- Bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 10152
- Book condition: 1
- Illustrator: NEILL,JOHN R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1919
Book Description
1919. 1. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MAGIC OF OZ. Chic:Reilly & Lee (1919). 8vo, dark blue- green cloth, pict. paste-on, sl. soil and corner bumped else VG+. Not 1st (no list of titles on verso of half-title), but with 12 fine color plates by JOHN R. NEILL. (Hanff/Greene XIII)
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plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
sl. : slight
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
