Title: Ozma of Oz Author: Baum, L. Frank Place: Chicago Publisher: The Reilly & Britton Co. Date: [1907] Description: 270, [blank], + [1] ad pp. Illustrated by John R. Neill with full-page color, and text illustrations. 23.5x18 cm (9x6½ in), tan cloth pictorially stamped in black, blue, red and yellow; pictorial endpapers. First Edition, First State, Primary Binding. First edition, first state, primary binding of the third Oz book. First edition of the third Oz title. First state with advertisements facing half-title & on last page listing two titles: The Land of Oz & John Dough and the Cherub; illustration on p.[221] in color; pictorial endpapers. In this copy, the "O" in "Ozma," line five of the Author's Note on p.11, is present; apparently it dropped out at some point of the first press run, indicating this to be an early copy. Pp. 135-[136], [153]-154 and [221]-222 are all integral; Hanff and Greene indicate that there was apparently smudging or offset to the coloring of those pages which occurred during printing and stacking of the sheets, and the worst of them were excised and replaced after the books were assembled, though the smudging is light on these pages. In the primary binding, with "The Reilly &/ Britton Co." at foot of spine. Hanff & Greene III. Lot Amendments Condition: Cover and spine show wear; some light staining on pages, else very good. Item number: 306255
Title: Ozma of Oz Author: Baum, L. Frank Place: Chicago Publisher: The Reilly & Britton Co. Date: [1907] Description: 270, [blank], + [1] ad pp. Illustrated by John R. Neill with full-page color, and text illustrations. 23.5x18 cm (9x6½ in), tan cloth pictorially stamped in black, blue, red and yellow; pictorial endpapers. First Edition, First State, Primary Binding. First edition, first state, primary binding of the third Oz book. First edition of the third Oz title. First state with advertisements facing half-title & on last page listing two titles: The Land of Oz & John Dough and the Cherub; illustration on p.[221] in color; pictorial endpapers. In this copy, the "O" in "Ozma," line five of the Author's Note on p.11, is present; apparently it dropped out at some point of the first press run, indicating this to be an early copy. Pp. 135-[136], [153]-154 and [221]-222 are all integral; Hanff and Greene indicate that there was apparently smudging or offset to the coloring of those pages which occurred during printing and stacking of the sheets, and the worst of them were excised and replaced after the books were assembled, though the smudging is light on these pages. In the primary binding, with "The Reilly &/ Britton Co." at foot of spine. Hanff & Greene III. Lot Amendments Condition: Cover and spine show wear; some light staining on pages, else very good. Item number: 306255
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