The Wizard of Oz & who he was

Date:

©1957.

Author:

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

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH B347 W5 1957 LOCAL

Publisher:

Michigan State University Press

Abstract:

A simplified version of the story of the little girl carried by a tornado to Oz, where she is befriended by three unusual creatures.

Physical Description:

vii, [3], 208, [1] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm

Notes:

Contains reprint of the original ed. with t.p. reading: The wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. With pictures by W. W. Denslow. Chicago, G. M. Hill Co., 1900. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

1957 Michigan State University Press reprint, with introductions, of the original 1900 Geo. M. Hill edition, with a selection of the Denslow illustrations (no color)

Subjects:

Oz (Imaginary place) Juvenile fiction, Fantasy, Oz (Imaginary place) Fiction, Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) Fiction, Wizard of Oz (Fictitious character) Fiction, Scarecrow (Fictitious character : Baum) Fiction, Tin Woodman (Fictitious character) Fiction, Cowardly Lion (Fictitious character) Fiction, and Oz (Imaginary place)

Genres/Forms:

Fiction, Juvenile works, Fiction. lcgft, Dust jackets (Binding) United States Michigan 20th century. rbbin UkReU, and Price (Provenance). rbprov UkReU

Names:

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