BAUM FRANK THE WIZARD OF OZ(ILLUSTRATED)
The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
With an Afterword by Ned Halley
Illustrated by W. W. Denslow
This is the story of Dorothy and her little dog Toto, who are carried away from Kansas by a cyclone and transported to the wonderful world of Oz. She meets three companions – the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion – and the three journey to the Emerald City of Oz to ask the Wizard of Oz to give them their hearts’ desires, which in Dorothy’s case is to return home to Kansas.
On their way to Oz and while fulfilling the tasks that the surprising Wizard asks of them they encounter witches, winged monkeys, the Deadly Desert, fighting trees and magic shoes.
This edition is evocatively illustrated with the original drawings of W. W. Denslow.
The Collector’s Library restores traditional visual and tactile pleasures to the joy of reading.
Each book is designed to appeal to the book-lover; in every case the type is re-set, illustrations, where appropriate, are selected from sources as close to the period of the book as possible, and the books are printed on high-quality paper, section-sewn and bound in real cloth. Each book has endpapers, a satin ribbon marker, head and tailbands and gilt edges. They represent the marriage of great literature to high aesthetic and craft standards, using the technology of the 21st century to produce something classic and at the same time unmistakeably modern.
Their handy size means that they can be slipped into the pocket, handbag or briefcase, and their robust manufacture makes them ideal travelling companions as well as comfortable bedside reads at very affordable prices.
‘I cannot imagine a more heavenly present; they are so beautifully produced and illustrated.’
Jilly Cooper, novelist
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Joanna Trollope, novelist
