The Oz Enthusiast

Lately I've been working on an ongoing Oz project. The 1903 Broadway production of The Wizard of Oz has fascinated me for some time,...

The Cowardly Lion was a popular element in the 1903 Broadway production of The Wizard of Oz . The character was played by Arthur Hill, and...

Father Goose, His Book was the first book by L. Frank Baum and W. W. Denslow, and it was a runaway success in 1899. Due to its popularity,...

This past weekend was OzCon, in San Diego. I've been asked what happens at an Oz convention, and really it's basically like any ot...

I've been taking a bit of a summer break from blogging - but this weekend was the local annual antiquarian book fair, so I thought a pos...

Here's a bit of an Oz novelty. This is an original printing plate, used by the publishers to print a full page illustration by John R. N...

The Wizard of Oz was a huge Broadway hit in 1903, due in part to a fervid publicity campaign. The show ran for many years, often leavi...

While in New York a couple weeks ago, for the antiquarian book fair, I picked up an inexpensive copy of Babes in Birdland. This is the 1911 ...

One of John R. Neill's loveliest creations was this bridal book, first published in 1914. It's a book of pages to be filled by the n...

This is another photo I recently picked up, from the 1903 Wizard of Oz . This a vintage reprint of a well known image of Fred Stone as th...

At the beginning of The Scarecrow of Oz , L. Frank Baum's Oz book for 1915, the characters Trot and Cap'n Bill are captured by a w...