[Children's & Illustrated] Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill, 1900. First edition, second state. 8vo. Illustrated by W.W. Denslow with 24 color plates, many illustrations in text, and on paste-downs (issued without endpapers). Original pictorial green cloth blocked in dark green and red, re-cased with some restoration to joints; corners bumped; spine ends frayed; light edge wear; minor chipping to fore-edge of front free endpaper; pp. 15-16 detached but present and with chipping to fore-edge; minor dampstaining in margins; owner's pencil scrawl on front endpapers; small separation in gutter at bottom of title-page; in green quarter goatskin slip case and chemise. Hanff & Greene I, state 2 of text and plates, binding variant B with un-serifed red publisher's imprint at foot of spine; Peter Parley to Penrod, state Z, title state C/D.

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The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer.