PRESENTATION COPIES OF THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, L. FRANK BAUM, 20 PLUS COPIES SIGNED AND GIVEN TO FRIENDS

1.  On May 17, 1900 the first copy of the book came off the press; Baum assembled it by hand and presented it to his sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. The public saw the book for the first time at a book fair at the Palmer House in Chicago, July 5–20. The book's copyright was registered on August 1; full distribution followed in September.^[1

approximately 20 pre publication to the public issues were signed by baum and given to close friends,,The binding was in Green in those copies with the CO  AND THEN simply changed colors of the spine CO to red...