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279 + [1] ad pp. Illustrated with 12 color plates and numerous black & white drawings by John R. Neill. (8vo) original tan cloth, pictorial cover label; black & white pictorial endpapers, color pictorial dust jacket. Custom orange cloth case. First Edition, First Printing.

In the scarce original dust jacket, Glinda of Oz is the last title advertised on the rear jacket flap. Advertisement on verso of half-title lists 13 titles through Glinda of Oz. Type showing no signs of breaking on page 150. Published the year after Baum's death, this was the last Oz book to be written by Baum. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p.81. In this copy, four leaves (pp. 49-56) are on paper slightly shorter than the other leaves, affecting only the lower margins between 1/8 & 7/8 inches, as bound, and certainly a consequence of the printing or binding.

In this copy, four leaves (pp. 49-56) are on paper slightly shorter than the other leaves, affecting only the lower margins between 1/8 & 7/8 inches, as bound, and certainly a consequence of the printing or binding.