L Frank Neill Baum, John R. / OZMA OF OZ 1st Edition 1907

Description: OZMA OF OZ Author: Baum, L. Frank [Author] Neill, John R. [Illustrator] Title: OZMA OF OZ Publication: Chicago, IL: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1907 Edition: First Edition, First State Description: Octavo, 270 pages. In Good minus condition. Tan spine with black, red, and yellow design and black lettering. Bound in publisher's light tan cloth. Boards have moderate shelving wear, a dent along the rear board, mild wear along the edges, bending wear along the fore corners, mild wear along the spine, and moderate wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has soiling on some pages, bending wear along the head fore corners of pages 179-182, a gift inscription on the front end-page dated 1907, an ink signature from a previous owner on the half-title page, a small tear on the front end-page, a "McDowell" bookplate adhesively attached to the front pastedown, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved []. NOTES Greene/Hanff "Bibliographia Oziana Revised and Expanded" page 50. This first edition first state version of "Ozma of Oz" is notable for it's particular printing of the publisher's name along the spine tail as "The Reilly & Britton Co.", the presence of "O" in "Ozma" on the "Author's Note" on page 11, the advertisement page in the rear offering "The Land of Oz" and "John Dough and the Cherub", inserted pictoral end-papers, and use of color text illustrations rather than inserted color plates. L. Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856 in Chittenango, NY the seventh of nine children, and one of only 5 who survived into adulthood. In love from an early age with writing, printing, and theatrics, Baum would use a cheap printing press his father had gifted him to publish two amateur journals and an 11-page pamphlet by age 17. In 1886, Baum published his first novel "The Book of Hamburgs" about the Hamburg chicken which he had been raising for nearly a decade at that point. Baum would perform in several plays throughout his life before moving to the Dakota Territory (today South Dakota) with his wife in 1888. Baum's experience in drought-ridden Dakota would help define his descriptions of Kansas in "The Wizard of Oz". in 1891 Baum would move his family to Chicago where he would meet illustrator W. W. Denslow, with whom Baum would work on "Father Goose, His Book" which saw great success and would be followed by "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in 1900. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" would be the best-selling children's book for two years and spawned thirteen sequels based on the people of the land of Oz. "Ozma of Oz" would be the third novel released within the original series. It was notable both for being the first novel in the series to take place mostly outside of Oz and for solidifying Baum's intent to write the coming novels as a series. "Ozma of Oz" would also offer a notable change in the series theming, making reaching Oz the goal rather than escaping it. It also codified Dorothy's last name as "Gale", which all subsequent stories and adaptations would use. Seller ID: 1386421 Subject: Literature Welcome to the eBay store of Second Story Books! DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have an extensive internet presence and provide accredited appraisals member ASA.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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