Both hinges secure: rear hinge area has thin split but web beneath is holding well. Black-&-white images remain bright without foxing. Pages are uniformly and lightly age-toned and quite clean without marks or scribbles though with about half a dozen little finger-like smudges in margins. Cloth is firm though covers have light-to-moderate rubbing with one tiny puncture above the word "OZ." Spine is faded to tan. He wrote a total of 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. Frank Baum (1856 - 1919) was a bestselling American author famous for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. The book has little to do with Tik-Tok-sometimes described as a "proto-type robot"-but is primarily about the Shaggy Man's efforts to rescue his brother and his conflict with the Nome King. Frank Baum, first published on June 19, 1914. Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book by L. Neill with many B&W line-drawings: pictorial preliminaries & half title, full-page frontispiece, chapter headings & tailpieces several full-page B&W plates (often 1 or 2 for each of the 24 chapters & double-spread pp.56-7), vignettes, 13-271, pages. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 3/8"), publisher's green cloth with black lettering on spine & full-color pictorial pastedown of Betsy Bobbin astride a mule while hugging Tik-Tok around the neck illustrated by John R. Bonus: order 2 or more titles in this series & take 10% + only $1.00 extra shipping for each book after the first!.ĭecorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time) weekends & holidays ship very next business day. As close to new as you can get! Please see our photos-they show the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Photos & description property of Gargoyle Books. NO writing/underlining/highlighting/coloring anywhere! NO creases or wear. Pages off-white, with a whisper of tanning, commensurate with age & paper quality. Softcover book is in Fine condition (our highest grade): nearly as bright & clean as when first issued! Binding straight & strong-feels never opened. published in 1914, this is a trade paperback version from 1980 of one of the "white cover" reprints first issued in the late 1950s-1960s, which retains the original cover art & internal illustrations in pen-and-ink throughout the 272 pages. From a single little girl's collection from long ago, this is the book in the original Oz series written by Baum & illustrated by John Neill.
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