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BAUM (FRANK L.) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz... With Pictures by W.W. Denslow, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Chicago & New York, George M. Hill, 1900
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BAUM (FRANK L.)
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A good copy of the first edition of the first Oz book, with the text in the first state. The complex printing history of the book has been much written about, the main issue centering on the copyright page, which was in haste printed on the verso of the Introduction rather than on the verso of the title-page as required by law. Some copies, including ours, left the publisher before the mistake was discovered, with the verso of the title-page blank, but later copies had the notice added in with a stamp.
The other first issue points comprise: publisher's advertisement enclosed in box; page 14, line 1 reads "low wail on"; page 81, fourth line from bottom reads "peices"; perfect type in last lines of pages 100 and 186; page [227], line 1 begins "While Tin Woodman"; 11-line colophon enclosed in box; illustrated paste-downs with facing pages blank. This copy also contains the earliest states of the colour plates, the one facing p.34 with two blots on the moon, and that facing p.92 with red shading on the horizon.
Provenance: "A Merry Xmas... from Edie", presentation inscription facing front paste-down.





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