The book has a blue cover that is made out of a canvas like material. On the first page there is an inscription that reads "Happy Birthday to Barbara Eileen Fender February 6, 1946". The book is in excellent condition, there is no tears or smudges on any papers, the words look as if they were printed yesterday absolutly no fading of any kind. It is still bound tightly as if it has hardly been opened. When I received the book I put it in a case and never to it out. It was copyrighted in 1944 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company and I believe it is a 4th edition. Im only guessing at this because it has 3 copyright dates and the 1944 is the last one listed. I've enclosed a picture of the cover and some of the pages. Please let me know what you think. Thanks.
Description
Category
Books and Manuscripts
Medium
canvas like cover
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
9 inches X 6 inches X 1 inch
Date Period
copyright is 1944
Weight
about 1 pound
History
This was actually given to me as a gift. I am a Wizard of Oz collector and the person thought I would like it.
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
$20.00
For Sale?
No
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Re: "The Wizard of Oz" L. Frank Baum
With books it's all about Edition & Condition, in the case of this book the original was printed in 1900. Found some for you listed here:
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Here's some history for you:
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published by the George M. Hill Company. Bobbs-Merrill became the primary publisher after Hill went bankrupt, and was the main publisher until 1956. All of the rest of the FF were originally published by the Reilly and Britton Company, which changed its name to Reilly and Lee in 1919. Under its new name, Reilly and Lee continued to publish new Oz books and reprint older titles in the series. Reilly and Lee finally published its own edition of The Wizard of Oz in 1956, when it entered the public domain. In the late 1950s, Reilly and Lee was bought by the Henry Regnery Company, and the Reilly and Lee imprint was used solely on the Oz and other children's books. It's a little unclear what happened next, but either Regnery changed its name to Contemporary Books (then another Regnery publishing company started up, which is still in business), or Contemporary Books procured the rights to the Oz books. At any rate, Contemporary, which is now a division of McGraw-Hill, had the rights for a while, but they are no longer publishing Oz books. Today, Oz books, particularly those titles in public domain, are coming out from many different publishers.
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Re: "The Wizard of Oz" L. Frank Baum
thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate it, this is my first time doing something like this and im not really sure what i am doing. so this is a first edition by bobbs-merrill? I saw on the site you sent that they are selling for 575.00, if i were to sell it what would be the best way to go about doing that? Im not sure if you would know the answers to any of my questions but any insight would be greatly appreciated. like i said im not really sure what i am doing. thanks again Jade
Re: "The Wizard of Oz" L. Frank Baum
This book is worth around $20 based on edition and condition. You can check www.RareOzBooks.com for Oz books information