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Auction archive: Lot number 423

Wizard of Oz] L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.[Wizard of Oz] L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,075
Auction archive: Lot number 423

Wizard of Oz] L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.[Wizard of Oz] L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,075
Beschreibung:

Wizard of Oz] L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. First edition, second state, binding C, with publisher's imprint in red, all caps, with the "o" in Co. nested in the "C," pastedowns illustrated, free endleaves blank, back fixed endpaper printed in red and black with a colophon of thirteen lines; ad on verso of ffep not enclosed in a printed border; page 14, line 1 corrected to "low wail of"; page [227], line 1 corrected to "While The Woodman"; plate facing page 34 with the two blue dots on the forehead of the moon; plate 92 without red shading above the horizon, illustrated with twenty-four inserted color plates; no dust jacket; surface wear to pictorial stamping on front boards and spine, head and tail somewhat abraded, divisional title for chapter XXII with closed tear, gift inscription dated 1903 on ffep, 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 423
Auction:
Datum:
16 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Wizard of Oz] L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. First edition, second state, binding C, with publisher's imprint in red, all caps, with the "o" in Co. nested in the "C," pastedowns illustrated, free endleaves blank, back fixed endpaper printed in red and black with a colophon of thirteen lines; ad on verso of ffep not enclosed in a printed border; page 14, line 1 corrected to "low wail of"; page [227], line 1 corrected to "While The Woodman"; plate facing page 34 with the two blue dots on the forehead of the moon; plate 92 without red shading above the horizon, illustrated with twenty-four inserted color plates; no dust jacket; surface wear to pictorial stamping on front boards and spine, head and tail somewhat abraded, divisional title for chapter XXII with closed tear, gift inscription dated 1903 on ffep, 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 423
Auction:
Datum:
16 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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