Frank Baum wrote the second book only to capitalize on the success of the stage version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
The book has had 39 official sequels published by Reilly & Lee, with the originals generally being called "The Famous Forty", 13 of the sequels being written by Baum, and 35 books illustrated by John R. Frank Baum in his novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Land of Oz is a fantasy setting created by L. Meyer.- The Good Witch of the North, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz In original publisher's binding: Green cloth over boards, with an illustration of the Cowardly Lion stamped in green and red. PZ8.B327 Wo Copy 2 First edition, 1st state. 111-113Īlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.Ģ59, p., leaves of plates : col.
LC copy 1 imperfect: title page and introduction wanting.īlanck, J. Illustrated title-page in color, illustrated end-papers. Barnes & Company printed the book for the publishers."-Lower paste-down.įirst edition, second state. "The engravings were made by the Illinois Engraving Company, the paper was supplied by the Dwight Brothers Paper Company, and Messrs. Hill Co., 1900, c1899.Īdventure and adventurers-Juvenile fiction (William Wallace), 1856-1915, ill.Ĭhicago New York : G.M. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the basis for the film The Wizard of Oz, which was released in 1939 to popular and critical acclaim.
Baum went on to write a total of 14 books in the Oz series, beginning with The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and ending with Glinda of Oz, which was published posthumously in 1920. The first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, presented here, was illustrated by Denslow. Denslow was a poster designer, illustrator, and cartoonist who had worked for a number of magazines and newspapers over the years. Baum published Mother Goose in Prose in 1897 and Father Goose: His Book in 1899, the latter in cooperation with Chicago artist William Wallace Denslow (1856-1915). He began his career as an author after his mother-in-law reportedly encouraged him to write down the nursery rhymes he had told his sons over the years. Frank Baum (1856-1919), was a financially struggling businessman and father of four children living in Chicago. The book's evocative use of the forces of nature in its plots, its invitation to children of all ages to look for the element of wonder in the world around them, and its memorable set of characters, including Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Glinda the Good Witch, had a powerful effect on the American imagination. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, is the first fantasy written by an American to enjoy an immediate success upon publication.
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