L. Frank Baum's 1900 classic returns in a bound volume built to be kept, not just read. When a cyclone carries Dorothy from her Kansas farm to the strange and colourful land of Oz, she sets off down the yellow brick road with three unlikely companions, a scarecrow longing for a brain, a tin man wishing for a heart, and a lion in search of courage, all hoping the great and powerful Wizard can grant their wishes and send Dorothy home.
This Masterpiece Library edition treats the story the way it deserves. The covers are embossed with iridescent highlighting, finished in a reinforced cloth quarter-binding that will hold up to years of rereading and gift-giving alike. Inside, the acid-free, archival-quality paper is printed in a cream tone, with the font, type size and line spacing chosen specifically for comfortable reading rather than squeezed onto the page. A ribbon bookmark is sewn in, and W. W. Denslow's original illustrations, the ones that accompanied Baum's first edition, are reproduced throughout.
It's a book suited equally to a child discovering Oz for the first time, a collector rounding out a set of classic editions, or anyone looking for a gift that will sit well on a shelf for decades. Buy it to read, buy it to display, or buy it to pass down.
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L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Ozin 1900, launching a series that would run to over a dozen sequels. W. W. Denslow (1856–1915), the illustrator behind the original edition, remains best known for his work on the Oz books.
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