Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes.

Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Shipping and insurance charges are additional. Next-day or second-day air service is available upon request. We ship worldwide and all packages will be sent via UPS or Federal Express unless another carrier is requested. We do ask that if you are not satisfied with the item, you contact us by phone as quickly as possible and return the item within ten days. For first-time buyers, we prefer a credit card and we will only ship to the billing address on the card. We accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, checks and wire transfer. For some items, we can also email digital photographs.Īll of our items are guaranteed as described and are shipped on approval. If you are interested in an item from one of our catalogues or our website and would like more information before ordering it, please give us a call one of our salespeople will be happy to speak with you and answer any questions that you might have. Light rubbing to spine ends, a few small discolored spots to rear board, mounted cover illustration bright. Without extremely rare original dust jacket. First printing, with publisher 's advertisement listing six Oz books. The vivid color maps which serve as front and rear endpapers have long vexed Oz enthusiasts: the maps locate Munchkin Country in the west even though The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) placed it in the east. Baum based this, his eighth Oz novel, on that production-he dedicated it to the composer of the score-but 'was still careful to insert an introductory note advising his readers the book contained fresh material, lest they be deterred from buying it' (Eyles, 46, 50). 'Unfortunately, although it created a sensation in California, did not do well on the road' (Hearn, Annotated Wizard, lxxv). Introduced in Ozma of Oz (1907), Tik-Tok the clockwork man-sometimes considered 'literature's earliest robot' (Fricke, 10)-proved popular enough to star in his own 1913 musical extravaganza, The Tik-Tok Man of Oz. Neill with numerous in-text and full-page drawings as well as 12 color plates.

Scarce first edition of Baum’s eighth Oz book, illustrated by John R. Octavo, original blue cloth, mounted cover illustration, pictorial endpapers. “GUARANTEED FOR A THOUSAND YEARS”: TIK-TOK OF OZ, FIRST EDITIONīAUM, L.

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