HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery ... From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability

Philadelphia and Reading: Peter Fritts, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking 5 plates, as noted. Contents page with tape repairs and wrinkles; occasional light edgewear to text and plates. Binding firm and decent. Fair due to the missing plates. Folio (11" x 14") in original pebbled cloth with gilt-lettering on the front cover and spine; [3-], 293 pages. With 1 (of 4) double-page and 21 (of 23) full-page lithographs, including one signed in the print by W. W. Denslow; also, with 3 steel-engraved portrait plates, a hand-colored map, and several wood-engraved text illustrations. Two of the three plates signed by Denslow are missing: "Easton Pa. In 1876. Viewed from Mt. Parnassus" and "The Lehigh University" (full-page plate). The "Quarries of Chapman Slate Company" (double-page plate) is present. Denslow is best remembered for his work in collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially his illustrations for THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ.