![]() B/W illustrations Except for the illustration on the dedication page which is colored Orange Black & Green Pumpkinhead wearing Yellow Pants & Holding Doll in Long Green Dress & Orange Hat and dedicated to Baum's first Grandson Joslyn Stanton Baum ,Former owner has written in colored pencil his name and a 1937 date with a notation that this book was signed by Thompson, B/W Frontispiece Calling On Jack Pumpkinhead, Signed by Author(s). This deluxe facsimile of the fifth Oz adventure introduces new characters such as the lovable Shaggy Man and beautiful Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter. the 126 masterful illustrations are printed on colored papers, exactly as Baum intended. ![]() Cover slight rub, wesr & Outer Hinges tiny Tears WEAR ALONG SPINE. Rear hinge cracked and back end papers are water stained.Text is lightly water stained on top of 14 pages which does not interfere with the text. The book is somewhat warped, but tight and solid. Stauffer, HARDBACK NODJ, Copyright Publication Date 1909, LATER PRINTING, VG-/GOOD-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Dark blue CLOTH cover paste-down illustration with a yellow background & Lovely Girl with Short Blonde Hair wearing Hat with Long Black Ribbon & white Dress & with Tinman, Scarecrow & Cowardly Lion shows Ligh Stain on her Dress Top &, publishiers Pre list THRU "The Hungry Tiger of Oz" 1926 ,Covers are faded, worn corners frayed as well as the spine ends. NOT SIGNED BY FRANK BAUM, BUT An inked SIGNED Inscription by Ruth Plumly Thompson to Ruth M. ![]()
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