The Wizard of Oz

6C L. Frank Baum. London: Hutchinson, Books for Young People, 1947. 

Notes

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum and originally illustrated by W.W. Denslow in 1900. The narrative follows Dorothy Gale, a young Kansas farm girl who is swept away by a cyclone to the magical Land of Oz, where she must journey down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City to ask the mysterious Wizard for a way home. Accompanied by the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy faces the Wicked Witch of the West while discovering that the power she sought was within her all along.

Baum channeled his own experiences with Midwestern frontier life, theater production, and the political anxieties of the late 19th-century Gilded Age into the narrative, creating a massive cultural phenomenon. Ultimately establishing a lasting legacy that inspired the iconic 1939 MGM movie, hit Broadway musicals, and countless modern adaptations, the novel remains one of the absolute most popular, universally recognized, and highly sought-after stories. 

Description 

Bright pictorial boards with red canvas spine. Five full page colored plates and black and white illustrations. Fine condition.