First and only edition of this rare alphabet book, published the same year as Baum's breakout WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ.
Very good plus.
Price: $2,750.00
Early in 1900, Baum and Denslow's illustrated book of rhymes, FATHER GOOSE, became a surprise breakout hit as the best-selling picture book of the year. Its success paved the way for four more books by Baum the same year, including the NAVY ALPHABET and THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. The luscious color plates of the NAVY ALPHABET, and indeed, the entire conceit of the work, was meant to piggyback on the success of Baum's book before Baum's meteoric rise as the creator of Oz. Very scarce in this condition.
Read more: The Annotated Wizard of Oz, edited by Hearn; Bienvenue, The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum, 182.
Chicago: George M. Hill Company, 1900. 12.25'' x 10''. Original quarter red cloth, paper pictorial boards. Leaves printed on rectos only, each with a large color-printed illustration by Harry Kennedy below alphabetical text in verse lettered by Charles Costello. Slight cover soil, edges rubbed a bit as usual, front hinge and corner of front blank endpaper repaired; a bit of marginal soiling here and there, else a nice clean copy.
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