BAUM, L. Frank (1859-1919). The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.   Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1902.  

8vo. Tipped-in illustrations by Mary Cowles Clark. Original pictorial cloth (spine slightly darkened, rubbing, some toning, upper hinge starting, foot of spine repaired).  

FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with section headings as "Book First," "Book Second," and "Book Third"; no textual illustrations except for the dedication leaf and first page of the Table of Contents. Schiller 80.  


Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota