Bidspirit auction | 1920 and c. 1923. Baum,

1920 and c. 1923. Baum, L. Frank and Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Two Oz Volumes: Glinda of Oz and The Cowardly Lion of Oz (in Ozma of Oz binding). Reilly & Lee. - Two vintage hardcover volumes from the Oz series published by Reilly and Lee, Chicago, featuring illustrations by John R. Neill. The first volume is Glinda of Oz (1920) by L. Frank Baum, bound in the publisher's red cloth spine with black stamped crane illustration and pictorial paper boards. The second volume is a composite or misbound copy containing the text block of The Cowardly Lion of Oz (c. 1923) by Ruth Plumly Thompson housed within the boards and spine of Ozma of Oz. The binding for this second volume features a yellow cloth spine with a black stamped image of Ozma and matching pictorial boards. The Ozma of Oz binding includes a detached or tipped-in front flyleaf with a handwritten inscription: THIS BOOK BELONGS TO Edward H Winters Christmas, 1913. from Father and Mother. Note that this date predates the 1919 Reilly and Lee imprint and the c. 1923 text block of The Cowardly Lion of Oz. The Cowardly Lion volume contains several color plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Glinda of Oz features black and white illustrations throughout, many of which have been altered with amateur hand-coloring. Both volumes are in poor condition with extensive signs of use and age. The bindings are shaken and loose with multiple detached signatures and loose pages. The cloth on the spines is frayed and splitting at the joints and ends. Board edges and corners exhibit heavy rubbing and exposure of the underlying binder's board. Internally, both books contain significant marginalia and amateur scribbling or hand-coloring over illustrations and text. Page 16 of Glinda of Oz has a large tear in the lower corner resulting in a loss of text. The color plates in the second volume show varied staining and minor edge tears. The second volume represents a mismatched combination of binding and text. Sold as is for parts or reference.