The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Barry Moser. Second printing of The Pennyroyal Press Edition. Hardcover. 268pp. Square octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black vinyl cloth with gray cloth over boards. Green endpapers. The head of the spine is slightly bruised. In a dust jacket, with light surface rubbing and gentle toning. Very good + / very good. Item #62354
ISBN: 0520058224
With an appreciation by Justin G. Schiller.
Illustrated with 62 wood engravings by Barry Moser.
From the dust jacket-
"While he was on vacation in the West Indies, Moser watched a huge storm from the porch of his rented cottage. Against the violently darkening backdrop of sea and sky, he imagined - "saw" - a disembodied head in the midst of the storm, and thought - "the Wizard of Oz!" From that beginning came an interpretation of Dorothy's adventures which matches in excitement and originality Moser's celebrated vision of the adventures of another young lady, Alice."
Price: $50.00