Fifth Ediion "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum 1903 Copyright sitting frog grey and brown glazes over

grey and brown glazes over a cream slip

and 5 3/4" inches from spot to handle

These plates were purchased from the estate of a prominent choreographer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood

and I've collected--and sold-a lot of bud vases

and is indisputably very fine

Fifth Ediion "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum 1903 Copyright sitting frog grey and brown glazes overThis is a fifth edition copy of The Wizard of Oz, printed by The Bobbs Merrill Company in the 20s early 30s (last copyright is 1903), with 208 pages, 8 full color plates and 8 black and white, plus terrific black and white text illustrations by W. W. Denslow throughout. I remember reading (or, mostly, having my mother read to my brother and me) all of the Oz books when we were kids, and seeing the design and illustrations in this old copy reminds me