1917 Rare Oz Book - The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Illustrated by JNO R. Neill.
(Description)
Author: L. Frank Baum. John R. Neill, illustrator.
Title: The Lost Princess of Oz.
Publisher: Chicago, The Reilly & Lee Co., 1917. Early Edition with no ads on verso of ownership page and 12 captioned color plates by John R. Neill.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9" X 7".
Pages: 312 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine original full-cloth illustrated binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful twelve color full-page illustrations and multiple black and white illustrations by John Rea Neill.
The book: "The Lost Princess of Oz" is part of the Oz series, a beloved children's fantasy series. This particular book, rich with whimsical illustrations and imaginative characters, follows Dorothy and her friends as they search for Princess Ozma, exploring various fantastical regions and confronting intriguing challenges.
The author: Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema
The illustrator: John Rea Neill (November 12, 1877 – September 19, 1943) was a magazine and children's book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum's, Ruth Plumly Thompson's, and three of his own. His pen-and-ink drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series. He did a great deal of magazine and newspaper illustration work which is not as well known today.