Baum's American Fairy Tales : Stories of Astonishing Adventures of American Boys and Girls With the Fairies of Their Native Land by Baum, L. Frank - 1908-01-01

Books of Wonder, 1997-11-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Books of Wonder, 1997-11. Paperback. Used: Good.

Books of Wonder, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. his edition was limited to numbered copies from 1 to 350 which were signed by the Illustrator George O'Connor This is copy 239.

SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (complete number line to 1) New York, Books of Wonder, 1997. A limited Hardcover Edition of this title which was originally published in 1908 containing 15 L. Frank Baum stories. This edition was limited to numbered copies from 1 to 350 which were signed by the Illustrator (George O'Connor) and 35 copies numbered I to XXXV which were Signed with a Hand-Colored Drawing on the Limitation Page. Dust Jacket Bright, Clean, no wear, no tears, no stickers, protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. Binding Tight and Square. Boards Clean, no bumps. This is a Beautiful Collectible copy of this scarce title. Not ex-library. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with USPS Tracking from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed.

BAUM, L[yman] Frank. Baum's American Fairy Tales. Illustrated by George O'Connor. NY: Books of Wonder, 1997. 8vo, [vi] 162pp. Navy cloth with spine stamped in silver. Pictorial endpapers; hand-colored limitation leaf, 16 one-page and numerous smaller b&w illustrations. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed and numbered by the artist, George O'Connor, on a hand-colored limitation leaf.
Deluxe edition, being number 23 of 35 signed and numbered copies with a limitation leaf hand-colored by the artist. A limited edition of 350 was also released whose limitation leaf featured the b&w illustration, but was not hand-colored. Originally published in 1901 by George M. Hill, and later expanded with three new tales by Bobbs-Merrill in a 1908 second edition, this edition's text is based on the 1920's third edition in which the stories were reordered. A series of 15 humorous fairy tales set in America by the beloved author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, featuring stunning new illustrations by… Read More

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merril Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Spine torn along back edge and taped. Light 3" . stain cover. Frontis & 1/2 title page loose and pasted together. Shaken. . Pencil margin notes first 30 pages.. 1908. Hardcover. A scarce book. 14 plates present. ; octavo; 223 pages .