The Purple Prince of Oz

The 12th book in the Oz series written by Ruth Plumly Thompson, "founded on & continuing" the tradition of the original 14 stories by L. Frank Baum, maintaining the lovely illustrations of artist John R Neill throughout the book's 281 pages; decorative endpapers by same. Orig. published in 1932, this is a slightly later (post-1935) Reilly & Lee reprint, with NO color plates. Dark blue cloth-covered boards stamped with black lettering (publisher's name in fancy, not plain, script at heel) & design to spine & a vividly colored paper pastedown to front. Condition is VG+: exceptionally clean & bright, pages creamy white & unmarked save for a couple of stamps bearing former owner's name to front & rear endpapers, erased name in pencil in "this book belongs to" box in front. Both hinges cracked, text block secure. Alas, the original DJ is long gone, but this remains a handsome copy! 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.…