L. Frank Baum - Complete Works of L. Frank Baum

The Complete Works of

L. FRANK BAUM

(18561919)

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The Complete Works of

L. FRANK BAUM

By Delphi Classics, 2015

Our comprehensive editions are beautifully illustrated with the original artwork of some of the greatest children stories ever told, as well as offering a dazzling array of Delphi bonus features. Now you can rediscover the magic of these eternal classics on your eReader!

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Baums birthplace Chittenango, New York

Baum, aged 12, dressed in his cadet uniform

1901 promotional poster for L. Frank Baums books

L. Frank Baums most famous book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , appeared in 1900, published by George M. Hill Company, and illustrated by noted Chicago artist and caricaturist, W. W. Denslow. He had worked with Baum on two earlier books, including the successful, Father Goose: His Book , published a year earlier. However, after Baum and Denslow quarrelled, they parted ways and John R. Neill became illustrator for the remainder of Baums Oz tales. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was an immediate success, selling out its initial run of 10,000 copies and quickly selling out additional printings. Baums classic tale of a young Kansas girl whisked off by a tornado to a magical land both enchanted and enchanting, continues to engage and thrill readers of all ages more than a century later, so popular that it led to a plethora of Oz books written at first by Baum and then by others. Its enduring popularity prompted numerous stage and film adaptations, most spectacularly the 1939 MGM Technicolor motion picture starring Judy Garland, which altered some of Baums story, but brought to vivid life its spirit.

A first edition copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Poster for MGMs classic 1939 motion picture starring Judy Garland

Poster for 1939 MGM motion picture starring Judy Garland

Judy Garland (as Dorothy Gale) reading The Wizard of Oz

Publicity still for 1939 MGM movie

Lobby Card for 1939 MGM film

Wizard of Oz sheet music from the 1939 film version

Poster promoting the release of the MGM movie in Spain, 1945

Sheet music from 1904

1903 Poster for Fred R. Hamlins musical

1903 poster for Fred R. Hamlins Musical

A scene from Fred R. Hamlins 1903 musical

A songbook from the Fred R. Hamlin musical, 1903

Publicity photo for a Wizard of Oz production by the Jack Singers, early 1900s.

Publishers advertising poster from 1901