The sale catalogue for the Frank L Baum and Oziana collection is now online and can be viewed at http://ny.bloomsburyauctions.com/auction/NY014
The sale will commence on September 17th with the Fred M. Meyer Collection. As Executive Secretary of The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc. for nearly forty years, Mr. Meyer amassed a wealth of first editions, manuscripts, printer's proofs, rare toys and games, and drawings by W. W. Denslow, John R. Neill and others.
The sale includes a copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
13. BAUM, L[yman] Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., [1900]. 8vo (211 x 165 mm). Illustrated by W.W. Denslow. 24 color plates tipped in. Publisher's green cloth, covers and spine stamped and lettered in red and green, pictorial endpapers, housed in a lettered clamshell case. Condition: hinges neatly repaired, covers slightly faded, some minor soiling, corners bumped, previous owner's inscription on front pastedown dated 1901. first edition, mixed state with publisher's imprint in serified type stamped in red on spine.
As is often mentioned, the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has a complex printing history. It is made up of three separately produced components: the text sheets, the color plates, and the stamped binding. The publisher ordered a major modification of the text sheets after the first printing. They repositioned many of the text illustrations and corrected typographical errors. The color plates were also slightly modified, and the binding underwent several changes. As a result, scrambled copies combining first and later states have been identified. Although Jacob Blank in his pioneering bibliography Peter Parley to Penrod (1938) described X, Y, and Z states of the first edition, there were only two printings that resulted in the mixed copies. The 1900 Hill edition of this children's classic in any state is still highly desirable.
The sale includes a copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
13. BAUM, L[yman] Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., [1900]. 8vo (211 x 165 mm). Illustrated by W.W. Denslow. 24 color plates tipped in. Publisher's green cloth, covers and spine stamped and lettered in red and green, pictorial endpapers, housed in a lettered clamshell case. Condition: hinges neatly repaired, covers slightly faded, some minor soiling, corners bumped, previous owner's inscription on front pastedown dated 1901. first edition, mixed state with publisher's imprint in serified type stamped in red on spine.
As is often mentioned, the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has a complex printing history. It is made up of three separately produced components: the text sheets, the color plates, and the stamped binding. The publisher ordered a major modification of the text sheets after the first printing. They repositioned many of the text illustrations and corrected typographical errors. The color plates were also slightly modified, and the binding underwent several changes. As a result, scrambled copies combining first and later states have been identified. Although Jacob Blank in his pioneering bibliography Peter Parley to Penrod (1938) described X, Y, and Z states of the first edition, there were only two printings that resulted in the mixed copies. The 1900 Hill edition of this children's classic in any state is still highly desirable.as well as other Oz editions including Glinda of Oz, Dorothy and the City of Oz, and The Emerald City of Oz.
Should be a cracking sale.
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