A true gem for collectors of Oz memorabilia and vintage children's literature!
📘 Title: The Hidden Valley of Oz
✍️ Author: Rachel R. Cosgrove
🏢 Publisher: The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago
📅 Year Published: [1951]
🎨 Illustrator: Dirk Gringuis
📏 Size: 22.4 x 16.5 cm (9 x 6½")
📦 Pages: 313
📕 Binding: Blue cloth with pictorial cover label
🧥 Dust Jacket: Color pictorial jacket with $2.50 price on front flap; rear flap lists titles through Hidden Valley of Oz (per Bienvenue & Schmidt p. 137)
🌟 SIGNED by the author on the half-title page:
"To an Oz enthusiast— / Rachel Cosgrove"
 
Condition:
Dust jacket shows light sunning along spine, a bit of chipping to the fold and spine tips
Light soiling to the lower spine and lower jacket back cover.
Light discoloration to cloth; gentle wear at corners and spine tips
Some toning to endpapers, foxing to outer page edges.
Overall: Very Good
Book remains structurally sound and pages clean and legible
 
This is a coveted First Edition of the 39th title in the Oz series, beautifully illustrated and signed by Cosgrove herself. A wonderful piece for serious collectors and fans of L. Frank Baum’s magical universe.