THE HUNGRY TIGER OF OZ

  • Hardcover
  • Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, c. 1926
By Thompson, Ruth Plumly [Author]; Neill, John R. [Illustrator]
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, c. 1926. First Edition, Early State. Hardcover. Octavo, 261 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with a black lettering to spine and an illustrated label to front board. Fraying and wear to cloth at head and tail of spine. Moderate bumping and fraying to cloth at edges and corners of boards. Mild scuffing to boards. Mild wear to edges of textblock. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Age toning with minor foxing throughout textblock.


First Edition Points: Two pages of ads in rear of texblock, pictorial self-endpapers in black and white, hyphen on the last of page 21 present, 12 full-color plates present coated only on one side, and about 1 3/8 inches thick. Slight imperfection to "two" in the last line of page 252 makes this an early state rather than a first.


Shelved in Case 14. Bibliographia Oziana page 73. 1394051. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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