The Oz Enthusiast

L. Frank Baum wasn't the only one to work for Reilly & Britton under a pseudonym. John R. Neill illustrated at least one book under ...

For more information on Caroline Siedle, visit my  Caroline Siedle Costume Designer  blog. This past weekend in New York, I viewed the exhib...

While I'm on the topic, here are a couple more examples of color shifts/changes within printings of color illustrations in the Oz books....

Later printings of The Wizard of Oz saw more than just changes in color plates; the color printing used throughout the text was also affect...

It's not strange for color plates to vary in tone in various printings of Oz books. Accidental changes can happen from one printing to t...

This is a little late for Valentine's Day, but I've just purchased another postcard. This was offered on eBay recently, and I couldn...

Here are a couple more pieces related to the 1903 Wizard of Oz stage production. When You Love, Love, Love is a song with a lyric by L. Fra...

A while back, I posted images of the Patchwork Girl I made from a couple vintage quilt squares. Since then, I decided to give it another try...

For more information on Caroline Siedle, visit my  Caroline Siedle Costume Designer  blog. Caroline Siedle (1867 - 1907) was one of the firs...

A couple weeks ago I stumbled across the New York Public Library's online Digital Gallery. This is a great site for a number of reasons,...

When The Wizard of Oz is mentioned, most people immediately think of the 1939 MGM movie starring Judy Garland. However, if you were to go b...

For years, the bible for Oz collecting has been Bibliographia Oziana . This book, which is available from the International Wizard of Oz Clu...

Here is another Halloween postcard I've run across that takes inspiration from an Oz illustration. My blog entry for October 31st of 200...

Happy New Year! John R. Neill provided a lovely frontispiece illustration for Reilly & Britton's 1915 edition of Darby O'Gill an...

Here are some pet photos for Christmas — these are pictures of our rescue dogs Muzzy and Pepper. Don't forget your local animal shelters...

On the left is a John R. Neill family Christmas card from 1927, featuring daughters Natalie and Annrea on skis. This is printed on a standar...

This past weekend I picked up a little book titled 1000 Books for Children , published by A. C. McClurg. It was written by Penrhyn Coussens,...

The Ozmapolitan was a clever publicity gimmick created in 1904 by Reilly & Britton to advertise the new Oz book, The Marvelous Land of ...

I have several issues of Argosy magazine from 1930, all of which feature John R. Neill ill- ustrations. Argosy was a ten-cent weekly pulp ...

I've posted this before but it's appropriate for today. W. W. Denslow created six Thanksgiving postcards in this series, and one of ...