The Tin Woodman of Oz : a faithful story of the astonishing adventure undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's daughter

Date:

[1918]

Author:

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

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH B347 T5 LOCAL

Publisher:

The Reilly & Britton Co.

Abstract:

"When the Tin Woodman and his friends set off to find his former fiancée, their many adventures include an encounter with a wicked giantess and a meeting with the tinsmith who first made the renowned tin man." -- (Source of summary not specified)

Physical Description:

287 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:

Greene & Hanff. Bibliographia Oziana (revised and expanded edition), XII

Curator Notes:

Reilly & Britton, c 1918 [early and perhaps first printing, pre-1920 when R&B became Reilly & Lee]; 'A Faithful story of the astonishing adventure undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's daughter'; missing front free-endpaper and subsequent leaf (printed bookplate, with advertising on verso), which has been supplied from a damage copy of the same vintage; color illustration pasted on front cover, spine titles and vignette printed in black on red cloth

Subjects:

Oz (Imaginary place) Juvenile fiction, Oz (Imaginary place) Fiction, Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) Fiction, Scarecrow (Fictitious character : Baum) Fiction, Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) Fiction, and Oz (Imaginary place)

Genres/Forms:

Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Juvenile works, Fantasy fiction. lcgft, Fiction. lcgft, Juvenile literature. rbgenr, and Publishers' advertisements Illinois Chicago 1918. rbgenr

Names:

Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction and Tin Woodman (Fictitious character)