The Gnome King of Oz

The 7th book in the Oz series written by Ruth Plumly Thompson carrying on the tradition of the original 14 stories by L. Frank Baum. This is a true FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1927, with the lovely illustrations by artist John R. Neill, including pen-and-ink endpapers, full-color frontispiece & all full-color internal plates intact!!! With medium-blue publisher's cloth over boards, black lettering & design to spine, publisher's name in fancy, not plain, script, & a full-color front paper pastedown, plain endpapers, in 282 pages. From a single owner collection, this hardcover is in VG condition: very bright & clean, binding straight & strong, both hinges secure. Very mild rubbing to extremities/corner bumping, light soil. Pages creamy white, with moderate tanning, heavier around edges, unmarked save for former owner's name stamp to ffep & ownership box. Front pastedown is bright & colorful & intact. , with very slight edgewear. "This Book Belongs To." page had a name in pencil, erased, but an old inscription dated 1933 remains in pen on ffep, else unmarked. Alas, NO DJ, but this is a lovely volume! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. …