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First Edition in Original First State Dust Jacket

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First Edition in Original First State Dust Jacket
The Wishing Horse of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illustrated by John R. Neill. Reilly & Lee 1935 1st edition, in 1st state dust jacket with ads through Wishing Horse. Illustrated with 12 color plates by Neill. Original gray cloth, pictorial cover label, color pictorial dust jacket. First Edition. This was the last Oz book to be issued with color plates, all subsequent printings have no plates. The jacket is the first state, with 28 titles listed on rear flap ending in Wishing Horse. Endpapers are blank. Bienvenue & Schmidt p. 117. Very good in very good jacket. Near fine but for cracked hinges, still clean and tight internally. Price clipped Jacket has stains on spine but otherwise nice.