The Oz Enthusiast

John R. Neill provided thousands of illustrations for the Oz books, so it's not too surprising if some of his images can be traced to ot...

Fred Stone and David Montgomery became stars with the success of their roles as the Scarecrow and Tin Man in the 1903 Broadway hit, The Wiza...

One of the thrills of collecting is running across something you've never seen or heard of before! Here's a piece I've just gott...

Here are a fun pair of photos I recently found online, at the Museum of the City of New York website. These are from a dinner given by Anna...

Occasionally sets of orchestra parts turn up for musical Selections from the 1903 Wizard of Oz . These were available for small or large ...

L. Frank Baum published The Army Alphabet and The Navy Alphabet in 1900, the same year as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . These two books bea...

Previously I showed three of the 1961 Oz adaptations illustrated by Dick Martin. Since then, I've come up with a copy of the first titl...

1897's A Valuable Life by Adeline Sergeant is one of W. W. Denslow's more pictorial efforts for Rand McNally. The front cover shows...

Here's an original piece of art by Grace Drayton, also known as Grace Weider- seim, the creator of the Campbell Soup kids. This partic...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of The Sea Fairies , L. Frank Baum's attempt to break away from the Land of Oz and start a new ser...

Here's a copy of John Dough and the Cherub from 1930 or so - the rear dust jacket flap lists Oz titles to Yellow Knight , the Oz book ...

Here's another stock cover used by the publishers Donohue & Henneberry for a variety of titles. This cover intrigues me, as it it ...

Happy New Year! After a slow start, I'm finally getting around to a new blog posting! I first saw one of these generic bindings by W...

Merry Christmas! .......from the gang!

Having done two fabric figures and two wooden figures, I decided it's time to try metal! Actually, Tik-Tok has fallen together more ea...

 The other day, I happened to think of a photo I'd seen in the digital gallery of the New York Public Library website. This image shows...

While doing some Christmas shopping, I ran across a lovely new facsimile edition of The Knave of Hearts , by Louise Saunders, with the beaut...