The Montgomery Ward & Co. Almanac and Year Book: A Book of Practical Information for the People - 1898
Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co., 1898. Very Good. Item #11482
Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co., 1898. First Edition. Octavo. 96 pp. Front cover and nine interior black and white illustrations by Denslow. Illustrated paper wraps.
Wraps edgeworn with some chipping. Binding is sound. Pages toned and a bit brittle but unmarked. Housed in a custom-made clamshell case.
Scarce bit of advertising work done by Denslow two years before The Wizard of Oz. No copies in retail at time of this writing and scarce in auction records.
[Greene & Hearn p. 207].
Price: $125.00