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1 L. Frank Baum Between the Covers

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3 BAUM, L. Frank. The Annotated Wizard of Oz. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. (1973). First edition. Oblong quarto. Illustrations by W.W. Denslow. With an introduction, notes, and bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a faded spine, some fading on the panels near the spine. # $100 BAUM, L. Frank. The New Wizard of Oz. Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company (1903 stated, really circa 1940). Early reprint. Small quarto. Green cloth with title and illustration in black. Photos from the movie on endpapers. Hinges cracked, page edges and cloth soiled, spine ends and corners frayed, pencil on front board, stamp on preliminary page, thus good only. # $50 BAUM, L. Frank. Classics Illustrated Junior: The Wizard of Oz: February 1957, Number 535. New York: Famous Authors, LTD First edition. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Puzzle solved inside front wrapper, two inch piece torn off on page 23 on the top edge effecting the text, thus very good minus. # $10 MORRAH, Dave. Der Wizard in Ozzen- land. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company First edition. Text in German. Illustrated by Dave Morrah. Spine ends and corners worn and bumped, title on spine lightly faded, else very good. # $35

4 BAUM, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. London: J.M. Dent Uncorrected proof. Illustrated by Biro. Fine in printed wrappers, and near fine proof dustwrapper. The first edition with these illustrations. # $200 Wizard of Oz: Giant Pop-Up Book. (New York: Modern Promotions/Publishers 1983). Pop-up edition. All pop-ups working. Without dustwrapper as issued. Near fine edgewear to spine. Honey Bear Giant Pop-Up Book. # $25 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Adventures in Oz, pop up book, treasury collection. [Allan Publishing / Ottenheimer Publishers 1991]. Reprint. Pictorial boards. [6pp.] Fine. Treasury Collection series. # $10 BAUM, L. Frank. The Master Key. Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill (1901). First edition. Contemporary gift inscription, moderate rubbing and wear to the corners and base of the spine. Spine lettering is bright, a very good copy of this book which describes itself as "An Electrical Fairy Tale." # $400 $280

5 BAUM, L. Frank. The Master Key. New York: Books of Wonder Limited edition. Copy number 161 out of 350 copies. Signed by the artist, Nick Bruel. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $100 BAUM, L. Frank. The Surprising Adven- tures of The Magical Monarch of Mo and His People. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company (Braunworth) (1903). First Edition. Second state with incomplete "D" in the word "Wizard" on page 121. Blue cloth with illustrated paper label laid on front board. 237pp. Illustrated by Frank Verbeck. Illustrated endpapers. Twelve color plates. Lacking the front fly, hinges taped, crayon markings on illustrations, page edges chipped, page 23 torn and taped, spine rebound in cloth, soiled and edges worn, thus fair only. # $45 BAUM, L. Frank. The Enchanted Island of Yew. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill (1903). First edition. Neat gift inscription, one plate seamlessly reattached, else a nice, near fine copy. # $700 $490 BAUM, L. Frank. The Enchanted Island of Yew: Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company (1903). First edition. Later state. Gray pictorial cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory. Owner's gift inscription on front fly, owner's name stamped on preliminary pages, small bookstore sticker neatly applied to rear pastedown, spine ends and corners worn, thus good only. # $100

6 BAUM, L. Frank. The Enchanted Island of Yew. New York: Books of Wonder Limited edition. Number 177 out of 350. Signed by the artist, George O'Connor. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $100 BAUM, L. Frank. Queen Zixi of Ix. New York: Century First edition, second state (illustrations between pages and printed in turquoise). Illustrated by Frederick Richardson. Small quarto. Green pictorial cloth. 303pp. One text page reinserted with very slight fraying at the edge, slight wear at the spine ends, front hinge appears to have slight repair, a nice and clean, very good or better copy. # $400 BAUM, L. Frank. Queen Zixi of Ix, or the Story of the Magic Cloak. New York: Dover Publications (1971). Unabridged reprint of the original 1905 edition. Trade paperback. Corners flared, edges lightly worn, else very good. # $10

7 (BAUM, L. Frank). Prof. T.E. Woggle- bug. [Broadside]: Map of the Marvelous Land of Oz. [1920]. One leaf folded. 13" x 9". Folded in the middle and very nearly split at the fold, else good. One side is a map of Oz, the other is the Flag of Oz, both in color. According to Hanff, Greene Bibliographia Oziana p.66, the Map of Oz first appeared in Tik-Tok of Oz (1914), and was reprinted separately in 1920 to be given away with the Oz books published that year. Scarce. # $300 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly (and L. Frank Baum). The Lost King of Oz. Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co. (1925). Early reprint. Blue cloth with applied illustration. Illustrated by John R. Neill. A little foxing to the endpapers, else fine in price-clipped, good dustwrapper with shallow chipping at the crown, and a stain on the spine, and with titles listed to # $275 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Pirates in Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee Early reprint. Very good with light rubbing to the extremities, green cloth with color illustration tipped to front board, lacking the dustwrapper. With black and white internal illustrations (no color plates). # $40 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Jack Pump- kinhead of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee Later printing (c. 1935). Fine in a very good or better dustwrapper with small chips on the front panel and at the crown. # $250 $175

