THE SILVER PRINCESS IN OZ; By Ruth Plumly Thompson / founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum / Illustrated by John R. Neill
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1938. John R. Neill. First Edition, Later printing. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 3/8"), publisher's light blue-gray pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine [no Handy Mandy illustration] + multi-colored pastedown image of the Silver Princess & young King Randy holding the long fiery mane of the Thunder Colt on the front cover; illustrated by John R. Neill with B&W frontispiece, plates and vignettes, endpapers not illustrated, 255 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 5 oz. Good +. Item #10329
The Silver Princess in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson (following L. Frank Baum's series) is XXXIIth book in the Baum/Thompson series,
L. F. Baum (1856 – 1919) was a bestselling American author famous for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote a total of 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.
VERY GOOD CONDITION. The "Z" in "OZ" on cover art is light green & book is 1 3/8" thick, though lack of Handy Mandy on spine + blank endpapers suggest later printing. Cloth is firm and remarkably clean though somewhat worn. Hiarline crack on front hinge does not seem to affect cover strength. Book slightly shaken. The blue-gray spine is faded. Extremites have some shelfwear with corners slightly bumped. Head and foot of spine are crimped. The B&W plates remain crisp and bright without foxing. No dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Shipped wrapped in bubble-wrap ensconced in a sturdy box.
Hanff, Greene, et al, Bibliographia OZiana, revised & expanded, Re: Ruth Plumly Thompson p.102.
Price: $55.00