The Road to Oz
by L. Frank Baum
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, United States
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BAUM, L[yman] Frank. The Road to Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (ca. 1959). 8vo, 261pp. Beige cloth with spine stamped in black. Pictorial endpapers; b&w illustrations throughout. Spine ends a tad rubbed else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light chipping at spine ends and corners, rear panel slightly soiled, price-clipped).
Ca. 1959 edition with the Roycraft dust jacket. Dorothy and Toto set off on the road to Oz with the ever-wandering Shaggy Man, only to be joined by a lost lad named Button-Bright and the beautiful young Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter. The Roycraft dust jackets were only available for a few brief years but have their devotees among Oz collectors. Bienvenue p44.
Synopsis
The fourth installment of the Oz adventures. When the Shaggy Man asks Dorothy the way to Butterfield, Kansas, she's glad to help him. But she soon finds that not only are they lost--they are in the land of OZ. Together they travel to the Emerald City, wher the Princess Ozma has the power to send them home once again.Book 5 of L. Frank Baum's immortal OZ series, in whcih Dorothy and the Shaggy Man inexplicably find themselves in Oz, where they meet Polychrome, the abandoned daughter of the Rainbow, and a host of others on their way to Ozma's lavish birthday party.
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- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049429
- Title
- The Road to Oz
- Author
- L. Frank Baum
- Illustrator
- John R. Neill
- Format/Binding
- Beige cloth with spine pictorially stamped in black
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- B&W reprint with Roycraft cover
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- ca. 1962
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Spine
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