the marvelous land of oz by l frank baum

Original red pictorial cloth titled in dark blue on spine panel and in blue and silver on front cover (Bienvenue's Binding B), the spine with a decorative image of General Jinjur standing atop an emerald. According to Baum bibliographer Bienvenue, there were five major printings of this title the first printing, as here, is quite scarce on the marketplace today - and in fact, scarcer than the first/first of the book's legendary predecessor, THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Aspects of this Oz book were adapted (along with OZMA OF OZ) into the 1985 cult film RETURN TO OZ. Returning characters Scarecrow and Tin Man are joined by new favorites like Jack Pumpkinhead and the Woggle Bug in a fantasy adventure with political machinations in the kingdom of Oz. First edition, first printing of the follow up to THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Silver of pictorial binding unrubbed and bright.Ĭondition: Very good plus. Hinges carefully repaired, with spine ends expertly reinforced, light rubbing to spine. Neill with numerous full- and partial-page black & white images and 16 color plates on glossy stock inserted throughout the text block (plate typically facing page 10 is here tipped in facing page 128). Photo-pictorial endpapers of Montgomery and Stone. Original red pictorial cloth titled in dark blue outlined in silver (binding B). The match proved so seamless that Neill would go on to illustrate every Oz book by Baum from that point onwards, as well as the sequels by Ruth Plumly Thompson, and he even wrote a few Oz books himself. Publisher Reilly & Britton approached Neill, then only 26, for the project. Denslow, the illustrator of the first Oz book, Baum's sequel was in need of a new collaborator. Baum hadn't initially intended that the world he created in Oz would become the setting for an entire series, but the success of the first title - and especially its launch into fame with the theatrical adaptation - convinced Baum to create the 'sequel.' The choice of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow as the leads was indeed informed by the success of the Wizard of Oz play: the comedic actors Montgomery and Stone, who played those two characters in the theatre adaptation, were considered key to its success. The second Oz books makes two supporting characters from the WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ into the main characters: the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. Neill - who would define the iconography for the series as a team with Baum. First edition, second printing of the second Oz book, and the first illustrated by J.R.

The marvelous land of oz by l frank baum