The Magical Monarch of Mo and His People
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903. Hardcover. Early printing - copyright date of 1903, printing not noted. Not a 1st. Rebacked, retaining the spine. Blue cloth with blue spine titling, and the original white in the lettering has rubbed away; illustration plate to front panel. Cloth and illustration plate scuffed, soiled, edgeworn, and faint remnant of erased pencil marking in top margin of front. Inner hinges reinforced at reback; rebind is sound. Light staining to textblock edges, and occasionally throughout the interior; text else unmarked. Originally published in 1899 as 'A New Wonderland,' it was re-issued in 1903 after Bobbs-Merrill had became Baum's main publisher, and re-named with an alliterative title in part to capitalize on the success of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Illustrations by Frank Verbeck. Used: Good. Item #BBS-2023562
Price: $50.00