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1932 First Printing "The Purple Prince of Oz" by Ruth Plumly Thompson

Item Details

Title and Author/Editor The Purple Prince of Oz (Ruth Plumly Thompson; L. Frank Baum)
Genre Fantasy
Illustrator John R. Neill
Type of Illustration 200, Color illustrations tipped in facing pages 24, 224, 72, 248, 96, 256, 128, and frontispiece, 136, 168, 192
Binding Deep purple cloth with illustrated pastedown
Publisher or Printer Reilly & Lee
Publication Year 1932
Place of Publication Chicago
Edition Statement First Edition, First Printing
Additional Information Pictorial self-endpapers; color illustrations with captions as expected (Bibliographia Oziana, 98)

Condition

- scuffed and rubbed illustrated pastedown; heavily bumped corners; edge wear; hinges and spine edges threadbare; spine heavily sunned with some scuffs; some staining and scuffs to rear board; interior hinges broken; some toning to pages.
illustration facing page 136 is loose

Dimensions

7.0" W x 9.25" H x 1.5" D

Item #

ITMG069107

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