The Lost King of Oz
Ruth Plumly Thompson, L Frank Baum
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co, 1925
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Hard cover
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The jacket is worn, rubbed and scratched with the spine being foxed, but not affecting legibility. The cover is shelf worn with the top and bottom edges of the spine being bumped. The bottom edge of the cover is smudge, particularly on the back cover. The fore edge and the bottom edge of the text block is foxed, but not visible on the page margins. Spine is cocked, but binding is secure. Pages are clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 1147335
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Title: The Lost King of Oz
Publisher: The Reilly & Lee Co
Publication Date: 1925
Binding: Hard cover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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The Lost King of Oz
Published by
Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1925
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: A&D Books, South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. First edition, early printing. Poor clothbound hardcover with a color plate mounted to the front with the front board mostly detached and one third of the backstrip missing, name to the "belongs to" page, coloring to about eight or more illustrations, some stray pencil marks, smudging to one color plate, and lacking two of the plates (10 of 12) as well as the dust jacket. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The continuing story of Oz, nineteenth in the series and the fifth written by Thompson. A first edition with the plates coated to one side only but a later state of the first printing with the top serif of the 'k' in 'back' missing on page 193. Written by Ruth Plumly Thompson; based on the characters by L. Frank Baum; illustrated by John R. Neill. 280 pages; 10 color plates coated one side only + b&w text illustrations throughout; 6.75 x 9.25 inches. Seller Inventory # 25028
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THE LOST KING OF OZ
Published by
Reilly & Lee, 1925
Used
Hardcover
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
THE LOST KING OF OZ, Reilly & Lee, (1925), spine somewhat tanned, light wear to the rear outer hinge, faint stain to a small section of the fore edge with just a bit of bleeding on to the fore edge margins, else a vg copy. Illustrated by John R. Neill. A post 1935, but still early printing. Seller Inventory # 00947
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The Lost King Of Oz
Published by
Reilly & Lee
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Bookends, Hutchinson, KS, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth covered boards with full color paste down on front cover. This book is written by Ruth Plumly Thompson and is founded on and continuing the Oz books by L. Frank Baum. It is illustrated by the original illustrator of the Oz books, John R. Neill and published by the same publisher as the original Oz books. The book is printed on heavy paper stock and is about 1 3/8 inches thick. Pictorial endpages in black and white. Inscription by previous owner on half title page. The letter K on page 193, line 4, is perfect. Later copies have the top serif of that letter missing. 11 of the 12 full color inserts are present. Some have some water damage to the outside 1/4 inch. Plates are printed on paper coated only on the printed side. Indicators listed identify this as a first printing of this title. (Greene, Hanff) Price has been adjusted for the missing illustration and the light water damage on the edge. Seller Inventory # 271504
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The Lost King of Oz
Published by
The Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago, 1928
Used
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good -. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [ca. 1928]. Reprint. Large octavo. 280 pp. 12 full color illustrations glossy on both sides; numerous black and white in-text illustrations. Blue cloth stamped in black with illustrated pastedown to front. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with bumping, brief exposure, and some fraying. Signs of repair to spine with mended split to along along rear joint and a signs of mending to hinges; else holding soundly. Patch of loss to upper front corner of front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. Very Good minus. Nineteenth volume in the Oz book series, featuring Mombi, the former Wicked Witch of the North, and her search to find Pastoria, former king of Oz. Dorothy and Kabumpo also feature prominently. [Bienvenue p. 107]. Seller Inventory # 27031
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The Lost King of Oz
Published by
The Reilly & Lee Co., 1925
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Neill, John R. (illustrator). The Reilly & Lee Co., 1925. In scarce dust jacket; edition with black & white cuts rather than color plates; dust jacket rubbed/very lightly soiled, 0.5" tear and several other smaller tears along top edge of dust jacket, 1" and 0.5" tears and several other smaller tears along bottom edge, dust jacket corners/spine ends rubbed/chipped, 1" tear at upper spine end, previous bookseller's sticker on rear leaf; cover faintly rubbed/soiled, upper corners lightly bumped, spine ends bumped/faintly rubbed; edges lightly age- toned/foxed/soiled; endpapers lightly unevenly age-toned, previous owner's signature on ffep and endpaper, 0.75" tear at bottom edge of ffep, incription by previous owner on rear pastedown, rfep lightly soiled; binding tight; dust jacket, cover, edges, and interior intact and clean, except as noted. hardcover. Good/Good. Illus. by Neill, John R. Seller Inventory # 617404
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The Lost King of Oz
Published by
Reilly and Lee, Chicago, IL, 1925
