BAUM, L. FRANK Mother Goose in Prose. Frontispiece, pictorial title-page and 11 plates by Maxfield Parrish (2) plates with very faint

childish scrawl). 4to, original pictorial cloth, a few spots and scratches, backstrip a little darkened with a few minor repairs at ends; recased, several marginal repairs, owner's presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Chicago: Way and Williams, (1897) FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with gatherings of 8 leaves, except for the final two (which are gathered in 4 leaves and 2 leaves respectively), and the terminal leaf concluding on page [268]. Swann/Schiller 4; The Baum Bugle, Spring 1966, page 14.