BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Master Key. An Electrical Fairy Tale. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1901.
8vo. 12 color-printed plates by F.Y. Cory. Original olive green cloth gilt, color-printed pictorial label on upper cover (slightly leaned, a touch of wear to edges). Provenance: Carlton E. Karmon (signature, 1911).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with comma in last line on copyright page incorrectly set directly to the left of the 'N' in New York. Schiller's "binding A" with Bowen-Merrill imprint on spine. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p.196; Schiller 77.
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BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Last Egyptian. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., Inc., 1908. 8vo. 8 color-printed plates by Francis P. Whitman. Original publisher's pictorial blue cloth, color-printed pictorial label on upper cover (some very slight spotting to edges, minor wear to foot of spine, some slight rubbing, fore-edge of front board slightly bumped). Provenance: S. B. Milner (signature, January 1914). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with publisher's name appearing once and no printer's imprint on copyright page. Bienvenue & Schmidt, p. 279.
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