BAUM, L. FRANK. The Emerald City of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill, including 16 color plates printed with metallic green ink. 8vo, publisher's

BAUM, L. FRANK. The Emerald City of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill, including 16 color plates printed with metallic green ink. 8vo, publisher's dark blue cloth, color pictorial paper label to front cover, label rubbed with light scratches, spine ends rubbed and fraying, rear cover badly dampstained and faded at lower right corner; one plate marginally frayed at edges, 2 others with marginal tape repairs, few short closed tears to intermittent text pages. first edition, first state with the bibliography noting that copies in blue cloth are "rarer" but no priority established. Hanff & Greene VI. Chicago, 1910