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Lucky Bucky in Oz: Available Copies

Later printing, with all illustrations in black and white. Front binding starting. Text clean throughout. Bookplate on front pastedown. A little loss to the front cover. Dampstain around the edge of the back board, which also has some dark spots.

An early printing in light blue cloth with tipped on image. Some light soiling to spine, periphery of rear board and bottom page ends. Previous owner's name to page following ffep and light tanning to text block. Interior clean and binding solid. Black and white illustrations. 1st Printing

In tan cloth with pictorial paper label in color on front board. Circa 1940's. Browning to boards and page edges. Hinges have been repaired and are holding well. No jacket.

289pgs. Full color cover, Red cloth, spine. . illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations throughout. Spine edges and corners are frayed. Foxing to the endpapers, the text block is clean. Corner loss to the pictorial cover. A vintage copy of one of the Oze Series. The thirty-sixth in the series of Oz book. Bucky Jones is aboard a tugboat in New York Harbor when the boiler blows up. He is soon blown into the Nonestic Ocean where he meets Davy Jones, a wooden whale. The pair take an undersea route to the Emerald City, and have many adventures along the way. Size: Octavo

Front paper label shows light rubbing and soiling. Spine ends are frying; cover cloth torn along rear external hinge about 3" near the center. Spine has 4 or 5 large discoloration spots along with several smaller spots. Internal hinges remain strong and the binding is sound. "This book belongs to" filled out and later covered over with white out; the text is otherwise unmarked. Block shows scattered light soiling and creasing. ; Circa 1947 or 48. Bound with 32-page gatherings. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 289 pages

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.45

Signs of wear and consistent use.

A Lovely Copy in like Dust Jacket - Like New! This hardcover book has 289 pages including many illustrations. The copyright page shows 1969 as the published date. I have placed a fresh mylar jacket on this great book. We always ship in a sturdy box.

Brand New Book

4to full blue cloth, a continution of the Baum stories by his most famous illustrator. in 1959 the color cover label was dropped along with the illustrations for the endpapers. Fine in very good, lightly edgeworn , unclippe dj, no previous owner's marks.

This second edition, printed in 1942, continues the tradition of L. Frank Baum's Oz saga with the Baum family's blessing. The cover on this Very Good- copy is bright and clean; the endpapers are blank. The binding is loose in front and back, but complete and easily glued. Top and bottom of spine are frayed.

289pp.; HB blue w/blk.-pic.label cover; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners (label in near fine conditon); hinges cracked&loose,but clean,tight pgs. DJ rubbed w/spine sunned; in 2 pieces; 2x3"chip,tp.ft.; med.size chips&tears. "Founded on and continuing the famous Oz stories by L. Frank Baum"

Brand new, never read. Dust jacket now in new removable protective cover. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt print on spine. Many black and white illustrations by the author. Books of Wonder hard cover with dust jacket, ISBN: 9780929605173, 290 pages, illustrated by John R. Neill, the author. 8vo (9.5" x 6.25") This is the 36th Oz book, preceded by The Scalawagons of Oz, and followed by The Magical Mimics in Oz.

Black and White illustrations. Very Good-, without dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. Red cloth cover showing slight bumping at corners, spine top and tail and top edge. Half-title page is a little frayed at edge. Age discolouring on backs of FFEP and RFEP. Some foxing to edges. Looks better than it sounds but we try to be accurate.

] Hardback, later printing (b&w illustrations, no color plates), tall octavo, appx 7 x 9 1/4 inches, black titling on green cloth covers, colorful dj, 290 pages, Very Good in Good dj (dustjacket now in protective mylar). Book itself generally crisp & very clean inside and out, no names, no writing incl endpapers, but cloth rubbed/scraped a little worse than minor along top & bottom edges incl heel of spine. DJ front flap corner clipped, remains on the attractive side despite edge flaws & bit of foxing along fore-edge front panel w/ shallow chipping head of spine (clear of the title) + additional small chips & tears & a couple of longer tears taped on the unprinted side. Small bookseller's label near back flap top corner (Campbell's, Westwood Village, Los Angeles). RWR5 Children's Juvenile Literature Illustrated

Bound in red cloth with colourful paste-down image on front cover. Unsure of publication date. Copyright page states 1942 as the publication date but this book does not have all the first edition points. Large dampstain on rear cover. The bottom corner of several pages is torn out, this does not affect text. Some small tears in cloth on top and bottom of spine.

