Description

A later edition but still maintaining much of the appeal of the original. Illustrated with numerous black and white illustrations throughout by John R. Neill. 8vo, publisher's original light blue cloth with large colouful paste-down on the upper cover, the spine lettered in navy, in the original matching printed pictorial dustjacket. 288 pp. An unusually fine copy, especially so for children's books of the period, the text clean and fresh, the binding beautifuly preserved, the rare dustjacket especially well preserved with just a touch of wear, hardly noticeable.

Edizione: early beautiful copy of one of the best known of the popular oz titles. the brainy scarecrow is perhaps mr. baum's most popular creation. in fact, baum himself called this one "my best!". the story comes from that sweet-spot in the series when baum was still authoring the books but after principle illustration of them had switched to john r. neill. his style became so closely associated with oz that many readers consider him to be the 'classic' oz illustrator.