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[BAUM, L. FRANK. 1856-1919.]

THOMPSON, RUTH PLUMLY. 1891-1976. The Giant Horse of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, [1928]. Tall 8vo (225 x 170 mm). Illustrated with 12 color plates and numerous black and white images throughout the text by John R. Neill. Original brick cloth, pictorial upper cover, edges yellow, dust jacket. Mild toning and offset to interior, including title page, head and tail of spine bumped; jacket flaps clipped, small chips and wear to edges and head and tail of spine, spine lightly sunned, thumbsoiling.

FIRST EDITION, with "Oniberon" on the frontispiece and color illustrations coated on one side only. Hanff/Green XXII.

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