Books of Wonder Oz Set Wizard Emerald City Road Baum HC DJ UNREAD COPIES!
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TLDR: tear to rear panel of “The Emerald City of OZ dust jacket. All volumes otherwise as new. ——————- L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Emerald City of Oz. The Road to Oz. HarperCollins Publishers, Books of Wonder series. 1999–2000. Modern facsimile reprints, including the 100th Anniversary Edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill as originally issued. All three volumes are unread and essentially as new. Bindings are tight and square, pages fresh and unmarked. Dust jackets are bright and clean with sharp color and no fading. The only flaw to note is a tear to the lower rear panel of the dust jacket on The Emerald City of Oz, visible in photos; the book itself remains unaffected. Overall a handsome, well-preserved trio. Uniformly bound in publisher’s decorative cloth with bold spine designs and illustrated dust jackets reproducing the original artwork. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz features the classic Denslow color plates and the iconic 1900 title page design; The Emerald City of Oz and The Road to Oz include the lively John R. Neill illustrations throughout. These Books of Wonder editions faithfully reproduce the typography, layout, and full-page color plates of the early printings, capturing the visual richness that made the Oz series a landmark in American children’s publishing. Baum’s Oz books stand at the foundation of American fantasy, predating and influencing much of what followed in the genre. The 1900 Wizard of
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Year: 1993
- ISBN: 9780688115586
- Condition: Fine
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