His fairy tale changed our world –
Did you know how he came up with the name “OZ”?
They were the letters on the last draw of his filing cabinet; O – Z.
Here are 5 collectible Wizard of OZ items; a game, a map and three books including one signed by the cast of the film, currently available through our friends at Biblio.com
WONDERFUL GAME OF OZ. Salem: Parker Bros. (board copyrighted 1921). This is the original Oz board game in the cardboard box. The box has a gorgeous chromolithographed color plate on the cover showing Dorothy standing in front of the Tin Man and next to the Scarecrow. The Scarecrow is sitting on the back of the Cowardly Lion with Oz in the background. The box flaps are repaired with some discoloration otherwise sound and VG. This is a later issue with the cover illustration not repeated on the game board and with side panels reaching to the bottom of the box. Inside there are no dividers in the box, contains a wooden barrel, 5 (of 6) wooden dies, 4 wooden tokens and an incomplete instruction booklet. Inside the box a fabulous game board that measures 19″ square when opened. This is a nice example of the game, hard to find complete. $ 850.00
Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1934. First Edition. First Edition, matching all points in Greene and Hanff (p. 99). Publisher’s red cloth, with spine title in black. 12 color inserts throughout. A bright, clean, Very Good plus copy, with light rubbing to the front paper label. $325.00
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine. No date, ca. 1940, in pictorial bright green cloth, plain endpapers, 8 color plates and numerous b/w illustrations by W. W. Denslow, near fine copy with light spottiness and soil to endpapers (and inscription on e.p.) in rare dust jacket with with text on cover saying ‘The only edition containing the complete original text on which the famous Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer movie is based’ and rear panel of dj featuring stills of Dorothy and the Wizard and the threesome of the Cowardly Lion, the Tinman and the Scarecrow, with ‘Read the Book and See the Movie’ as the bottom caption. Seems to be a slightly later printing, possibly 1940-ish of the edition featuring pictorial endpapers from the movie that the publisher issued in 1939. RARE edition, the dust jacket is very good with light edgewear and an inch loss to spine bottom.
Buy for $ 250.00
Buy for $ 250.00
One leaf folded. 13″ x 9″. Folded in the middle and very nearly split at the fold, else good. One side is a map of Oz, the other is the Flag of Oz, both in color. According to Hanff, Greene Bibliographia Oziana p.66, the Map of Oz first appeared in Tik-Tok of Oz (1914), and was reprinted separately in 1920 to be given away with the Oz books published that year. Scarce. $ 300.00
Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1914 From TBCL’s Children’s Bookcase. Signed By The Major Cast Members. First edition First state, 8vo., yellow cloth, decorated endpapers, pages bulking at 1st state, 1″ on better grade paper stock vs 1 1/4″ on cheaper, thicker paper stock. Color plates throughout. A very good attractive copy, showing general light use Frank Morgan, aka John R. Neill present as well. . In a custom collector’s clamshell case. Signed. 1st Edition. $ 27750.00