Yankee in Oz by Thompson, Ruth Plumly - 1972

The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. Quarto in stapled wraps. Hint of thumbing to front wrap fore-edge, else crisp and unworn; light foxing to textblock fore-edge, text clean and crisp. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1986. Soft cover. Fine. Reprint. Quarto in wraps. Crisp and unworn. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Kinderhook: The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Cloth, 29cm., 100 pages. Illustrated by Dick Martin this is Ruth Plumly Thompson's 20th Oz book. Tompy, a drummer boy from the USA, and Yankee, an Air Force dog, meet Jinnicky, the Red Jinn of Ev, and together they defeat a wicked giant who is threateni.

The International Wizard of Oz Club, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New old stock, still in (lightly split) shrinkwrap. Bit of edgewear to jacket and slight lean from improper storage. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Kinderhook, Il.: International Wizard of Oz Club. , 1986. . Reprint.. White pictorial wraps. . A near fine copy. . 4to.. Illustrated by Dick Martin.

The International Wizard of Oz Club. Very Good; Sticker scar on rear cover.. 1986. Reprint. Softcover. Thompson's continuation of the Oz stories and characters. This story was first published in 1972. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 94 pages .

Kinderhook, Illinois: The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is one of about 100 copies bound in light blue cloth, with the original pictorial paper wrappers bound in as a frontispiece. The author's twentieth Oz title, relating the adventures of Thomas P. "Tompy" Terry, star drummer in his marching band, who is swept away by a hurricane, landing on the shore of Winkie Lake, where he meets Yankee, the first American dog in space. Illustrations by Dick Martin, with maps by James E. Haff. Quarto: 94 p. Original light blue cloth binding, with a pictorial title label inset on the front panel. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

International Wizard of Oz Club, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good + oversized cloth hardcover in light blue cloth with pasted on yellow and black label shows light soil to covers, else tight clean and unmarked (no jacket if issued). Remains an attractive copy of this first state issue with illustrations by Dick Martin and nothing laid in (maps in particular).

International Wizard of Oz Club, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good + oversized cloth hardcover in light blue cloth with pasted on yellow and black label shows touch of bending and light soil to covers along withlight bumping to corners and ink stamp to bottom page edges, else tight clean and unmarked (no jacket if issued). Remains an attractive copy of this first state issue with illustrations by Dick Martin and nothing laid in (maps in particular).

THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Yankee in Oz. Illustrations by Dick Martin. Maps by James E. Haff. [Kinderhook, IL]: The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc. [1972]. 8vo, 95pp. Color pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrations throughout in b&w. Minute traces of wear around edges, nearly imperceptible staining to fore edge of pages, previous owner's name in ink on ownership page, else a clean, bright copy.
First edition, paperback issue. Originally written by Ruth Plumly Thompson in 1959, the book was not published at the time by Reilly & Lee due to flagging sales of the Oz books. This edition from 1972, produced by the International Wizard of Oz club, is the first time this tale was issued Done with the blessing of the successor company to Reilly & Lee, Henry Regnery Company, the book, at the request of the illustrator, Dick Martin, was produced at 92 pages of text with a 8 ½ x 11 trim size to reduce the number of required illustrations and to ensure that they were printed at close to the size of the originals… Read More