This stunning collectible hardcover edition of L. Frank Baum's classic features gorgeous
printed and sprayed edges and colored endpapers designed with an Ex Libris bookplate In
time to celebrate the forthcoming film adaptation of Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo Ariana
Grande Michelle Yeoh Jeff Goldblum and Jonathan Bailey and directed by Jon M. Chu A
Penguin Hardcover Classic This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz
novels in which he developed his utopian vision and which garnered an immense and loyal
following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy who arrives from Kansas and meets the
Scarecrow the Tin Woodman the Cowardly Lion and a host of other characters. The Emerald City
of Oz (1910) finds Dorothy Aunt Em and Uncle Henry coming to Oz just as the wicked Nome King
is plotting to conquer its people. In Baum's final novel Glinda of Oz (1920) Dorothy and
Princess Ozma try to prevent a battle between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. Tapping into a
deeply rooted desire in himself and his loyal readers to live in a peaceful country which
values the sharing of talents and gifts Baum's imaginative creation like all great utopian
literature holds out the possibility for change. Baum's classics spawned many adaptations
including the 1939 Judy Garland-starring classic film The Wizard of Oz and Gregory McGuire's
novel 1995 WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITH OF THE WEST which was adapted into
the second-highest grossing Broadway musical of all time Wicked (with a film version
forthcoming in 2024 starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande). Also included is a selection of
the original illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill a jacketed hardcover and
colored and printed endpapers.
