THE MASTER KEY : AN ELECTRICAL FAIRY TALE FOUNDED UPON THE MYSTERIES OF ELECTRICITY AND THE OPTIMISM OF ITS DEVOTEES. IT WAS WRITTEN FOR BOYS, BUT OTHERS MAY READ IT

Author: Baum, L. Frank
Title: THE MASTER KEY : AN ELECTRICAL FAIRY TALE FOUNDED UPON THE MYSTERIES OF ELECTRICITY AND THE OPTIMISM OF ITS DEVOTEES. IT WAS WRITTEN FOR BOYS, BUT OTHERS MAY READ IT
Publication: Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1901
Edition: First Printing, Binding A.

Description: F.Y. Cory. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.1 in. x 5.6 in., pp. 245. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis, eleven additional full-color prints, and many black and white ink drawings. All first printing points present: Olive-green cloth; front paper label illustrated in color; lettering and borders stamped in gold; spine imprint reads "BOWEN MERRILL"; and last line of the copyright page has typographical comma placement error: "BROOKLYN, N.Y." (Bienvenue 196)

Full color pastedown illustration of a boy performing experiments at a desk. Title embossed in blind to rear board. Gilt title and large shimmering star graphic to spine, also in gilt. Light rubbing to extremities. Rubbing to bottom corners. Unmarked interior. Very Good Plus.

Seller ID: 86677

Subject: Children’s Readers (Age 6-12)

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