THE TIN WOODMAN OF OZ; By L. Frank Baum / Illustrated by John R. Neill

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. Company, 1933. Reprint of 1918 First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Good Plus. John R. Neill. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 1/4"), publisher's blue cloth with black lettering on spine & pictorial pastedown of Woot holding the noses of two tin woodmen; illustrated by John R. Neill with B&W pictorial preliminaries & half title, full-page frontispiece, several full-page plates, chapter headings & tailpieces; vignettes; B&W pictorial endpapers depicting several Oz characters at a round table; [i-xii], 13-287, [288] pages. Weight: 1 lb. 6 oz. The Tim Woodman of Oz (1908) by L. Frank Baum is the 12th in the Oz series and was originally published in 1918. This copy's stylized Reilly & Lee imprint was used from c.1934-1951. In this volume the Tin Woodman is reunited with his Munchkin sweetheart Nimmie Amee from the days when he was flesh and blood. This was a back-story from Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. <br /> <br /> L. F. Baum (1856 - 1919) was a bestselling American author famous for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote a total of 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts.<br /> <br /> GOOD PLUS CONDITION. Cloth is firm though covers are somewhat worn with light fraying to some edges and spine ends. Pages are lightly age-toned and quite clean without notes or scribbles. Plates remain bright without foxing. Previous owner's name and date of "Xmas 1933" within publisher's printed name box on free front endpaper.<br /> <br /> Printing is after the first edition of 1908. Hanff, Greene, et al, Bibliographia OZiana, revised & expanded, pp.61-63.