May 16, 2002 - Sale 1936

Sale 1936 - Lot 57

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
BAUM, L. FRANK. The Scarecrow of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill, including 12 color plates. 8vo, publisher's light green cloth, color pictorial paper label to front cover, backstrip ends rubbed, dampmark in lower third of backstrip affecting imprint, light scratches to label, corners starting to expose; but hinges sound. first edition, first issue<>. Hanff & Greene IX. Chicago, 1915

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Two of the plates, those called to be facing pages 54 and 234 in the bibliography, are instead facing 32 and 208 respectively. This "misplacement" is original and not uncommon in the Oz titles. <