261 pp. Illustrated by W.W. Denslow with 24 tipped-in color plates including the title, plus numerous duotone illustrations in the text; pictorial pastedowns. 8¼x6½, light green cloth pictorially stamped in green and red. First Edition, First State, Second Binding.

First state of the first edition of the first Oz book, in binding state B (Geo. M. Hill stamped on spine in red, in plain unserifed type): p.14, line 1 has "low wail on..."; p.81, fourth line from bottom has "peices"; p.[227], line 1 begins "While Tin Woodman..."; the colophon at the end of the book is set in 11 lines and is enclosed in a box; perfect type on p.100, last line, and perfect type on p.186, last line; the color plate facing p.34 has 2 dark-blue blots on the moon, and the plate facing page 92 has red shading on the horizon; the verso of the title-page is blank, with no copyright notice; the publisher's advertisement on p.[2] is enclosed in a box. Bienvenue & Schmidt p.4.