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Additional authors

1. Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915.
2. George M. Hill Company, publisher
3. Children's Room Collection.

Description

1. 259, [2] p., [23] leaves of plates : col. ill.; 22 cm.

Genre/Form

1. Juvenile literature – Illinois – Chicago – 1900.

Call number

1. Arents S 1604

Note

1. Blanck: Peter Parley to Penrod, 1956, p. 111-113 (1st ed.; t. p. state A)/
2. For tobacco habit of the author and the illustrator, cf. F. J. Baum and R. P. McFall, To please a child. Chicago, 1961, p. 112.
3. Copy in Arents: Imperfect: plate facing p. 184 wanting.
4. Copy in Arents: Author's presentation copy, inscribed to his mother, Cynthia Stanton Baum, June 20, 1900.

Binding (note)

1. Copy in *KH bound in publisher's pictorial green cloth boards.

Author

1. Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919.

Title

1. The wonderful Wizard of Oz/ by L. Frank Baum; with pictures by W. W. Denslow.

Imprint

1. Chicago : G. M. Hill Co., 1900.

Local note

1. Accompanied by case of related items (Arents S 1604a): 8 proofs of the illustrations ([8] leaves of plates: col. ill.; 28 cm.); maps of "Land of Oz" and surrounding countries, designed by Baum for his Tik-Tok of Oz, 1914 (2 maps on 1 sheet; 25 x 38 cm.); letter, 1894 Jan. 16, Galva, Ill., from L. Frank Baum to his mother [Cynthia Stanton Baum, Syracuse? N.Y.] ([3] p. on 2 l.; 29 cm.); letter, 1900 Apr. 8, Chicago, to his brother, Harry C. [i. e. Henry Clay] Baum, Syracuse, N.Y. ([16] p. on 4 l.; 18 cm.)
2. Accompanied by envelope of related items (Arents S 1604b): announcement, with cover title "There is something new under the sun" ([16] p.: ill.; 22 x 10 cm.) and playbill (40 x 12 cm.) for the Wizard of Oz, a musical extravaganza, produced at the Majestic Theatre, New York City, Jan. 20, 1903; catalogue, "American Wonderland: a superlative L. Frank Baum collection offered for sale by Howard S. Mott, Inc." ([5] leaves; 30 cm.); letterhead of Maud G. Baum, with col. ill. after the MGM moving picture "The Wizard of Oz," 1939 (31 x 25 cm.); "The wonderful Wizard of Oz: rare original drawings retell Dorothy's amazing adventures," detached from Life, Dec. 28, 1953 ([8] p.: chiefly col. ill.; 36 cm.); program for The Wiz, produced at the Majestic Theatre, 1974, in Playbill magazine, June 1975 (49 p.: ill.; 23 cm.); exhibition catalog, Columbia University. Libraries. L. Frank Baum, the wonderful Wizard of Oz. New York : The Libraries, [1956] (49 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.)

Binding

1. Copy in *KH bound in publisher's pictorial green cloth boards.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection

Added author

1. Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915.
2. George M. Hill Company, publisher

Research call number

1. Arents S 1604
2. Arents S 1604a
3. Arents S 1604b
4. *KH 1900 Baum 15-108