10. BAUM, L[yman] Frank (1856-1910). The Emerald City of Oz. London: Reilly & Britton Co., [1910]. 296 pp. 8vo (230 x 180 mm). Illustrated by John R. Neill. Publisher’s light blue cloth with earliest cover label highlighted with metallic ink, pictorial endpapers, housed in a lettered clamshell case. Condition: covers rubbed, internal soiling; inscription on ownership page.
first edition, first state. Designed to be the last title in the series, The Emerald City of Oz also contains the most beautiful color plates of any of the Oz Books. Neill painted a series of 16 elaborate watercolors that were then printed with metallic inks.
est. $1000 – $1500
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