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Title: The Lost King of Oz
Author: Thompson, Ruth Plumly Description: 280 pp. Illustrated with 12 color plates by John R. Neill. 9x6½, blue cloth, pictorial cover label; black & white pictorial endpapers, dust jacket. First Edition, First State.First state with spine imprint in boldface; tipped-in plates coated on printed side only; printed on heavy paper stock with book 1-3/8" thick. This is not, however, one of the earliest copies of the first printing, with imperfect type on the letter "k" on page 193, line 4. The jacket lists titles through 'The Lost King of Oz'. Hanff & Greene XIX. Heading: zzaPlace Published: Chicago Publisher: Reilly & Lee Date Published: [1925] Condition reportLarge chips from head and heel of spine, smaller chips and tears at edges and folds; small chip to lower edge of front cover illustration, light scratching to cloth; else near fine in a fair jacket.
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