Description
Interesting book by L. Frank Baum about John Dough, a very unusual gingerbread man. This is the 1906 first edition, first printing with misprint “cage” on p. 275, before it was corrected to “cave”. In binding A (REILLY & BRITTON CO on spine), with the detachable contest blank still present in the book!
The topic of the contest was “Is the Cherub a boy or a girl?” Good question. The book has many weird and wonderful drawings in vivid color by John R. Neill. Rear endpapers advertise The Twinkle Tales and The Christmas Stocking Series (with the little books packaged in a miniature bookcase), The Land of Oz and the elusive Wogglebug Book.
This book is overall in very good condition. The cover graphics are beautiful, the spine and rear cover are also in nice shape although there is light loss to cloth on edges of the boards. Inside, the front hinge is intact, the rear hinge has been glue repaired, and there is a large piece missing from the last two pages (ad page and illustrated endpaper). The other pages and color pages are in quite nice condition.
