11. BAUM, L[yman] Frank (1856-1919). The Patchwork Girl of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., [1913]. Illustrated by John R. Neill. 348 pp. 8vo (230 x 170 mm). Publisher's light green cloth, lettered on covers and spine in color, pictorial endpapers. Condition: spine ends rubbed, internal soiling.
first edition, first printing with ‘chap. three’ printed over the text on p. 35. Baum was forced to resume the Oz series with this title after a misguided film venture left him bankrupt. He continued to write an Oz Book a year until his death.
est. $800 – $1200