The Oz Enthusiast

I've just finished reading a copy of The Tapestry Room, written by the British author Mrs. Molesworth in 1879, and ran across an intere...

I've mentioned in the past that one of the things I'd love to have is a piece of original John R. Neill artwork from The Road to Oz ...

I've just returned from a short trip to NYC for the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. It's always fun to get out to see some shows, a...

In honor of Easter, I'm showing a well aged chocolate bunny who has been living in my freezer for nearly 25 years. It was never intended...

Yet another Rand McNally title with a cover by W. W. Denslow.... This is Alaska , written by A. P. Swineford, who was Governor of the Distri...

Here are some more of John R. Neill's early color endpaper designs, used by Reilly & Britton on books by L. Frank Baum. It's a ...

The Winter 2009 Baum Bugle has arrived, highlighting The Road to Oz which was published in 1909, 101 years ago. Among the various articles ...

After posting about some of W. W. Denslow's endpaper designs, it's only fair to look at some of John R. Neill's work. One of the...

Whose Soul Have I Now is one of the W. W. Denslow/Rand McNally titles that has intrigued me since I first heard of it, simply from its titl...

W. W. Denslow broke into full color endpaper designs with his own books. For Denslow's Mother Goose in 1901, the design is reminiscent ...

In looking at a few books illustrated by W. W. Denslow, I noticed an interesting progression in endpaper design. The earliest example I have...

An archive of Rand McNally titles was recently offered at auction, including many books with W. W. Denslow covers. I didn't win the auct...

While poking around on my computer the other night, I ran across a web page ( here) with this photo of characters from a 1950's puppet...

Another Rand McNally book from 1896 with a W. W. Denslow cover is Lost Countess Falka by Richard Henry Savage. Denslow created covers for s...

After a busy holiday season, complete with travel and a computer meltdown, I'm finally getting back to posting. Here's a nice John R...

Woman and the Shadow is another of the titles published by Rand McNally with a cover design by W. W. Denslow. I like this one, both for the...

Here's a final little group of images from the New York Public Library digital archive. These feature the stars of the 1903 Broadway W...

Last week's auction held by Bloomsbury Auctions in New York featured several rare Oz and related pieces, including original artwork by J...