The Marvelous Land of Oz Being an Acount of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman de Baum, L. Frank - 1904

Chicago: Reilly & Britton Company. Very Good. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth. The spine is decorated in black with one area highlighted in green. The lettering to the front is outlined in silver. The illustration to the front is in black, green and silver and has only very minimal rubbing. The endpapers are illustrated in dark green. The title is the earliest hand-lettered state. With all 16 color captioned inserts. This is the second state or printing with "Published, July, 1904" line to the copyright page. Minor bumps to the corners, some crimping to the spine ends. Fairly minor fading to the spine. The front hinge is fine but the rear hinge has been repaired and is a bit misaligned. There is a light-colored area of about 5/16" to the upper page edges. It is otherwise very tight and without markings or names. A much better copy than is usually encountered of the second Oz title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages .