Here's a chance for you and your children to read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the form Baum originally intended. Five generations have turned to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for entertainment and enchantment. The effect Denslow achieved is a mesmerizing vision of Oz. And the second color in the pictures changes to match the region of Oz Dorothy and her companions are in: green for the Emerald City, red for the Poppy Field, and so on.ĭenslow worked closely with Baum on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Denslow's 24 stunning color plates capture the high points of Dorothy's adventures, while his 130-plus two-color illustrations surround the text, fill the margins, even have the text printed over them. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The wonderful wizard of Oz by Baum, L. This stunning edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz features color pictures on nearly every spread. Today, he is considered the father of the American fairy tale. Baum went on to write seventeen additional novels in the Oz series. Frank Baum (1856-1919) published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 and received enormous, immediate success. Denslow's original beautiful three-color pictorial binding. From the Publisher Editorial Reviews About the Author L.

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Filled with all the beautiful features that make the rare first edition so collectible, Oz lovers of all ages can now revel in: All of Baum's original text, printed in large, easy-to-read type.Īll of Denslow's original 24 color plates. Here's a beautiful facsimile of the rare first edition of the first Oz adventure ever written - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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