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#OZ-8 - 2 Original Color Bookplates from "The Yellow Knight of OZ" by Ruth Plumly Thompson - Matted and backed... ready to frame - $9.95 each This lot consists of 2 color prints from an early edition of "The Yellow Knight of OZ", (Reilly & Lee, 1930). The prints are (1) "The Camel slid forward into the water", and (2) "The Magic Telescope". All OZ books printed up to 1935 had some color plates. This book originally had 12 color plates, inserted facing the title page and pages 40, 69, 80, 104, 136, 148, 176, 200, 224 240 and 260 (information from "Bibliographia OZiana" by Halff, Greene et al, 1988). We have had many people, over the years, buy specific prints to reinsert in copies of their old OZ books from which one or more color prints were missing. The two that we offer here were found with a San Francisco area print dealer, who explained that they had been salvaged from a "broken" copy of the book. OZ books in such condition were not uncommon, since children's books in those days were not expensively bound, and OZ books have very frequently been "read to death"! A delightful way to decorate your childs room and offer him or her many hours of inspirational and imaginative thought. The image area of each is 5" x 7", and they have then been matted and backed, using acid-free materials, to an overall size of 11" x 14", a standard size. This means that one could easily and inexpensively frame the prints using any of the off-the-shelf frames made for that size, available at Wal-Mart, Target, or other big-box stores. The prints have also been shrink-wrapped for protection. The large label in the UR corner is on the outside of the shrink-wrap which, of course, would be removed prior to inserting in a frame. The condition of both mats and prints is FINE, with NO faults whatever!