WIZARD OF OZ BOOK

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
Geo.M. Hill Co, 1900
261 pages
Illustrated by W.W. Denslow
Written by L. Frank Baum

FIRST EDITIION FIRST STATE

24 COLOR PLATES
plate 34 has two dark blue blots on the moon pictured
plate 92 has red shading on the horizon pictured

SPINE HAS C outside of the O as stamped on spine thusly....GEO.M.HILL CO.
Either in color green or red stamped


PAGES OF COLOR PLATES
12/14 (Earliest plates may be those on page and then later page 14)
20, 34, 36, 44, 56, 66, 80, 92, 102, 114, 126, 138, 150, 160, 170,184,198,212
220,228,246,254


TEXTUAL POINTS

PAGE FOURTEEN...line one

"low wail on..."

PAGE 81, FOURTH LINE FROM BOTTOM

"peices" spelled wrong, later changed to pieces

PAGE 227. LINE ONE

"While Tin Woodman.."

COLOPHON AT END OF BOOK is eleven lines enclosed in a box

VERSO OF THE TITLE PAGE is either blank or rubber stamped copyright notice,,blank being the earliest

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WIZARD OF OZ MOVIE NEWS 2010...WIZARDOFBAUM

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off Disney's massive success with Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," Warner Bros. wants to remake another childhood classic. Like, really classic.

The studio is examining two existing "Wizard of Oz" projects, with an eye toward giving one of them a modern gloss and moving it toward the screen.

One project, called "Oz," currently lives at Warner's New Line label. It's being produced by Temple Hill, which is behind a little franchise called "Twilight," and has a script written by Darren Lemke, a writer on the upcoming "Shrek Forever After."

A second "Wizard of Oz" project, set up at Warners proper, skews a little darker -- it's written by "A History of Violence" screenwriter Josh Olson and focuses on a granddaughter of Dorothy who returns to Oz to fight evil. "Clash of the Titans" producer Basil Iwanyk and his Thunder Road Pictures are behind that one. ("Spawn" creator Todd MacFarlane is potentially involved in a producerial capacity, to give you some idea of the tone.)

While the idea of a new "Wizard of Oz" movie is said to be in the development, let's-bat-this-around stage, it's been advanced seriously enough on the lot that representatives for some of the top directors around Hollywood have been briefed.

The Judy Garland-starring "The Wizard of Oz" from 1939 -- we could give you the refresher on witches, tin men, Dorothy and everyone else, but really, do we need to? -- has been given alternative treatments before. There was the 1978 black-themed film adaptation of the stage play "The Wiz." And of course about six years ago came the Broadway adaptation of Gregory Maguire's "Wicked," an alternative story of girls, witches and Emerald City politics. The property proved a huge stage hit, prompting a film version that's in development at Universal and "Wanted" producer Marc Platt.

Audiences are likely to respond to the idea of a new silver screen "Wizard of Oz" with gusto ("at least the first one was good," said one colleague we told) or with horror, precisely because the original is such a classic.

But for Warners, there's plenty of appeal in trying to take the story of Dorothy & Co. back to the big screen. For one, there's the bonkers $210 million global opening for "Alice," which shows that if you're trying to create a mega-blockbuster, one smart way to do it is to take a title people know and update it for the effects era. And there's a neat symmetry, since the Technicolor version of the classic film did for color in the movies what a lot of people say that "Avatar," "Alice" -- and now, perhaps, "Wizard" -- could do for 3-D in the movies.

With its Harry Potter series drawing to an end, Warners also likes the idea of a franchise, and "Wizard of Oz" and the many books L. Frank Baum wrote featuring many of the same characters (all of which are in the public domain) fit the bill nicely. And let's not forget the property's strong, young female protagonist, hugely in vogue now in the post -Twilight" and -"Alice" eras.

There could still be questions about the project's title (the book's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is in the public domain but the movie's "The Wizard of Oz" is not; it's owned by MGM, whose library is partly owned by Warner Bros.). And then there's the matter of whether filmmakers would make the movie with musical elements, as the original, of course, did. Those questions aside, it could be the moneymaking formula.

Follow the yellow brick road. It's strewn with CGI, tent poles and 3-D. And, of course, a little green.

-- Steven Zeitchik

L. FRANK BAUM AND HIS SHORT STORIES...wizardofbaum

Short Stories by L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum wrote a number of children's short stories that were published in periodicals, in addition to his many books. This section provides an accounting of these short stories listed chronologically by publication date (or date it was written and published much later).

Note: Most of these short stories have been republished in The Baum Bugle. The issue year, volume, number and page number(s) are listed in the last column of the following table.

