The Wishing Horse of Oz.
by BAUM, L. Frank - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co,, 1935. First edition, first impression, with correct issue dust jacket. The last Oz title to be issued with colour plates. Octavo. Original purple cloth, colour pictorial image pasted down to front board, titles and decoration to spine in black, blank endpapers as issued. With dust jacket. 12 colour plates by John R. Neill. Ends of spine and corners lightly bumped, front inner hinge starting, in the dust jacket with wear to the extremities, shallow chipping to ends of the spine, closed tear along front spine edge, small areas of abrasion to the front panel. A lovely copy. Bienvenue & Schmidt p. 117
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101400
- Title
- The Wishing Horse of Oz.
- Author
- BAUM, L. Frank - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co,
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...