Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Frank L. Baum Born on this Day



Baum, (Lyman) Frank (1856–1919)
[Source: www.biography.com]

Writer, born in Chittenango, New York, USA. A sickly child, he studied at home, became an actor (1870s), worked in the family oil business, then moved to South Dakota. While working as a journalist there, he wrote his first book, Father Goose: His Book, published in 1899 after he had moved to Chicago to work on a trade magazine for window decorators (1897–1902). It proved a success; but his next book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), was even more successful, and he adapted it for the musical stage in 1901. After travelling to Europe, he settled in Pasadena, CA (1902), where he turned out 13 more books in the Oz series and many other children's stories, mostly in the fantasy genre, using pen names such as Schuyler Staunton, Laura Bancroft, Captain Hugh Fitzgerald, Suzanne Metcalfe, Floyd Akens, and Edith Van Dyne. Although appreciated primarily as children's tales, the Oz books have also been read as incorporating Baum's views on American society.

Related Works
  • 1899 Father Goose: His Book
  • 1900 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


1. (L. Frank Baum) HEARN, Michael Patrick (editor).
Annotated Wizard of Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

NY Clarkson N. Potter 1973 051750086 8 Hardcover
With 44 four-color plates, 129 two-color drawings and 38 black and white illustrations by W. W. Denslow. Introduction, notes, and bibliograph y. First edition. Near fine in a very good (minor edge wear), price clipped dust jacket. ISBN: 051750086 8.
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2. (Lisbeth Zwerger) BAUM, L. Frank.
Wizard of Oz.

NY North-South Books 1996 1558586385 Hardcover
Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. Second printing. Fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. ISBN: 1558586385.
Price: 20.00 USD
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3. BAUM, L. Frank.
Emerald City of Oz.

NY HarperCollins 1993 0688115586 Hardcover Fine
Color plates and illustrations by John R. Neill. Facsimile reprint (second printing thus). Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket. ISBN: 0688115586.
Price: 20.00 USD
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4. BAUM, L. Frank.
Land of Oz: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz.

Chicago Reilly & Lee 1932 Hardcover
Black and white illustrations by John R. Neill. A reprint edition. Very good in a very good (light shelf wear, a few short closed edge tears) dust jacket.
Price: 65.00 USD
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5. BAUM, L. Frank.
Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz.

Chicago Reilly & Lee 1904 Hardcover
Black and white illustrations by John R. Neill. A reprint edition. Near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. A bright, celan, well preserved copy.
Price: 35.00 USD
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6. BAUM, L. Frank.
Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz.

Chicago Reilly & Lee 1904 Hardcover
Black and white illustrations by John R. Neill. A reprint edition. Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper, else near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket.
Price: 25.00 USD
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7. BAUM, L. Frank.
Little Wizard Stories of Oz.

NY Schocken Books 1985 0805240055 Hardcover
Introduction by Michael Patrick Hearn. 42 color plates illustrated by John R. Neill. First printing thus. Ex-library copy with typical markings, else very good in a near fine dust jacket that has no library markings. ISBN: 0805240055.
Price: 15.00 USD
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8. BAUM, L. Frank.
Lost Princess of Oz.

Chicago Reilly & Lee 1917 Hardcover
Black and white illustrations by John R. Neill. A reprint edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket.
Price: 50.00 USD
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9. BAUM, L. Frank.
Royal Book of Oz.

Chicago Reilly & Lee 1921 Hardcover
Enlarged and edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Illustrated with black and white line drawings by John R. Neill (no color plates). Near fine in green cloth with color illustration on front board. No dust jacket. A solidly bound, clean, bright, and well preserved copy.
Price: 75.00 USD
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10. BAUM, L. Frank.
Sea Fairies.

NY Books of Wonder 0929605004 Paperback
Illustrated by John R. Neill. Fifth printing thus (paperback). Near fine in illustrated wraps. ISBN: 0929605004.
Price: 10.00 USD
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11. BAUM, L. Frank.
Surprising Adventures of The Magical Monarch of Mo and His People.

Indianapolis Bobbs-Merrill Company 1903 Hardcover
Illustrated by Frank Verbeck - illustrated endpapers, 12 color plates, and line drawings throughout. 237 pages. First edition. Two inch closed tear at the top of pages 7-8, 63-66, moderate shelf wear and aging/soiling, else very good in blue cloth w ith illustrated plate on front board. No dust jacket. Binding is solid.
Price: 250.00 USD
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12. BAUM, L. Frank.
Wizard of Oz.

Chicago Reilly & Lee 1956 Hardcover
Color illustrations by W. W. Denslow. A reprint edition. Gift inscription on half-title page, else near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket.
Price: 20.00 USD

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