Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. First edition, first state (with ads on p. [2] enclosed in a single-rule box; verso of title-page blank; uncorrected text; perfect type in last lines of pp. 100 and 186; earliest state of plates facing pp. 34 and 92; colophon printed in 11 lines within a double-ruled box). 8vo. 259, (3) pp. Illustrated with tipped-in color title-page, 23 tipped-in color plates, and numerous in-text illustrations in various color shadings, by W.W. Denslow. Original second state green pictorial cloth, with publisher's imprint at foot of spine stamped in red unserifed type, boards stamped in green and red, boards and spine lightly soiled and rubbed; all edges stained yellow; pictorial grey-tone front paste-down and pictorial red and black pictorial rear past-down, as issued; gutter exposed between signatures in the following places, pp. 32-33, (64-65), 96-(97), 112-113, 128-129, 144-145, and at pp.161 and (177); plates facing pp. 12 and 220 slightly loose; scattered minor soiling in text edges; green ink stamp of previous owner on front fly leaf; in quarter morocco slip case and chemise. Hanff & Green I.1, binding state B (binding state A is associated with the earliest presentation copies and is excessively rare).

A rare and beautiful copy of this iconic children's book, the first in Baum's Oz series, and the source of the classic film from 1939 starring Judy Garland.