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The Wishing Horse of Oz
by Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. The Wishing Horse of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: Reilly & Lee [1935]. 8vo, 298pp. Slate gray cloth with spine pictorially stamped in black and color pictorial paper label affixed to the front. 12 full-color plates and numerous b&w illustrations. Head of spine and upper front corner slightly bumped, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (several small chips at edges, a few small, clean tears, some general wear to edges).
First edition (with 12 color plates,) in first state dust jacket (listing only to this title on rear flap). The last of the original Oz books to be issued with color plates. When three emerald necklaces cause everyone in Oz to forget all about Princess Ozma, the Wizard, and Glinda the Good and acknowledge instead a fat old king named Skamperoo as supreme ruler, all of Oz is in trouble! The 29th Oz book, and the 15th by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Bienvenue p117.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049360
- Title
- The Wishing Horse of Oz
- Author
- Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Illustrator
- John R. Neill
- Format/Binding
- Slate gray cloth with spine pictorially stamped in black and color pictorial paper label affixed to the front
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Books of Wonder
Books of Wonder is NYC's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in both new and old books. Established in 1980, Books of Wonder has a store in the Flatiron/Chelsea area of Manhattan.
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- Fine
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- 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...
- 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....
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