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The Giant Horse of Oz
by Thompson, Ruth Plumly
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, circa 1941. Later reprint. Fine in its original decorated orange cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a printed paper label on the front board which has only a tiny bit of rubbing to its upper edge. An octavo of 9 by 6 5/8 inches with a 1/3 inch closed tear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and very light rubbing to the cloth at the upper corners of the spine and over the tips of the boards. In a very good+, unclipped ($1.75 price is lined out) dust jacket with small chips and rubbing to the ends of the spine area, a one inch closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel, minor rubbing to the edges of the front panel and light rubbing to the fold to the front flap. 283 pages of text and illustrated with black and white, line art full pages and numerous black and white vignettes by John R. Neill. With 34 Oz Books listed on the rear flap of the dust jacket, ending with Scalawagons of Oz,which was first printed in 1941. A very bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.110)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32489
- Title
- The Giant Horse of Oz
- Author
- Thompson, Ruth Plumly
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Later reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Reilly & Lee Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- circa 1941
Terms of Sale
Town's End Books
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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