THE MAGIC OF OZ
Early printing of the 13th Oz book, published a month after Baum's death.
Very good.
Price: $150.00
THE MAGIC OF OZ
"An egg is the only thing I'm afraid of."
The wicked old Nome King drinks of the waters of Oblivion in this 13th Oz title first published in 1919, and the penultimate Oz book written by Baum. Infused with nostalgia for its own beginnings, full of the wistful charm that sits quietly beneath even the most boisterous and optimistic installments in the series, THE MAGIC OF OZ calls back old enemies and renders them harmlessly forgetful of themselves and their natures, with only the reader and the wise rulers of the Emerald City left to remember the mighty passions of the furious Nome King of old: "'You are all strangers. I – I'm a stranger to myself,' he said."
Read more: Bienvenue, The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum, 80.
The Object
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, [circa 1923]. 9'' x 6.5''. Original dark blue-green cloth with pictorial paste-on. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Neill with 12 color plates. No list of titles on verso of "this book belongs to" page (Bienvenue 1923 printing). 266 pages. Front hinge cracked but holding, with remains of early bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Faint rubbing to cover plate. Text block edges foxed, else clean.
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