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The Master Key, L. Frank Baum
The Master Key, L. Frank Baum
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Author: Baum, L. Frank
Title: The Master Key
Place Published: Indianapolis
Publisher:Bowen-Merrill Co
Date Published: [1901]
Description:
245 pp. Illustrated with 9 color plates and many black & white drawings by Fanny Y. Cory. 20x13.5 cm (7¾x5¼"), gilt-decorated & lettered olive-green cloth, pictorial cover label. First Edition, First State.


First state with copyright notice for "The Bowen-Merrill Company"; comma in last line on copyright page incorrectly placed so it is immediately to the left of the "N" of "N.Y.". This "Electrical Fairy Tale" expresses Baum's lifelong fascination with scientific discovery. The protagonist is actually the author's second son, Robert Stanton Baum, to whom the book is dedicated. Baughman 57; TBB Autumn 1968, p. 19.

Condition
Spine rubbed, cloth with air bubbles, a bit shaken; gift inscription on front free endpaper, cracked at half-title; very good.
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