First state books are those that had the mistakes when first printed and then when corrected, still were first editions but known as second state and any other corrections after that would be known as third state.
Shapiro has been collecting L. Frank Baum books for over 35 years having bought his first book at the Long Beach Swap meet for fifty cents and that book turned out to be The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first edition/second state which then spawned his interest.
He is known as Wizardofbaum on Google and The Wizardofbaum on Youtube and has over 5,000 entries on his blog Wizardofbaum.
Shapiro can be contacted at wizofbeach@yahoo.com and will give free advice and appraisals.
MY PROVENANCE AKA MARK SHAPIRO CREDITS
Frank Baum is without question one of the greatest children writers of all times and here is his books still alive for those who wish to have a fantasy come true with history behind it..all books are in very good shape and complete,,I have over 600 FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE Baum books..come and enjoy,, 1. Front page article on the collection in ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, California,,,CIRCULATION over a MILLION....December 6, 2006 2. Eight page feature on collection in ORANGE COUNTY HOME MAGAZINE September 2004 issue...subscription 85,000 and total including sales from outside subscription is 250,000 copies of the magazine.COLORADO SPRINGS GAZZETE NEWSPAPER, Colorado, December 30, 2006 featured collection. 3. Featured collection at FREEMANS AUCTION HOUSE...Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4. Featured collection at PBA AUCTION HOUSE in San Francisco 5. Featured collection in ARIZONA REPUBLIC, January 27, 2007. Featured speaker at the Collectors Conference IV in Los Angeles (2007)on the Wizard of Oz books, etc.Regarded as worlds largest collection of L. Frank Baum books in first edition and first state. 6. Featured speaker at College of Appraisers Conference IV and also conference XV, Los Angeles, California on L. Frank Baum 7. Noted in Wikipedia Encyclopedia under Mark Shapiro, Baum Collector 8. See google.com under Mark Shapiro and his Wizard of Oz Collection for newspaper articles throughout the country. Check out WIZARDOFBAUM BLOG. 9. SYFY, FACEOFF, JANUARY 11, 2012 FEATURED ONE OF MY WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ BOOKS..COPYRIGHTED AUTHOR ON HOW TO IDENTIFY FIRST EDITION AND FIRST STATE L. FRANK BAUM BOOKS in the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MY BLOG ON GOOGLE...WIZARDOFBAUM
MY BLOG ON GOOGLE...WIZARDOFBAUM
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