OZOPLANING WITH THE WIZARD OF OZ; By Ruth Plumly Thompson / founded on and continuing the famous OZ stories by L. Frank Baum / Illustrated by Jno R. Neill
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1939. John R. Neill. First Edition. Cloth with colored plate. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 1/2"), publisher's brick-red pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine & head of the Wizard + full-color images of the Tin Woodman, Wizard of Oz, & Scarecrow on blue pastedown on the front cover, each raising his left arm and hand skyward; illustrated by Jno R. Neill with B&W pictorial preliminaries & half title, chapter headings, full-page plates, double-spreads, vignettes, & several tailpieces; elaborate pictorial endpapers of "Map of OZ Impassable Desert"; protected with archival clear plastic, 272 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 7 oz. Very Good. Item #10418
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of OZ (1939) by Ruth Plumly Thompson / [L. Frank Baum] was II [that is, second] in the Oz series (Bibliographpis OZiana, pp.103-104).
L. Frank Baum (1856 – 1919) was a bestselling American author famous for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote a total of 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.
"Jno" [John] R. Neill illustrated OZ books since 1904.
VERY GOOD CONDITION. Cloth is quite tight and clean with light wear. Spine has faded. Pages are lightly and unformly age-toned without marks or scirbbles. Plates and illustrations are bright without foxing. Bookplate on front pastedown & gift presentation on "This Book Belongs To" preliminary page.
Hanff, Greene, et al, Bibliographia OZiana, revised & expanded, pp.103-4.
Price: $75.00