Title
Publication
Date
Remarks
Bugle Date

"Who Called ‘Perry’?"
Chicago Times Herald
19 Jan 1896
Baum entered this story into the newspaper’s short story contest.
75:19:2:2

"Yesterday at the Exposition"
Chicago Times Herald
2 Feb 1896
Baum entered this story into the newspaper’s short story contest. It won third prize.
76:20:2:16-17

"My Ruby Wedding Ring"
unknown
ca. 1905
Copyright 12 Oct 1896 by the Bacheller Syndicate. Sold to the American Press Association in 1903 for syndication.
65:9:1:11

"Man with the Red Shirt"
Baum Bugle
Spring 1973
Told by Baum in 1896-97 to his niece, Matilda J. Gage. She wrote the only version known to exist.
73:17:121

"The Extravagance of Dan"
The National Magazine
May 1897
Earliest known Baum short story published in a nationally distributed magazine.
74:18:1:12-14

"How Scruggs Won the Award"
unknown
unknown
Copyright 5 May 1897 by the Bacheller Syndicate.


"The Return of Dick Weemins"
The National Magazine
July 1897

78:22:2:15-16

"The Suicide of Kiaros"
The White Elephant
Sept. 1897
Reprinted (somewhat revised) in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Nov 1954.
88:32:1:3

"A Shadow Cast Before"
Philosopher
Dec 1897

72:16:1:14-15

"The Mating Day"
Short Stories
Sept 1898

91:35:3:11-13, 29

"Aunt Hulda's Good Time"
The Youth's Companion
26 Oct 1899
This was a very popular children’s magazine of the period.
69:13:2:18-19

"The Loveridge Burglary"
Short Stories
Jan 1900

89:33:3:12-15

"The Real 'Mr. Doolley' "
Home Magazine (article)
Jan 1900
Illustrated by Denslow and Ike Morgan.


"The Bad Man"
The Home Magazine (NY)
Feb 1901

68:12:2:12-13

"Strange Tale of Nursery Folk"
Chicago Times Herald
3 March 1901

63:7:2:13

"The King Who Changed His Mind"
unknown
ca.1901

63:7:1:12-13

"The Runaway Shadows"
unknown
ca. 1901
Also known as "A Trick of Jack Frost".
62:6:1:11

"An Easter Egg"
The Sunny South (Sunday Supplement for the Atlanta Constitution)
29 March 1902
Also known as "The Strange Adventures of an Easter Egg"). Was also published on Easter Sunday 1902 in various newspapers. However, the newpaper versions were shorter. Was re-published in Baum’s American Fairy Tales by Bobbs-Merrill in 1908.
67:11:1:11-13

"The Ryl of the Lilies"
unidentified newspaper
12 April 1903
Included in Baum’s American Fairy Tales (1908) as "The Ryl."
95:39:3:16-19

"A Kidnapped Santa Claus"
The Delineator
Dec 1904
Illustrated by Frederick Richardson. This magazine was one of the important women’s magazine of the period.
68:12:3:13-16

"Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz"
numerous newspapers
Aug 1904 thru Feb 1905
This was a series of 27 weekly cartoon strip stories published in a number of the major newspapers in the cities of the north-eastern US.


"Animal Fairy Tales"
The Delineator
Jan through Sept 1905
A series of nine stories. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. (The International Wizard of Oz Club published the stories in book form with illustrations by Dick Martin in 1969.)


"Nelebel's Fairyland"
The Russ
June 1905
The Russ was the school paper of the San Diego (CA) High School.
62:6:3:10-11

"Fairy Tales on Stage"
Chicago Record-Herald (article)
18 June 1905



"Jack Burgitt's Honor"
Novelettes (No. 68)
1 Aug 1905
Probably written 1896. Syndicated by the American Press Association.
Part 1 93:37:2:16-17

Part 2 93:37:3:8-9

"The Yellow Ryl"
A Child's Garden for Cheerful and Happy Homes
August & September 1925
Written ca. 1905-1906
Part 1 64:8:1:10-11

Part 2 64:8:2:12-13

"The Witchcraft of Mary-Marie"
Baum’s American Fairy Tales
1908
This collection of short stories was re-published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1908 with three new stories.
94:38:2:12-15, 28

"Modern Fairy Tales"
Advance (article)
19 Aug 1909
An article in which Baum addresses fairy tales and their authors. This magazine was the journal of the Congregational Church.
65:9:3:4-5

"The Fairy Prince"
Entertaining
Dec 1909
Short play based on The Enchanted Island of Yew. Reprinted in Baum’s Juvenile Speaker (1910).
67:11:3:3-7, 24

"The Man Fairy"
The Ladies' World
Dec 1910

95:35:1:12-14

"Juggerjook"
St. Nicholas
Dec 1910
Reprinted in Famous Tales and Laughter Stories (1912), and Boys and Girls Bookshelf (1920).
Part 1 77:21:3:9-11

Part 2 78:22:1:32-34

"The Tramp and the Baby"
The Ladies' World
Oct 1911

71:15:1:12-14

"Bessie's Fairy Tale"
The Ladies' World
Dec 1911

61:52:4

"Aunt Phroney's Boy"
St. Nicholas
Dec 1912
This is a rewritten version of "Aunt Hulda's Good Time."


