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“NO ONE CAN GO FAR ASTRAY IN THE LAND OF OZ”: FIRST EDITION OF THE SCARECROW OF OZ

BAUM, L. Frank. The Scarecrow of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1915). Octavo, original green cloth, mounted cover illustration, pictorial endpapers. 

First edition, first state, richly illustrated by John R. Neill with 12 color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations, many full-page.

Adapted from a 1914 production by Baum’s Oz Film Manufacturing Company, this volume, the ninth in the series, brings Trot and Cap’n Bill, two of Baum’s popular characters from unrelated books, into the ongoing Oz adventures. First state, with the publisher’s advertisement on the verso of the half title listing eight titles, the last of which is this one. Without extremely scarce original dust jacket. Hanff & Greene, 68-69. Eyles, 50. Contemporary gift inscriptions. Only tiny abrasions to rear board. A beautiful copy in fine condition.