Lot 609
[MOSER, Barry—SOURCE MATERIAL]. BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Annotated Wizard of Oz… With an Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1973. 
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021 4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021 4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$600 - $800

Sold for $2,125

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Lot Description
[MOSER, Barry—SOURCE MATERIAL]. BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Annotated Wizard of Oz… With an Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1973. 
 
Oblong 8vo. Original cloth (joints splitting, hinges tender, some soiling).   
 
BARRY MOSER’S HEAVILY ANNOTATED COPY, with his markings, underlinings and notes in pencil and ink throughout indicating many of his references for the subjects of his illustrations for the  Pennyroyal Press edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1985), with inserted slips and notes, etc.
 
Accompanied by Moser’s source material of related editions and works on Baum, comprising: a paperback edition of the The Wizard of Oz, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1982, 8vo, original wrappers, with some annotations in red ink in Moser’s hand. — The Wizard of Oz. Edited by Michael Patrick Hearn. New York: Schocken Books, [1983], 8vo, original cloth, with flagged notes on inserted slips in Moser’s hand. — RILEY, Michael O. Oz and Beyond, The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1997, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket, inscribed by the author to Barry Moser on the half-title. — a trade edition of Moser’s illustrated The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1986, oblong 8vo, original leatherette and cloth, in dust jacket, signed by Moser on the title-page. 

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser
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