8 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. The Hungry Tiger of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1935). Later printing (c. 1935). Fine in a fine, bright dustwrapper with the slightest of wear at the crown. # $200 $140 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Kabumpo in Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1935). Later printing (c.1935). Slight paper remnant from the jacket adhered to the foot of the spine, else fine in a bright, near fine dustwrapper with a corresponding shallow chip at the foot of the spine. # $250 $175 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Kabumpo in Oz. New York: Books of Wonder First edition of this reissue. Illustrations by John R. Neill. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $60 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Grampa in Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1935). Later printing (c. 1935). Fine in fine bright dustwrapper with minimal wear. # $250 $175

9 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. The Yellow Knight of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1935). Later printing (c. 1935). Fine in a bright, near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks at the crown. # $350 $245 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Speedy in Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1938). Later printing (c. 1938). Slight foxing to the endpapers else fine in a bright, about fine dustwrapper with a little foxing on the spine. # $300 $210 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly (and L. Frank Baum). The Silver Princess in Oz. Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co. (1938). First edition, first state, in a second state dustwrapper. Turquoise cloth (one of several variants, with no established priority). Illustrated by John R. Neill. A little foxing in the gutters, and a small paper remnant adhered to the front board from the inside of the jacket, else a bright and attractive, near fine copy in a nice, near fine dustwrapper (with $1.50 price intact). Hanff and Greene pg # $600

10 BAUM, L. Frank. The Land of Oz: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee Later printing, with dozens of full-page and intext illustrations by John R. Neill. Near fine in very good plus dustwrapper with some loss at the crown. # $250 $175 BAUM, L. Frank. The Road to Oz. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company Junior, abridged edition. 16mo. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Very good with owner's name on title page, sticker offsetting on front pastedown, and rubbing to the boards. # $25 BAUM, L. Frank. The Road To Oz. New York: Books of Wonder/Morrow (1991). First printing of this republication. Illustrations by John R. Neill. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $45 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1939). First edition, first issue. Quarto. Illustrated by Jno. R. Neill. Very small spots of sunning at the spine ends, else fine in an attractive, very good plus first state dustwrapper with slight chipping at the crown, and some faint fading on the spine. After L. Frank Baum's death the Oz stories were continued by license from the Baum family. Because they were reprinted so many times, determining the first edition of these titles requires either a team of Talmudically trained bibliomaniacs, or patience and the excellent Hanff and Greene bibliography. We employee the latter. An attractive copy, and very scarce in jacket. # $950 $665

11 BAUM. L. Frank. The Visitors From Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1960). First edition. Illustrations by Dick Martin. Near fine in a very good dustwrapper with light edgewear. # $125 NEILL, John R. The Wonder City of Oz. New York: Books of Wonder (1967). First edition of this reissue. Illustrations by John R. Neill. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $60 McCLELLAND, Doug. Down the Yellow Brick Road: The Making of The Wizard of Oz. New York: Pyramid Books (1976). First edition. Quarto wrappers. Extremities lightly worn, else near fine. # $20 GREENE, David L. and Dick Martin. The Oz Scrapbook. New York: Random House (1977). First edition. Ex-library book. Front free endpaper missing, stamps on some of the pages, else good in very good dustwrapper. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. # $20

12 BAUM, L. Frank. American Fairy Tales. New York: Dover Publications (1978). Reprint. Pictorial card covers, else fine. # $12 ELLIOTT, Osborn. The World of Oz. New York: Viking Press (1980). First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with spine and edges lightly faded. # $10 VINGE, Joan D. Return to Oz. New York: Del Rey/ Ballantine Books (1985). First edition. Mass market paperback original. Fine in wrappers. Based on the screenplay by Walter Murch and Gill Dennis # $20 McTIGUE, Bernard, edited by. American Book Collector: Volume 8, Number 5, New Series, May, New York: William Burton/The Moretus Press First edition. Stapled wrappers. Fine. Inside: James Hanley, Frank Baum, Italian Books. # $14

