39
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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.) Baum, L Frank.
The Wonderful Wizard of
Oz.
24 color plates including pictorial title and over 100 text illustrations. 8vo, publisher’s
pictorial cloth, soiled and with a few abrasions, moderately faded and discolored; hinges
cracked, old ownership marks including a child’s drawing now faded with offsetting to rear
pastedown
FIRST EDITION
,
SECOND STATE
points include:“pieces” spelled correctly on p. 82;
imperfect type on pp. 100 and 186; advertisement facing the title-page not in box.
Connolly 38; Hanff & Greene I;2.
Chicago: George M. Hill, 1900
[800/1,200]
36
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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.) Barrie, J.M.
Peter and Wendy.
Illustrated fron-
tispiece, title-page, and 11 further plates by F.D. Bedford. 8vo, original olive green cloth
with pictorial gilt to front cover and spine, minimal rubbing to head of spine and corners;
no internal markings or bookplates, etc.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
.
NewYork: Scribner’s (1911)
[300/400]
37
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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.) Barrie, J.M.
The Plays of J. M. Barrie. Peter
Pan or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up.
8vo, original blue cloth, printed paper
labels to spine and front cover; dust jacket, light finger soiling; discreet bookseller’s label on
rear pastedown.
FIRST EDITION IN PLAY FORM
. A crisp, clean copy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928
[400/600]
38
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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.)
Baum, L. Frank
The Wonderful Wizard
of Oz.
24 color plates including pictorial
title and over 100 text illustrations. 8vo,
publisher’s pictorial cloth with early pro-
fessional restoration to spine, joints, and
edges, scattered moderate soiling; endpa-
pers re-laid, paper restoration to a few
margins including front endpaper, decora-
tive title, and plate facing page 160,
scattered mild foxing and finger soiling.
Chicago: George M. Hill, 1900
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION
,
Second State, with “pieces”
spelled correctly at page 81, 4th line from bot-
tom; page [227] begins with the words “While
the woodman...”; imperfect type on last line of
pages 100 & 186; verso of title page with
printed copyright notice; advertisement facing the
title-page is not in a box; second states of color
plate facing page 34 (no dark-blue blots on the
moon) and that facing page 92 (without red
shading on the horizon); state 3 of the spine
imprint. Connolly 38; Hanff & Greene I;2.
38
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
LOTS 36-56
