The Magic of Oz

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co.. Fine. [1965] (c.1919). White Cover Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket) [a beautiful, as-new copy]. (The Famous Oz Books) Series (pen & ink drawings) This was the 13th of the original 14 Oz books authored by L. Frank Baum before his death in 1919 (it was actually being printed at the time, and he had already completed writing the next book, "Glinda of Oz"). This particular printing was part of the uniform "White Cover" edition, so-called, issued in 1965, and contains the original John R. Neill illustrations (albeit the black-and-white artwork only, NOT the color plates); in keeping with the general (and bibliographically maddening) methodology of reprinting the Oz books, this edition bears only the Reilly & Lee imprint (even though Reilly & Lee itself had been sold to the Regnery Company in the late 1950s) and the 1919 copyright date, with no indication anywhere on the book of its actual date of printing. This is about as nice and clean a copy as you'll ever hope to find, and because I can't bear the thought of it picking up grubby little fingerprints after it's been purchased, I will supply a new custom-cut clear mylar dust jacket. .