Buy this book on-line Baum, L. Frank : The Wizard of OzInternational Collectors, 1978
A clean tight copy in ornamental faux leather boards. Shows light shelf and edge wear only., Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Baum, L. Frank : The Wizard of Oz. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. BAUM**, L. FRANK: : The WIZARD of OZ.**LONDON.METHUEN,1982. ISBN 0416265901.
UK,Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn. [Simultaneous issue as US,1st edn.]FINE.No
owner inscrptn,minus dw/dj.Crisp,bright, clean,glossy laminated,colour wrap-around artwork by Michael Hague,illustrated bds with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges - no bumped corners and miniscule bumping to both head+foot of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creases. Colour pictorial illustrated eps.Top edge very lightly dust-soiled,fore-edge brighter and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,ixpp+1-219pp [paginated] includes oval,colour illustrated vignette half-title,colour illus frntis,title-page,contents list, author intro,24 chapters,profuse part+full +double-page colour illustrations and colour chapter head+tail-pieces,all by Michael Hague,throughout the text and the book,an afterword by Michael Hague and lastly a note about the author.
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies,with Uncle Henry,who was a farmer,and Aunt Em,who was the farmer's wife. [First lines . . .]
This is the story of Dorothy,a little farm girl from Kansas,who is whisked away by a cyclone and dropped into the Land of Oz.With the Tin Woodman,the Scarecrow,the Cowardly Lion and her dog Toto,Dorothy makes her way along the Yellow Brick Road to the City of Emeralds to meet the wonderful Wizard of Oz.
'And oh,Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!' [. . . last words.]
Michael Hague,American artist,born Los Angeles,1948.He has established an international reputation as an illustrator of children's classics,notably the 'Wind in the Willows' (1980).
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