(Illustrated & Private Press) 1 Vol. Baum, L. Frank. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1902. First edition, first state. Large 8vo, original color pictorial brick red cloth; corners a little bumped. Illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark. With color pictorial endpapers, 20 plates (including pictorial title). Ocassional minor internal dust smudging, but a tight, bright, generally internally clean copy in custom red morocco gilt slip case with black morocco corner and end inlays, and cloth chemise. Early owner's Christmas, 1902 presentation on front free end paper.
Signed by L. Frank Baum at head of title page.
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