Hungry Tiger of Oz, NEAR-FINE in VG dust jacket, Ruth P. Thompson after Baum

Description: The Hungry Tiger of Oz, Copyright 1926 by The Reilly & Lee Company, 9.25" x 7" (8vo), 261 pp. Red cloth with a full-color cover illustration. Title and tiger graphic printed in black on the spine.Black-and-white Neill illustrations throughout. DJ shows price of $2.50 (crossed off and marked $2.75); 38 other Oz titles listed, through Hidden Valley of Oz. This is another listing from "Nana's Top Shelf, "a collection of first editions and other fine volumes collected over a lifetime from estate sales and booksellers across the East Coast and Europe. We are now listing books from our early-edition L. Frank Baum, Wizard of Oz collection. All of these books are in outstanding condition and suitable for selective collectors or as investment-grade books. Condition: Collector’s copy, rare in this condition. Near-fine throughout. Tight binding with no damage to either front or rear hinges. Cover corners and edges sharp. Interior and exterior clean and bright. Cannot find any issues to report except small torn corner of page 247-8. DJ is solidly VG, with light fraying to top and bottom edges and price-clipped front corner. About the Book: "The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926) is the twentieth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the sixth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. Thompson begins with a usurping tyrant, Irasha the Rough, the Pasha of Rash, a tiny kingdom in the southwest of Ev. The Pasha has a problem: his prison is too full to cram any more Rashers in. His Vizier's solution is to obtain a ferocious animal from nearby Oz to devour the luckless prisoners." (from Wikipedia) About the Authors: "Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891-1976): An avid reader of Baum's books and a lifelong children's writer, Thompson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had already published her first children's book, The Perhappsy Chaps, and her second, The Princess of Cozytown, was pending publication when William Lee, vice president of Baum's publisher Reilly & Lee, solicited Thompson to continue the Oz series. Between 1921 and 1939, she wrote one Oz book a year. Thompson's contributions to the Oz series are lively and imaginative, featuring a wide range of colorful and unusual characters. She emphasized humor to a greater extent than Baum did and more specifically targeted children as her primary audience." (from Wikipedia) "Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. Born and raised in upstate New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theater producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, coming out with the first Oz book in 1900... to much critical acclaim and financial success. The book was the best-selling children's book for two years after its initial publication. Baum went on to write thirteen more novels based on the places and people of the Land of Oz." (from Wikipedia) About the Illustrator: "John Rea Neill ( 1877-1943) was a magazine and children's book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum's, Ruth Plumly Thompson's, and three of his own. Originally, Neill's illustrations were slightly reminiscent of Denslow's to bring continuity and familiarity to the characters. However, as the series expanded, Neill brought his own unique flair to the illustrations, showing more artistic representations of the characters as well as beautiful paintings of numerous scenes. In fact, he was later named the Imperial Illustrator of Oz." (from Wikipedia)We will ship USPS Media Mail. For international shipping, please contact us for a quote. We proudly ship in reused Amazon boxes whenever possible. If you have any questions about this or any of our books, feel free to contact us and/or request additional photos. Who are we: This is another listing from"Nana's Top Shelf," a collection of first editions and other fine volumes collected over a lifetime from estate sales and booksellers across the East Coast and Europe. The collection specializes in late 19th and early 20th century illustrated children's books, fairy tales and folklore.

Price: 108 USD

Location: Davis, California

End Time: 2025-01-20T04:00:52.000Z

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