A Complete Collection of the Baum Oz Books
$80,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
Chicago, 1921. First Edition. 15 vols. 13 of the 15 are the 1st issue throughout, Wizard is a later issue from December 1900, and Marvelous Land has 1 point wrong (rare, despite evasive descriptions), but these are clean and beautiful copies (again, rarely seen like this despite evasive descriptions). A truly superior set, unlike any other set previously assembled or that could be assembled today. This set has, expectedly, no direct comparable for sale. 2 of the 15 are as fine as any of the copies being offered for sale anywhere and the other 13 are finer than any of the copies being offered for sale. And that should make you say, “hmmm” and then concede that buying some other set or the flailing after fruitlessly trying to compile your own collection of the 15, makes less sense than dry cleaning a goat. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900): First edition, later issue (though, technically, a later printing) with the publisher's imprint at the base of the spine in red. Conforming to state 2 and binding ‘variant C’ of Bibliographia Oziana. The spine’s base is slightly frayed, but it’s all there, and it’s otherwise near fine— splendid condition. The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904): First edition, second state of the title page with a copyright (only a few copies are known that escaped the publisher with no copyright, despite some being incorrectly logged in the auction records). A few small points of wear to the extremities, else near fine, one of the finest copies we've seen of this s
- Year: 1921
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: unknown
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