Thursday, March 25, 2010
WIZARD OF OZ BOOK
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
Geo.M. Hill Co, 1900
261 pages
Illustrated by W.W. Denslow
Written by L. Frank Baum
FIRST EDITIION FIRST STATE
24 COLOR PLATES
plate 34 has two dark blue blots on the moon pictured
plate 92 has red shading on the horizon pictured
SPINE HAS C outside of the O as stamped on spine thusly....GEO.M.HILL CO.
Either in color green or red stamped
PAGES OF COLOR PLATES
12/14 (Earliest plates may be those on page and then later page 14)
20, 34, 36, 44, 56, 66, 80, 92, 102, 114, 126, 138, 150, 160, 170,184,198,212
220,228,246,254
TEXTUAL POINTS
PAGE FOURTEEN...line one
"low wail on..."
PAGE 81, FOURTH LINE FROM BOTTOM
"peices" spelled wrong, later changed to pieces
PAGE 227. LINE ONE
"While Tin Woodman.."
COLOPHON AT END OF BOOK is eleven lines enclosed in a box
VERSO OF THE TITLE PAGE is either blank or rubber stamped copyright notice,,blank being the earliest
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