Description
This is a fascinating collection of Baum’s best shorter fantasies, published posthumously–15 stories drawn from A New Wonderland, Mother Goose in Prose, American Fairy Tales, and Animal Fairy Tales. This copy with an original dragon drawing and signed by the illustrator, Tim Kirk, who won several Hugo Awards for best science fiction artist. The drawing is integrating with the front endpaper art and is about 2″ across. The stories were selected and annotated by David L. Greene, published by Fictioneer Books Ltd in 1976. Purple cloth, purple illustrated endpapers, illustrated dust jacket. First edition, only printing.
Book is near fine condition, clean and tight with just a darkish spot n rear cover, while dust jacket is good only, with some scuffing and fold marks as shown.