BAUM, L. FRANK. 1856-1919. The Emerald City of Oz. Chicago Reilly & Britton, 1910.

The Library of David Lloyd, Part IBAUM, L. FRANK. 1856-1919.
The Emerald City of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1910. 4to. 16 color plates by John R. Neill. Publisher's light blue cloth, stamped in black and silver on spine, pictorial applique on upper cover, publisher's pictorial jacket, custom cloth slipcase. Cloth lightly rubbed and soiled, toning, jacket restored, soiled and darkened. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with publisher's advertisements on verso of ownership page listing 5 titles. The Emerald City of Oz was intended to be the last of the Oz Books; and the publishers produced arguably the most beautiful volume of the entire series. Neill outdid himself in the numerous elaborate pen-and-ink drawings and the suite of sixteen exquisite watercolors that were printed with green metallic ink. Only the first printing has a full-color pictorial cover label highlighted with gold and silver ink that depicts Dorothy and her friends riding in the red wagon pulled by the Sawhorse through the Emerald City. All later printings used less elaborate designs. Hanff & Greene VI, 1.