Mother Goose in Prose by L. Frank Baum with pictures by Maxfield Parrish (1901) hardcover book

L. Frank Baum with pictures by Maxfield Parrish - Mother Goose in Prose

New York: Bounty Books, 1901 (1901 is the original copyright date for the L. Frank Baum text but this edition is clearly much later...I would guess from the 60s or 70s). Hardcover. 8bo. Brown boards with gold lettering. 265pp, ISBN 0-517-519046. Circular areas of damage to the upper and lower edges of the front board and corresponding areas on the front paste-down and front endpapers. Previous owner bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Pencil annotations to the upper edge of the front endpaper, Toninbg to the upper edge of the front pastedown and front endpaper. Previous owner gift inscription to the upper edge of the front endpaper. Fair condition. Minor separation of the text-block from the spine. Creasing, toning, scratching, smudging, and discoloration to the outer/inner boards, endpapers, pages of the text, and the text-block edge. The dust jacket is not priced and is in fair condition. Light sun-fading to the spine. Edge-wear to the perimeter of the dust jacket. Creasing, toning, scratching, smudging, and discoloration to all faces of the dust jacket. Some chipping to the upper/lower dust jacket spine. Some wear and chipping to corners and hinges. The dust jacket appears to have been laminated by the previous owner. Some staining to the front/rear covers of the dust jacket.


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