Twinkle Tales. Mr. Woodchuck. Bandit Jim Crow. Prairie-Dog Town. Prince Mud-Turtle. Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Twinkle's Enchantment. First editions 6 volumes 1906, RARE, in original color pictorial cloth in near fine condition.

Bancroft, Laura (pseud) L. Frank Baum.

Published by Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., nd,, 1906

About this Item

First editions, foolscap 8vo (6 7/8" x 5"), pp. 62+ (1)printer device + (1) blank; 62+(1)+(1) blank, (1)-26, 31-58; 61+ (3) blank; 64; 64; 71 full page color illustrations. First printings each with red card endpapers, half titles with the list of the six volumes of The Twinkle Tales on the reverse, & color titles from hand lettering with List of Chapters and "Copyright 1906." on the reverse. Original color pictorial beige cloth. (Copies of these original six titles with out the point above or in paper covered boards or with Reilly & Lee imprints are later editions in all cases). Unusually clean bright near fine color pictorial cloth with slight rubbing here & there but with no chipping, very good corners & bright colors. Prairie-Dog Town which is incomplete lacking two sheets (pp. 27-31) & ends at p. 58, thus lacking the final pages is included here because it came with the rest, but it is not a factor in the pricing of the group. The other five titles are complete & have occasional spots or stains & some minor defects. There is a torn off lower corner of 1/2" only & a crease at p. 27 of Mr. Woodchuck; a mostly marginal tear of 1" at p. 17 & a mostly marginal tear with loss slightly affecting the text of p. 20 of Sugar-Loaf Mountain; a lower margin 3/8" tear at the half-title & associated lower margin edge nicks to the following few sheets & a dog eared lower margin corner at p.15 of Twinkle's Enchantment. H9228. Seller Inventory # 9294

Bibliographic Details

Title: Twinkle Tales. Mr. Woodchuck. Bandit Jim ...

Publisher: Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., nd,

Publication Date: 1906

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition