Wizard of Oz - The First Five Novels

Features a collection of magical tales from the Emerald City. Lavishly illustrated, this volume includes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, and The Road to Oz.

About the author

Baum was born in 1856 to a family that had made a fortune in the oil business. In 1897, following his mother-in-law's advice, Baum wrote down the stories that he told his children. The firm of Way & Williams published the stories under the title Mother Goose in Prose, with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, and Baum's career as a writer was launched. With the publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, Baum gained instant success. The book, lavishly produced and featuring voluptuous illustrations by William Wallace Denslow, was the bestselling children's book of the year. It also set a new standard for children's literature. Baum died from complications of a stroke in 1919.

Product details

• Authors: L Frank Baum, L. Frank Baum
• Assisted by: W. W. Denslow (Illustration), John R. Neill (Illustration)
• Publisher: Union Square
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.05.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9781435147485
• ISBN: 978-1-4351-4748-5
• No. of pages: 736
• Series: Fall River Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature