THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ; By L. Frank Baum / Illustrated by John R. Neill
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. Company, 1940s. John R. Neill. Later printing of the 1910 First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 3/8"), publisher's maroon pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine with rabbit soldier wearing a shako, plus a glossy pastedown picture on front cover of Queen Cuttenclip riding Sawhorse in blue-green-red colors; illustrated by John R. Neill with B&W pictorial preliminaries & half title, full-page frontispiece, 30 chapter headings & several tailpieces; vignettes; pictorial endpapers with facing portrait sketches of Dorothy's smiling face; [i-x], 11-295, [296] pages. Weight: 1 lb. 9 oz. Very Good + / None; Mylar added. Item #7184
The Emerald City of Oz (1910) by L. Frank Baum was the 6th in the Oz series.
L. Frank 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 PLUS CONDITION. Cloth is quite tight and clean with light wear. Pages are lightly and unformly age-toned without marks or scirbbles. Plates are bright without foxing. No dust jacket. No previous ownership markings.
Printing is after the first edition of 1910. Hanff, Greene, et al, Bibliographia OZiana, revised & expanded, pp.61-63.
Price: $75.00