Captain Salt in Oz

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 306pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with a full-color illustrated label that covers the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. Illustrated endpapers. There are two 1/2" splits in the cloth at the ends of the backstrip, there is a previous owner's bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper, and there is a contemporary owner's name with the date "1943" on the half title. A fresh, attractive copy. Contains numerous illustrations by John R. Neill. This is the first Thompson title produced without color plates. The action in the book takes place outside the land of Oz. The thirtieth book in the Oz series. Bienvenue p.118. Hanff/Greene p.101-102.