May 16, 2002 - Sale 1936

Sale 1936 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE BAUM, L. FRANK. The Road to Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. 8vo, publisher's primary binding in light green cloth, stamped in black, dark green, tan and red with the spine imprint in capital and lowercase, very light rubbing to extremities and covers, a touch of discoloration along fore-edges of boards, a little discoloration at spine ends; hinges tight. first edition, first issue<> with the gatherings of tinted stock as called for and 4 Baum titles listed on page 264. The type on pages 34 and 121 is broken and the caption and numeral dropped on page 129. Hanff & Greene V. Chicago, 1909

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