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing, 1925. This issue has the point of an unbroken "k" on page 193 and color plates coated on a single side. Tightly bound in blue cloth with the Neill color-illustrated paper label on the cover. Moderate shelf and edge wear and light rubbing, remains Very Good. The color plates are unmarked. The contents show some smudging and spotting at the margins and one pale red mark on the fore edge. No dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 148632
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The Lost King of Oz
Published by
The Reilly and Lee Co., Chicago, IL, 1925
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, Second Impression, with an imperfect "K" on page 193. Bound in blue cloth with bright color illustrated paper label on the front. Light rubbing to the covers. The contents include 12 fine color plates. The pages show some minor smudges and a previous owner's name and address on the "This Book Belongs To." page. No dust jacket. A very nice copy. Seller Inventory # 148006
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The Lost King Of Oz
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Chicago: Reilly And Lee (First Issued In 1925, This Edition 1939), 1939
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ. Color Cover Illustration, And Illustrated Throughout In Black And White By John R Neill (illustrator). 5th or later Edition. 280 Pp. 1939 Issue, Dark Blue-Green Cloth, Color Paste-On Illustration, Decorated Endpapers [Usually Blank After 1934 But Illustrations Present Here], B/W Illustrations With No Color Plates, No "Popular Edition" Statement, Dj Same As Earlier Ones But Titles Through Ozoplaning (1939) On Rear Flap. Spine With Publisher's Name In Script But Dj Has Name In Semi-Bold Type. See Bienvenue P. 107. Would Be Very Good + Or Near Fine Book, But Hinges Cracked Through At Endpapers And With Small Tape Reinforcements; No Fading, Bright And Clean, Slight Rubbing , Single Pinpoint Fray At Lower Front Tip, Previous Owner's Information On Ownership Page. In Lightly Worndj, Not Price-Clipped [$1.50], Small Tears And Minute Losses At Corners. Seller Inventory # 031121
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The Lost King of OZ With 12 splendid color plates and numerous black and white illustrations.
Published by
The Reilly & Lee Co., 1925
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Handsomely bound in finely woven dark blue cloth with paste-down illustration of the Lost King and his friends on the front boards. Bright black lettering on the spine. Name and address in ink on the "This Book Belongs To" Page. Slight repair to the rear hinge. All 12 color plates present in this delighful Plumly Thompson romp through Jolly Kimbaloo. In much better shape than the average Plumly OZ volumes. An avid reader of Baum's books and a lifelong children's writer, Thompson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While in high school she sold her first fairy tale to St. Nicholas Magazine to which she continued contributing, along with The Smart Set.[1] In 1914 she took a job with the Philadelphia Public Ledger, writing a weekly children's column for the newspaper.[2] She had already published her first children's book, The Perhappsy Chaps, and her second, The Princess of Cozytown, was pending publication when William Lee, vice president of Baum's publisher Reilly & Lee, solicited Thompson to continue the Oz series. (Rumors among fans that Thompson was Baum's niece were untrue.)[3]Her first Oz book, 1921's The Royal Book of Oz, concerned the Scarecrow's discovery that he was once the Emperor of the Silver Isles. To smooth the transition between Baum's books and Thompson's, Reilly & Lee published the book under Baum's name and claimed that the book was written from Baum's notes, although this has been disproven.[4] Between 1921 and 1939, Thompson wrote one Oz book a year. (Since Thompson was the primary supporter of her widowed mother and disabled sister, the annual income from the Oz books was important for her financial circumstances.)[5]Thompson's contributions to the Oz series are lively and imaginative, featuring a wide range of colorful and unusual characters. She emphasized humor to a greater extent than Baum did and more specifically targeted children as her primary audience. In the 1983 Dictionary of Literary Biography, Michael Patrick Hearn wrote, "While her books may lack the philosophical and imaginative depth of Baum's best stories, Thompson's tales nevertheless consistently possess a zest, a vitality noticeably wanting in Baum's more somber interludes in his Oz books."[6]. llustrator John R. Neill wrote her on completing the illustrations forKabumpo in Oz, "Incidentally, I would like to tell you how much I enjoyed reading the [manuscript] and making the pictures. After illustrating about seventeen Oz books, I think it worthwhile to let you know this with my congratulations on having secured an author of such superior qualifications to continue the work of supplying the 'Oz books.' Every feature of the child appeal is handled with the greatest skill. The whimsical, the humor, the interest and the zip of the book make me think it one of the very best Oz books so far."[1]Hand First Edition with copyright 1925; early issue without any damage to the type in "back" on 193. Seller Inventory # 1505
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The Lost King of Oz
Published by
The Reilly & Lee Co, 1925
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Koster's Collectible Books, Farmingville, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: with no dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Early reprint. Hardcover; Hardcover: Bumped and worn corners. Blue cloth binding with beautiful full color illustrated plate on front board. Illustration is rubbed. Book is shelfworn on all edges. Lightly frayed spine ends. Back board is soiled and has water mark along spine edge as well as a circular cup stain. Endpapers illustrated but foxed. Inside hinges have been repaired with cloth tape. Lighly foxed page edges. 12 color plates printed on coated stock. Clear type. Will the lost king replace Ozma? Every one is in this adventure - even kabumpo. Nice tight binding.; B/w Illus; 4TO; 280 pages. Seller Inventory # 011340
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