Light foxing on endpapers. Dust staining and foxing on block edges. DJ shows some surface rubbing and minor staining. 1/2" closed tear at top of front cover, crease lines on top spine edge of jacket. ; Green cloth covers without cover label or illustrated end papers. Circa 1959. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 289 pages

Birthday insc for 14 Mar 1946 on prelim. Red boards bleached around edges, spine ends turned and bumped corners. Picture eps. Spine and binding slightly adrift at top. Bep and fep are thinner paper and quite browned, prelim has also got heavy browning around edges, plus foxing spots which occur in minor amounts throughout a relatively clean copy. worst page as in second image. Possibly due to the immediately post war paper stock used rather than way it has been stored as other copies have similar comments. Covid 19 - Please see "More Information" for current shipping terms. Nb, the small piece of paper is not from the book it watermarks the image

red cloth with pictorial cover. general handling wear. very light rubbing to edges, corners. some soiling/spotting. two names written inside. interior is clean. binding is solid

1942 Edition Stated hardcover book VERY GOOD clean copy no writing in or on book, binding is starting to crack inside front cover area - though holding cover has paste down that is nice and bright in cover has bumped corners

Quarto in green cloth, with full-color (on yellow background) pictorial paper illus adhered; 289 pages, 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches. Neill, John R. Lucky Bucky in Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co., 1942. Hardcover, 318 pages, 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches. "Lucky Bucky in Oz" is a children's book by John R. Neill, a well-known illustrator of the Oz series. It tells the story of Bucky Jones, a boy who falls asleep and finds himself in the magical land of Oz, where he embarks on a series of adventures with his new friends. The book is notable for its vivid illustrations and engaging storytelling. Major scrape to bottom spine area; else overall good thus; dust jacket front panel and two flaps preserved. See photos. in poor dust-jacket Appears to be a later state (or later printing) of first edition. No color plates or illus.

1942 Edition hardcover Book VERY GOOD clean copy no writing in or on book, binding holding is cracking in inside front area of book, cover nice and clean paste down on front cover, no dustjacket issue

Early reprint without color plates. Cloth with color cover plate. Overall, a clean and attractive example of a Vintage Edition in an attractive about Very Good jacket with some chipping especially to the front and spine panels. Jacket lists to MAGICAL MIMICS. ; 9.20 X 7 X 1.40 inches; 289 pages

Very Good+++/no dust jacket. Bright and attractive hardcover copy with wonderfully bright paste on color illustration. 1942. First edition. With 16 page gathers. Moderate staining and soiling to boards and spine and very light fraying to corners. Nice copy.

289pp. Small quarto [23.5 cm] Tan cloth over boards, with an illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Black ink stamping on the backstrip, with the word "Oz" printed as a device with the "Z" in the "O". Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. Pictorial label with a small abraded area; small nick in cloth along the bottom edge of the front board; previous owner's name in pen on the "This Book Belongs To" page; rear endpaper cracked along the hinge. Contains numerous illustrations by John R. Neill. This is the thirty-sixth in the series of Oz Books. Bienvenue p.128-129. Hanff/Greene p.110.

LUCKY BUCKY IN OZ, Reilly & Lee, 1942, first edition, later printing with 32 page gatherings and blank end-papers, a tight, bright vg+ or better copy with illustrations by John R. Neill as well. From the library of science fiction "Grand Master" Hal Clements with a letter of provenance supplied if so desired.

2nd edition {6 & 1/2' x 9'} Denim blue cloth covered boards with black lettering upon spine. There is half inch split along front hinge at end pages front top of spine. The 'This book belongs to' page has been filled out in childish hand writing. Some mild foxing & dust stains textblock edges. Front panel has full-color, full page pictorial label affixed. [289 pages]

Red cloth binding with full page paper label color illustration on front cover. This illustration is bright and in good condition with a small rubbed area over the author's name. Ink name on inside front cover. B/W Illustrated end papers. Front hinge beginning to crack. Front free end paper had paperclip mark. Spine has black title, Illustration and Reilly & Lee on spine. Ink name and birthday inscription on 'The Book belongs to" page. Numerous B/W illustrations through-out text. Top and bottom of spine and corners bumped. Contents clean and sound.

Illustrated end papers. Black and white illustrations throughout. Full front cover paste-on in excellent condition. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.50) has edge wear and some chipping at spine ends. "This Book Belongs To" has previous owner's name. 1st edition/1st state with jacket containing a letter on the back flap to encourage the purchase of war bonds. Contents clean and tight. PayPal accepted.