L. Frank Baum "The Wizard of Oz" Limited Edition 6 Vol. Matching Complete Collection, First Edition 1989

A Beautiful Heirloom Set of "The Wizard of Oz", One of the True Classics of American Literature

Easton Press 1989. L. Frank Baum "The Wizard of Oz". Six volume limited edition complete matching set. Luxuriously bound with full genuine leather. First Edition of this series by this publisher. This set is now OUT OF PRINT and scarce. Embossed cover art. Not to be confused with the later 4 volume printings.

This set consists of all the details of the original books, including the now-famous illustrations by Ernest Shepard.

The original Easton Press publications, copyright 1989. Illustrated by John R. Neill and W.W. Denslow. A leather bound set consisting of uniform multi-color leather bindings, embossed picture art on the front hardcover, featuring spectacular reproductions of the artwork and cover designs from the extremely rare First Edition.

Book dimensions: 5" x 7.5"

Six volume set in one shipment:

1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Very Fine]
2. The Marvelous Land of Oz [Very Fine]
3. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz [Very Fine]
4. The Emerald City of Oz [Very Fine- with a slight touch of rubbing to corner of gilded page edge]
5. Ozma of Oz [Very Fine]
6. The Road to Oz [Very Fine]

Features

Each volume features the classic Easton Press qualities:

 * Premium Leather
 * Silk Moire Endleaves
 * Distinctive Cover Design
 * Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold
 * Satin Ribbon Page Marker
 * Gilded Page Edges
 * Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper
 * Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability
 * Beautiful Illustrations

The Wizard of Oz

Originally published in 1900, The Wizard of Oz was the first truly American fairy tale, as Baum crafted a wonderful out of such familiar items as a cornfield scarecrow, a mechanical woodman, and a humbug wizard who used old-fashioned hokum to express that universal theme, "There's no place like home."

Follow the adventures of young Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, as their Kansas house is swept away by a cyclone and they find themselves in a strange land called Oz. Here she meets the Munchkins and joins the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City, where lives the all-powered Wizard of Oz.

L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.

Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, coming out with the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects he sought to establish a film studio in Los Angeles, California.

His works anticipated such later commonplace things as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).

List of Oz books by L. Frank Baum

* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
* The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
* Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1905, comic strip depicting 27 stories)
* Ozma of Oz (1907)
* Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908)
* The Road to Oz (1909)
* The Emerald City of Oz (1910)
* The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)
* Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913, collection of 6 short stories)
* Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)
* The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)
* Rinkitink in Oz (1916)
* The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)
* The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)
* The Magic of Oz (1919, posthumously published)
* Glinda of Oz (1920, posthumously published)