941].
Date published: 1941
Description:8vo, 22cm, the first Canadian edition thus, 261p., frontis, many...8vo, 22cm, the first Canadian edition thus, 261p., frontis, many line drawn illustrations & decorations, original green cloth, black stamped titles and decoration on the spine, colour plate illustration laid down on the upper cover, text leaves (not endpapers) on war time economy pulpy paper, (browned as usual) small person ink stamp on the front free fly otherwise an amazingly fine bright clean copy (Igc/191). -Hinke p26. The first recorded Canadian edition appeared c.1941, ie, (produced in Canada), over thirty years after the first American edition. The Chicago publishers supplied Copp Clark with copies of each new Oz books upon publication from 1907 to 1931. According to "Hinke. The Road to Oz' of 1909 appears to be an exception to this policy". However, this statement is incorrect; we have been informed by a "Oz" customer that he knows of four copies on the 1909 edition with the Copp, Clark title page. -It is the only Oz book of the 1941 Canadian series that retains the spine vignette.
Description:Very Good. First Edition; Condition: Very Good-; Dust Jacket...Very Good. First Edition; Condition: Very Good-; Dust Jacket Condition: None; Notes: First Edition. Full bound red cloth with pictorial paper label on front board, black stamped title and old man on spine. Black and white pictorial endpapers, 12 full color plates (no color frontispiece) coated on one side only. Perfect type in numeral on page 171 and in the last word in the next-to-last line on page 189. Spine sunned, paper label rubbed, cloth is threadbare at extremities, some overall dust soil. Binding solid. Some light foxing to text pgs facing plates, previous owner's name on ownership leaf, otherwise interior clean.;
Description:Joseph Pierre Nuyttens. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾"...Joseph Pierre Nuyttens. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very nice First Edition copy of "The Flying Girl" by Edith Van Dyne, aka Frank L. Baum, copyright 1911, published by The Reilly & Britton Company, done on red cloth hardcover boards with black and white lettering and illustration of young lady piloting, white lettering on spine. Previous owners name inside front cover. 232 pages with 4 pages of advertising in the back of the book. Black and white frontispiece illustration with 3 additional illustrations bound in. Some chipping to the white coloring at the upper edges of the illustration on the front cover. Extremely clean and very tightly bound.
Description:Michael McCurdy. Very Good. Octavo 7.5" x 9" [D-CH]. Deluxe...Michael McCurdy. Very Good. Octavo 7.5" x 9" [D-CH]. Deluxe edition, one of 500 copies signed by the illustrator. Foreward by Ray Bradbury. 187 pp. Hardcover, bound in black cloth in slipcase. Moderate shelf-wear.
Description:Neill, John R. (illustrator); Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾"...Neill, John R. (illustrator); Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" First edition / early printing, ads go to "The Tin Woodman of Oz" circa 1918. Good, no dust jacket, slight wear at top & bottom of spine & corners, light wear to cover illustration, rear inner hinge is cracked but solid, ownership page with name in pencil. Illustrated with 12 color plates and numerous b&w plates by John R. Neill. 17 x 23. hard cover. 315pp.
Description:First Edition. Sm. 4to., 315pp., blue cloth, front pastedown...First Edition. Sm. 4to., 315pp., blue cloth, front pastedown illustration, illustrated endpapers. Illustrations in color and b&w by John R. Neill. Color frontis loose, laid in. Front hinge weak. Front pastedown lightly rubbed, rear board moderately soiled, lower corners worn. Spine moderately soiled, worn at extremities. Pencil marks on outer and lower edges. Bookplate poorly erased and abraded with uneven loss of paper. Dust jacket missing.
Description:Like New. First Edition; Condition: Near Fine; Dust Jacket...Like New. First Edition; Condition: Near Fine; Dust Jacket Condition: None; Notes: First Edition. First edition, second state. No waddles. Small 4to, 210 pgs. Full bound light green cloth with bright poctorial paper label on front board, black stamped title and lion's head on spine. No publisher's imprint at foot of spine. Very minimal fraying to cloth at tail of spine, dust soil at head of text block. Overall clean, crisp and solid.;
Description:John R. Neill. Very Good in None jacket. The Reilly & Lee Co....John R. Neill. Very Good in None jacket. The Reilly & Lee Co. 1904 (July 1904 stated); later issue, after 1914. Hardcover, Very Good; light edge wear to head & tail of spine and corners. Paste down pictorial front cover light rubbing. Prior owner's signature & date on FFEP. No DJ. All twelve color plates present.
Description:Denslow, W. W. Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Gray...Denslow, W. W. Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Gray boards with color illustration on front board. 226 pages. Only printing date printed on copyright page is "1901". Hinges a bit loose but no splitting to endpapers. "Frontispiece" is torn out.1" tear in cloth along front edge of spine from bottom end.
Description:Good. First Edition; Condition: Good +; Dust Jacket Condition:...Good. First Edition; Condition: Good +; Dust Jacket Condition: None; Notes: First Edition. Small 4to, 236 pgs. Full bound light blue cloth with faded pictiorial paper label on front board, white stamped titles with navy outlines on front board and spine. Black and peach pictorial endpapers, 12 full color plates. 2" x 1/2" piece torn from paper label, white of title faded from spine, fraying to cloth at board cornertips, 1/2" x 1/4" tear to cloth at head of spine, light dust soil overall. Binding is solid. Previous owner's name on first printer's blank and verso of half title, additional titles added in ink to list on title page, occasional unobtrusive ink marks throughout text, otherwise clean.;
Description:Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall First edition, good to very good...Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall First edition, good to very good condtiion, but with the frontis plate absent. Green pictorial cloth printed in black and red, plain endpapers, 15 (of 16) plates printed in three colors, many additional illustrations throughout the text tinted with pastel colors-pink, green, yellow-and terra-cotta on pages 171 through 236. Covers rubbed with some minor fraying to the corners and spine ends, some shelf foil, front hinge internally cracked but secure, text block sound but no longer tight, pages clean with a few minor instances of finger soil to the margins, four inch closed vertical tear to next-to-last text page, name and 1905 date on half-title.