13 BAUM, L. Frank. Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein. : Konecky & Konecky [circa 1990s]. Reprint. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Fine in pictorial glossy boards. # $10 ABBOTT, Donald. How The Wizard Came To Oz. New York: Emerald City Press (1991). Second printing. Illustrated by Donald Abbott. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $40 SPRAGUE, Gilbert M. The Nome King's Shadow in Oz. New York: Emerald City Press First edition. Illustrated by Donald Abbott. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Number 172 of 350 copies numbered and Signed by Gilbert M. Sprague and Donald Abbott. # $100

14 BAUM, Roger S. The Silly OZbuls of Oz, The Silly OZbul of Oz and Toto, The Silly OZbul of Oz and the Magic Merry-GoRound (three volumes). California: Yellow Brick Road Publishers, Inc. (1992). First edition. Three volumes, a trilogy illustrated by Lisa Mertins. First book in the set from the third printing, the second book in the set from the second printing, the third book from the first printing. All three volumes fine in fine dustwrappers and stored in their original, collective slipcase. All three volumes Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. # $40 RUSHDIE, Salman. The Wizard of Oz. (London): BFI Publishing (1992). First edition. Wrappers. Illustrated. Slight indentations on the rear wrapper else near fine. BFI Film Classics Series. # $15 CARPENTER, Angelica Shirley and Jean SHIRLEY. L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Company (1992). Second printing. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $28 MEYERSON, Harold and Ernie Harburg. Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz? Yip Harburg, Lyricist. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press (1993). First edition. With assistance from Arthur Perlman. Fine in fine, glossy dustwrapper. # $25

15 BAUM, L. Frank. Dot and Tot of Merry- land. New York: Emerald City Press First edition of this reissue. Illustrated by Donald Abbott. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Number 281 of 350 copies numbered and Signed by Donald Abbott. # $50 BAUM, L. Frank. Little Wizard Stories of Oz. New York: Books of Wonder/Morrow (1994). First edition of this reissue. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $30 BAUM, L. Frank. The Patchwork Girl of Oz. New York: Books of Wonder/Morrow (1995). First printing of this republication. Illustrated by John R. Neill. With an afterword by Peter Glassman. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $45 MAXINE, David (editor). Oz-Story Maga- zine, Number Two. (Bloomfield): Hungry Tiger Press (1996). First edition. Signed by editor and art director. Near fine in wrappers. # $50

16 MAXINE, David (editor). Oz-Story Magazine, Number Three. (Bloomfield): Hungry Tiger Press (1996). First edition. Signed by editor and art director. Near fine in wrappers. # $50 BAUM, L. Frank. Tik-Tok of Oz. New York: William Morrow/Books of Wonder (1996). First edition of this reissue. Illustrations by John R. Neill. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $35 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. The Royal Book of Oz. New York: Books of Wonder First edition of this reissue. Illustrations by John R. Neill. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $70 BAUM, L. Frank. The Flying Girl and Her Chum. Bloomfield, New Jersey: Hungry Tiger Press (1997). First edition in this form. Illustrated by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens, foreword by Eric Shanower. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Signed by Shanower. # $50

17 BAUM, L. Frank. The Tin Woodman of Oz. New York: Books of Wonder/Morrow (1999). Facsimile reprint. Illustrations by John R. Neill. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. # $45 BAUM, L. Frank. The Magic of Oz. New York: Books of Wonder/Morrow (1999). First edition of this reissue. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Fine in a dustwrapper with a crease in the front flap fold, else fine. review copy with publisher's slip laid in. # $35 BAUM, L. Frank. The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventure of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and also the strange experiences of the Highly Magnified WoggleBug, Jack Pumpkinhead, the Animated Saw-Horse and teh Cump; the story being a Sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Konecky & Konecky [circa 1990s]. Reprint of the 1904 original. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Fine in pictorial glossy boards. # $10 American Royal Arts Corp.: Entertainment Fine Art. Boca Raton, Florida: American Royal Arts Corp. (circa 1990s). Oblong pictorial wrappers. 52pp. Catalogue of collectible cels featuring: Mickey Mouse, Dumbo, Batman, Spongebob, Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, Jerry Garcia, The Wizard of Oz, and more. # $20

