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[Moser, Barry] Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


West Hatfield, Massachusetts: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. First and limited edition, #1/350 copies, signed and numbered by Barry Moser, with an original pencil drawing on verso of dedication page ("Scarecrow Conversant with Dorothy", illustrated on p. 43), dated 1985. Square folio. 268 pp. Illustrated with 62 wood engravings by Moser. An Appreciation at the conclusion written by Justin G. Schiller. Publisher's beige cloth boards, stamped in gilt; marbled endpapers. Original pamphlet Forty-Seven Days to Oz: A Chronicle of the Studies for the Illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Pennyroyal Press, 1985), laid-in.

The first copy of the Pennyroyal Press's limited edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, presented to Justin Schiller who contributed an essay about L. Frank Baum's classic children's story. Illustrated by Barry Moser, with an original pencil sketch of the Scarecrow.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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