Animal A.B.C. and A Child's Visit to the Zoo

Chicago IL: Reilly and Britton Co, Christmas Stocking Series, 1905. Covers broken, some wear at extremities and a few occasional pale stains. 103 x 75 mm. 124 pages. Color plates by John R. Neill and E. S. Hardy. Original blue cloth rear cover and spine, board front cover with mounted picture. First edition, and part of the miniature Christmas Stocking Series: collections of fairy tales, each of which includes an identical introduction written by Baum. Now fairly scarce.