[MOSER, Barry, illustrator.] BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.
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[MOSER, Barry, illustrator.] BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985.
Folio. Illustrated with 62 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Original beige boards by David Bourbeau at the Thistle Bindery, decorated in gilt and blind; in original linen clamshell box (minor dampstaining to box).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies signed by Moser, this copy unnumbered and designated “Artist’s copy” on colophon. With Pennyroyal Press booklet entitled Forty-Seven Days to Oz: A Chronicle of the Studies for the Illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, laid in. Pennyroyal Checklist 43.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser
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