18 Uncle Henry to Sam Spade! GRAPEWIN, Charley. The Bronze Bull. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House (1930). First edition. Front fly lacking, else near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Hardboiled, probably self-published novella. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page to film actor Ricardo Cortez: "To you, Don Cortez compliments of Charley Grapewin." Grapewin was a noted film actor who appeared as Dorothy's Uncle Henry in the Wizard of Oz, Grandpa in The Grapes of Wrath, Lester Jeeter in Tobacco Road, Old Father in The Good Earth, Gramp Maple in The Petrified Forest, and many other important credits. The recipient, Ricardo Cortez also appeared in many movies, and seemed to gravitate towards hardboiled mysteries. Among many other roles, he played Sam Spade in the original 1931 film of The Maltese Falcon, with Bebe Daniels. # $350 LANGLEY, Noel. Cage Me a Peacock. New York: William Morrow First American edition. Very slight erasure front fly, fine in near fine dustwrapper that is a little spine-tanned. A nice copy of this ribald novel about the fair Lucrece and the wide sexual path she cuts through the Roman legions. Langley was credited with the adaptation, and partially credited for the screenplay for The Wizard of Oz. # $125 LANGLEY, Noel. The Tale of The Land of Green Ginger. London: Arthur Barker (1937). First edition. Quarto. Illustrated by the author. Neat contemporary gift inscription, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a few small chips and tears. The author and illustrator was, among many other things, a very successful screenwriter and one of the principal writers of the screenplay for The Wizard of Oz. He was chosen on the basis of The Tale of The Land of Green Ginger. Includes a late use of the swastika in the illustrations (for obvious reasons the decorative motif, popular for several decades, fell out of favor in the English speaking world when Hitler rose to power). Very scarce, especially in jacket. Curiously, and despite the fact that the book has seldom been out of print since publication, OCLC locates but two copies of the first edition, and none in the U.S. # $4,500

19 MORLEY, Robert and Noel Langley. Edward, My Son. New York: Random House (1949). First American edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with a long tear on the rear panel and a stain on the spine. The original New York production featured co-author Morley and Peggy Ashcroft. Langley was one of the co-scriptwriters of The Wizard of Oz. # $50 $35 RYERSON, Florence and Colin Cle- ments. Angels Don't Marry and Other One-Act Plays. New York: Samuel French First edition. Ink ownership name, else near fine in soiled, and spine-tanned, near very good dustwrapper. Campbell and Ryerson were married to each other and were both screenwriters, Ryerson best known for coscripting The Wizard of Oz. # $65 RYERSON, Florence and Colin Cle- ments. Harriet. New York: Scribner's First edition. Fine in attractive, very good dustwrapper with some scuffing to the bottom of the front panel, affecting some lettering. A play in three acts, based on the life of author Harriet Beecher Stowe. The jacket portrays Helen Hayes in the title role. Both of the authors (who were married) were successful screenwriters as well, although Ryerson achieved the most success, and is perhaps best known for one of her final scripts the classic 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. # $85 $59.50 KOLBENSCHLAG, Madonna. Lost in the Land of Oz: The Search for Identity and Community in American Life. San Francisco: Harper & Row (1988). First edition. Light foxing on page edges, still fine in fine dustwrapper. "Using myth, fairy tale, and story the author explores the way in which culture, gender, relationships, and an outdated view of religion function to distort our understanding of ourselves and the society in which we live." # $10

20 (Business) WEBB, Richard and W.W. Denslow. Me and Lawson: "Humpty" Hotfoots Little Run in with Frenzied Copper, Amalgamated Gas and Scrambled Oil. New York: G.W. Dillingham Company First edition. Illustrated by W.W. Denslow. 12mo. Illustrated green cloth. Partially unopened. Small spot on front board, small tear on the edge of one leaf, near fine or better. Publisher's bookmark laid in advertising, among other things, Denslow's Night Before Christmas. Satire on business. A very attractive copy of a scarce little book. Denslow was a wonderful and wickedly funny illustrator probably best known for illustrating The Wizard of Oz. # $250 (EARLES, Harry). [Photograph]: Greetings from the Earles Midgets. An original 5" x 7" silver gelatin print. Very good with creases at the corners and small smudge near the lower right corner. A photograph of the famous Earles Midgets - Harry, Gracie, Daisy and Tiny - who were featured performers with the The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus for more than 30 years. The siblings also appeared in several Laurel & Hardy films; The Wizard of Oz, with Harry as the leader of the Lollipop Guild; and Harry and Gracie together co-starred in Tod Browing's cult classic, Freaks. # $250 KNIGHT, Kathryn Lasky. The Widow of Oz. New York: W.W. Norton & Company (1989). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. Novel of contemporary life with characters and themes that echo L. Frank Baum's children's classic. Dorothy Silver, named by her parents after the Oz heroine, is suddenly widowed at age 52 and must come to terms with her loss and her new life. # $20

21 KNIGHT, Kathryn Lasky. The Widow of Oz. New York: W.W. Norton (1989). First edition. Edges of the boards faded, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Novel of contemporary life with characters and themes that echo L. Frank Baum's children's classic. Dorothy Silver, named by her parents after the Oz heroine, is suddenly widowed at age 52 and must come to terms with her loss and her new life. # $10