THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ [Signed]

Baum, L. Frank; Moser, Barry [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0520058224 / ISBN 13: 9780520058224

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1986

Octavo, 268 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. White and black spine with white text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has wrinkling to corners and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has previous owner's name in pen on front endpaper. Signed by illustrator Moser on title page. Shelved above Case 14. 1374192. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1374192

Synopsis:

After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas

Review: For many of us, the adventures of Dorothy in Oz will forever be associated not with Judy Garland singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" but with W. W. Denslow's exceedingly odd line drawings for the original editions of Baum's Oz series. The Viennese artist Lisbeth Zwerger, however, goes a long way toward providing a new and refreshed set of images for the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the humbug wizard. These illustrations are often cockeyed, with occasional realistic details thrown in, like a crow with a corncob in its beak in the first portrait of the Scarecrow. The characters have a poignance and oddity that escaped the makers of the Oz movie.

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ [Signed]
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Barry Moser
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition Thus, First Printing.