BAUM, L[yman] Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: Reilly & Britton [1910]. 8vo, 296pp. Navy cloth with spine pictorially stamped in black and silver and color pictorial label affixed to the front. Two-color pictorial endpapers; 16 color plates with metallic green ink. Spine ends rubbed, corners less so, some creasing to cloth at head of spine effecting a few letters in the title, light scratching to front label, sheets a tad aged, else a clean bright copy. This is a Baum Family copy, having the signatures of Frank Joslyn Baum (Frank Jr.) and his son, Joslyn Stanton Baum!

 

First edition. When Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry need a new home, Dorothy comes up with the perfect answer -- The Emerald City of Oz. But while Dorothy and her family are being welcomed to Oz, the wicked Nome King is busily plotting to conquer Oz and have his dastardly revenge on Princess Ozma and Dorothy. One of the finest Baum family copies we have seen!