Description:John R. Neill. Very Good. No Jacket. L. Frank Baum Book-John...John R. Neill. Very Good. No Jacket. L. Frank Baum Book-John Dough and the Cherub First Edition 1906 – with the Rare Contest Blank Intact____The First Edition has for sale the L. Frank Baum book (author of The Wizard of Oz), John Dough and the Cherub, illustrated by John R. Neill and published by Reilly and Britton (Chicago) complete with the yellow Contest page intact and unused. This L Frank Baum book is a very rare and collectable first edition book. ____The front board bears a large image in colour of John Dough carrying a cane and waving accompanied by the cherub who is also waving. The back board features a black and white image of the cherub pulling John Dough off a seat that reads: “The Great John Dough Mystery”. The boards are in Good condition being complete with marks to the front board; the front board is a little weak and the back board being almost detached (which should be able to be repaired by a professional book binder/restorer); wear to the top and bottom of the illustrated spine; and corner wear. These are an extremely attractive set of boards____There is a double page colour illustration to the front and rear endpapers. There is a small retailer's label to the bottom of the rear pastedown____There are 314 numbered pages with 4 pages of advertisements to the end of the book with a contest printed on yellow paper with a perforation to the left edge which reads at the top: ____ “Read This Before You Read the Book____The Great John Dough Mystery____Is the Cherub Girl or Boy? ”____There was a $500.00 prize for the best answer – a huge prize today and particularly in 1906! ! ! ! ____There are 34 full page colour illustrations by John R. Neill as follows: ____1. Boy or Girl? (Frontispiece)____2. Then a Sudden Idea Struck Him (Page 31)____3. Monsieur Jules Turned and Fled (Page 39)____4. The Cracker Suddenly Exploded (Page 45) Closed tear to the margin edge – no loss____5. “Come Inside While I Get a Knife” (Page 49)____6. John Dough is Carried Off by the Rocket (Page 57)____7. “It's the Cherub” (Page 63)____8. The Brotherhood of Failings (Page 69)____9. The Castle of Phreex (Page 75)____10. The Kinglet and Nebbie (Page 83)____11. BÉBÉ CELESTE (Page 95)____12. “Hello Neighbor” (Page 107)____13. The Musician Threw Himself Upon the Piano (Page 116)____14. “This is Imar” said Chick (Page 123)____15. “Now, You Sit Still and Behave Yourself” (Page 137)____16. “Hurray, John Dough, Or You'll Be Eaten! ” (Page 143) – small closed tear to the bottom margin not affecting the illustration____17. Chick discovers a trap door (Page 149)____18. Chick Assists John to Land (Page 171) 19. The Home of the Princess (Page 181)____20. The King of the Mifkets (Page 195)____21. The Mifkets Howled with Delight (Page 199)____22. “Stop That! ” John Shouted (Page 209)____23. Ali Dubh Attacks John (Page 217)____24. The Mifkets Recapture John (Page 223)____25. “He's Mine and Mine Alone! ” (Page 227)____26. Para Bruin to the Rescue (Page 247)____27. “Creep Behind the Sheet of Water” (Page 251)____28. In the “Observation Room” (Page 259)____29. The Princess Embarks in the Submarine” (Page 267)____30. “Nice Ride Isn't It? ” (Page 281)____31. The Retired Pirates (Page 287)____32. The Castle of Hiland and Loland (Page 295)_____33. “The Cherub is Wise For One So Young” (Page 301)____34. King Dough The First (Page 311)_____This is in addition to the numerous smaller colour illustrations to the beginning of chapters, and the huge number of black and white illustrations in the text. This is an absolutely stunning children's illustrated book____The pages are in overall Very Good condition with marks to some of the pages____This is a lovely collectable example of the rare first edition book of the L. Frank Baum classic John Dough and the Cherub.
Description:Frederick Richardson. Very Good. No Jacket. The First Edition...Frederick Richardson. Very Good. No Jacket. The First Edition has for sale this rare and collectable L. Frank Baum (author of The Wizard of Oz) book: Queen Zixi of Ix which is the first edition first state from 1905 with illustrations by Frederick Richardson with the earliest colour scheme of terra cotta and black in text illustrations between pages 169 and 236; and published in New York by The Century Co. ____The original green pictorial cloth is profusely illustrated to the front, back and spine and is in overall Very Good condition with corner knocks; knocks to the top and bottom of the spine; and light staining to the back board. ____There are 303 numbered pages, original plain white endpapers, profusely illustrated throughout with colourised line drawings in the text (please note that the illustration on page 171 pinkish as called for in the first state), colour illustrations and colour plates (15 out of 16)___Queen Zixi of Ix is one of the best and most collectable of the L. Frank Baum books on the market today.
Description:F/NF. 10, 24. 0934882010. 1st edition/1st printing. There were...F/NF. 10, 24. 0934882010. 1st edition/1st printing. There were only 1, 500 copies of this book printed in the 1st printing run, and this one is one of the very scarce 1st printing copies ordered before publication with the L. Frank Baum's estate-authorized facsimile signature on a label affixed to the half-title page and which is also signed in person by the illustrator, Tim Kirk, and also by David L. Greene, who selected and annotated the collection of fantasies. Fine, straight, clean & very tight (may be unread) book in a near fine plus dustjacket which is price intact, clean & has no chips or tears, but has a few very tiny rubs. Beautiful copy of a scarce book! ; Lim. Ed.; Signed by All Authors.
