Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz

Thompson, Ruth Plumly; O'Neill, John R. (Illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0929605578 / ISBN 13: 9780929605579

Published by Books of Wonder, New York, New York, 1939

About this Item

The 33rd book in the Oz series & the final one written by Ruth Plumly Thompson, who brilliantly carried on the tradition of the original 14 stories by L. Frank Baum, with the lovely illustrations of artist John R Neill throughout the book's 272 pages. Orig. published in 1939 (to coincide with the release of the movie that same year), this is a modern reprint (after the early 1970s per ISBN) by Books of Wonder, in softcover format, but retaining the original text & artwork. An Ex-Lib copy (with the usual stamps & markings), condition is nonetheless VG: pages white & unmarked, binding strong & straight, exterior colors bright. Spine call number removed, but bar code remains on rear, trapped under library clear plastic topcoat applied to book, which is split in places (looks fine, feels uneven in places). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz
• Publisher: Books of Wonder, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 1939
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0929605578
• ISBN 13: 9780929605579
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: O'Neill, John R.
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Oziana
  • Children-Young Adult (YA)::Collectible Series
  • Children-Young Adult (YA)::Illustrated & Pictur...

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Synopsis

The Wizard, Dorothy, and the Cowardly Lion find their trip to Red Top Mountain full of unexpected complications

About the Author

Ruth Plumly Thompson wrote twenty-one volumes in the famous Oz series. She introduced such beloved characters as Jinnicky the Red Jinn, Sir Hokus, Speedy, Terrybubble, and best-loved of all, Kabumpo, the elegant elephant. Thompson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 27, 1891. She had two sisters, Dorothy and Janet, and one brother, Richard. When Thompson was two years old her father became night editor of The New York Times and the family moved to Brooklyn, New York. Her father died suddenly in 1895 and Thompson's mother returned to Philadelphia with the four young children. In 1914 Thompson began writing an elaborate children's page for the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The weekly page contained poems, stories, fables, helpful columns about pets, dolls, toys, and much more. Her first book, THE PERHAPPSEY CHAPS (1918) was a collection of fairy poems from the Public Ledger, and a similar volume of fairy tales, THE PRINCESS OF COZYTOWN, was published in 1922. In 1920 Thompson was contracted by the Reilly and Lee Company to continue the Oz series after L. Frank Baum's death in 1919. Her first Oz book, THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ (1921), was credited to Baum with the additional byline "Enlarged and edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson." But the book was solely the work of Thompson. In 1921, she gave up her job at the Public Ledger and devoted herself to writing an Oz book each year until 1939. Reilly and Lee also published an omnibus volume of Thompson's Ledger material called THE WONDER BOOK (1929). From the mid-1930s to mid-1940s Thompson worked as editor of the David McKay Company's King Comics, providing an editorial page and short story for almost every issue. She wrote editorials for Ace Comics and Magic Comics, too. David McKay also published Thompson's KING KOJO (1936), originally serialized in the pages of King Comics. In the 1940s and '50s Thompson sold many stories to Jack and Jill magazine and she wrote Jack and Jill's "Perky Puppet" page until Decem