Description
Here is one of the most desirable of L. Frank Baum’s non-Oz books, The Sea Fairies. This printing published by Reilly & Lee has a beautiful cover and full color frontispiece by John R. Neill (personally I think it’s much prettier than the cover of the earlier printings). According to the Collector’s Guide to L. Frank Baum, this printing (with the boldface Reilly & Lee on the spine) is from ca. 1927 to the mid 1930s.
Book is in near very good condition overall, with light wear to cover pastedown, moderate wear to spine edges, clean back cover. Inside, the hinges are intact and tight, though there is age browning to the endpapers and former owner’s name and address (+ “Fairy”) in pencil. Small original bookstore seal on rear endpaper. The Book Belongs To page is filled in, and a few pages have soiling but most are quite clean. Frontispiece is beautiful. A nice copy overall.