"Our Hollywood"
unknown
ca. 1915
An article, apparently published in a local Hollywood, CA newspaper. In the article Baum encourages readers to shop locally in Hollywood.


"Chrome Yellow"
unknown
unknown
Believed to be unpublished prior to being found in the Baum archives.


"The Diamondback"
unknown
unknown
Believed to be unpublished prior to being found in the Baum archives. The first page is missing. It was published in The Baum Bugle, Spring 1982
82:26:1:7-9

"The Littlest Giant"
unknown
unknown
Believed to be unpublished prior to being found in the Baum archives. The first page is missing. It was published in The The The The Baum Bugle, Spring 1975.
75:19:1:2-5

"Mr. Rumple’s Chill"
unknown

WIZARD OF OZ BOOKS..450 FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE L. FRANK BAUM BOOKS AND WILLIAM DENSLOW...WIZARD OF OZ BOOKS

Pictured are 450 first edition and first state l. Frank Baum and William Denslow books, famous for the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

MARK SHAPIRO AND THE WIZARD OF OZ PROVENANCE AND CREDITS

PROVENANCE:

Frank Baum is without question one of the greatest children writers of all times and here is his books still alive for those who wish to have a fantasy come true with history behind it..all books are in very good shape and complete,,I have over 450 FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE Baum books..come and enjoy,, 1. Front page article on the collection in ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, California,,,CIRCULATION over a MILLION....December 6, 2006 2. Eight page feature on collection in ORANGE COUNTY HOME MAGAZINE September 2004 issue...subscription 85,000 and total including sales from outside subscription is 250,000 copies of the magazine.COLORADO SPRINGS GAZZETE NEWSPAPER, Colorado, December 30, 2006 featured collection. 3. Featured collection at FREEMANS AUCTION HOUSE...Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4. Featured collection at PBA AUCTION HOUSE in San Francisco 5. Featured collection in ARIZONA REPUBLIC, January 27, 2007. Featured speaker at the Collectors Conference IV in Los Angeles (2007)on the Wizard of Oz books, etc.Regarded as worlds largest collection of L. Frank Baum books in first edition and first state. 6. Featured speaker at College of Appraisers Conference IV and also conference XV, Los Angeles, California on L. Frank Baum 7. Noted in Wikipedia Encyclopedia under Mark Shapiro, Baum Collector 8. See google.com under Mark Shapiro and his Wizard of Oz Collection for newspaper articles throughout the country. Check out WIZARDOFBAUM BLOG. 9.
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My introduction into the world of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum began at the Long Beach swap meet in Long Beach, California when I came across a young couple selling artifacts they had found in their grandfather’s attic.

I had never seen the Wonderful Wizard of Oz book, nor knew of L. Frank Baum despite having a Masters in Journalism and having been a teacher up to that point. I walked by the book and then it struck me to go back to ask how much the book was going for. The young man said one dollar and, this being a swap meet where bartering is common, I said I would take it for fifty cents. A deal was struck.

Four months later as I was going to visit my wife’s parents in Spokane, Washington, I saw in the airplane magazine an article on L. Frank Baum and the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The article stated that the book was worth $10,000 and, to my astonishment,a it was like having the spirit of L. Frank Baum invade my soul.

From that point on, I dedicated my life to researching and finding anything Baum. Like all collectors, I made many mistakes in purchasing books I thought were first edition and first state until i purchased the Bibliographia Oziana by Greene,Hanff,Martin,Haff and Greene. I then spent six months digesting this information which has led me to accumulate over 450 L. Frank Baum and William Denslow books (Denslow being the illustrator on the Wonderful Wizard of Oz). I have spent the past 38 years coming across the books and other items related to Oziana through swap meets, eBay, auctions and private parties.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago and New York: Geo.M.Hill Co, 1900, 261 pages, had an initial printing of only 10,000 copies of which approximately a third were first state and, of those, approximately 2,000 were in the B binding. On the book’s spine, the first state, and rarest of this book, has the “O” outside the “C” to spell the abreviation “co” following Geo. M. Hill - whereas the second state binding has the “O” inside the larger letter “C.”


Lyman Frank Baum (15 May 1856 - 6 May 1919) was an American author of children's books best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, and an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings.) The highest priced Wonderful Wizard of Oz in second state, and second state binding, with an inscription by Baum went for $152,500 at Christies Auction House in 2002.


I have never sold any of his books, for they are the children I never had. The Smithsonian Library in Washington is interested in housing my collection for posterity one day.


Having been written up in various magazines and newspapers throughout the country and in dedicating my blog, WizardofBaum, to everything Oz and beyond, I feel the spirit of L. Frank Baum in me to help keep him alive in an ever changing world. I have been a guest speaker at many conventions and it gives me inner warmth to share not only the world of L. Frank Baum but also the overall wonderment of books in general. My dear departed mom, Freda Shapiro , molded me into the collector I am by taking me to museums, book stores and libraries throughout my childhood.