First Edition, First Printing. With 12 full color plates, including the frontispiece. Binding A variant, near fine dark green cloth with front cover pastedown label in full color. Spine imprint of publisher "Reilly & Lee" in Black boldface (as opposed to semi-script, which demonstrates a later printing. (Bienvenue & Schmidt). Endpapers printed in black. All edges yellow stain. Interior fine, some edge toning on title page, else clean and unmarred with no foxing or offsetting. Binding is a bit tender, ever so slightly cocked, with color illustration on page 257 loose and 147 starting. Lacking the very rare dust jacket. Octavo. 280 pp. Overall, a very nice copy is this grand Oz tale.