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L. Frank Baum, 1900
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The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, 1900
BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900.
Excellent copy of the first edition, first issue, in the second state binding with unserifed publisher's imprint in red on the spine. Lyman Frank Baum began writing 25 years before The Wizard of Oz was published, when he founded a newspaper in Bradford, Pennsylvania. After leaving the paper, "he went on to manage opera houses, act in the theater, and establish a magazine for window dressers," but the success of The Wizard of Oz "kept him writing Oz books for the rest of his life: and even beyond his life, for after he died in 1919 others were commissioned to write more books about the Wizard" (Hungiville). Along with his writing, Baum dabbled in related creative enterprises, such as a never-realized Oz amusement park on Pedloe Island off the coast of California, which he had purchased for this purpose; and a film company, founded in 1914, which produced the first two Oz film versions (the 1939 landmark film adaptation starring Judy Garland was actually the third cinematic portrayal of Oz). See Maurice Hungiville, The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was (1984).
Quarto. 24 color plates including the pictorial title, and color illustrations throughout, all by W.W. Denslow (some very occasional fingersoiling). Original pictorial green cloth, blocked in green and red, pictorial paste-downs (spine and cloth edges toned, some freckling to cloth, hinges weak); custom clamshell case.
L. Frank Baum, 1900
BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900.
Excellent copy of the first edition, first issue, in the second state binding with unserifed publisher's imprint in red on the spine. Lyman Frank Baum began writing 25 years before The Wizard of Oz was published, when he founded a newspaper in Bradford, Pennsylvania. After leaving the paper, "he went on to manage opera houses, act in the theater, and establish a magazine for window dressers," but the success of The Wizard of Oz "kept him writing Oz books for the rest of his life: and even beyond his life, for after he died in 1919 others were commissioned to write more books about the Wizard" (Hungiville). Along with his writing, Baum dabbled in related creative enterprises, such as a never-realized Oz amusement park on Pedloe Island off the coast of California, which he had purchased for this purpose; and a film company, founded in 1914, which produced the first two Oz film versions (the 1939 landmark film adaptation starring Judy Garland was actually the third cinematic portrayal of Oz). See Maurice Hungiville, The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was (1984).
Quarto. 24 color plates including the pictorial title, and color illustrations throughout, all by W.W. Denslow (some very occasional fingersoiling). Original pictorial green cloth, blocked in green and red, pictorial paste-downs (spine and cloth edges toned, some freckling to cloth, hinges weak); custom clamshell case.
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