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The Road to Oz
by Baum, L . Frank, Illustrated by John R. Neill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1909. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Black And White Illustrations By John R. Neill. 261 Pp. First Edition, First Printing, Binding "A". Medium Green Cloth, Printed In Dark Green, Orange-Red, And Black, Donkey-Headed Man Printed In Dark Green And Light Yellow-Brown; Publisher's Spine Imprint In Upper And Lower Case Letters; Coarser-Weave Cloth, With Tinting To Edges Of Page Block; Earliest State, With No Typographical Damage To Pages 34, 121 Or 129; Pages Printed On Sheaves Of Color-Tinted Paper. Some Rubbing And Dust To Covers, Tiny Fray To Bottom Of Rear Spine Edge, No Names Or Marks.
Synopsis
The fourth installment of the Oz adventures. When the Shaggy Man asks Dorothy the way to Butterfield, Kansas, she's glad to help him. But she soon finds that not only are they lost--they are in the land of OZ. Together they travel to the Emerald City, wher the Princess Ozma has the power to send them home once again.Book 5 of L. Frank Baum's immortal OZ series, in whcih Dorothy and the Shaggy Man inexplicably find themselves in Oz, where they meet Polychrome, the abandoned daughter of the Rainbow, and a host of others on their way to Ozma's lavish birthday party.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036682
- Title
- The Road to Oz
- Author
- Baum, L . Frank, Illustrated by John R. Neill
- Illustrator
- Black And White Illustrations By John R. Neill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Reilly & Britton
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1909
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Childrens Books 1901-1950;
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About the Seller
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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