Description
For your enjoyment, an unusual hardcover copy of the Runaway in Oz by John R. Neill, illustrated by Eric Shanower. Published in 1995 by Books of Wonder, this is one of a limited edition of 350 that includes a tipped-in color plate and one of a further limited edition of 45 (#27). The edition of 45 is hand numbered and signed and is supposed to have the limitation page hand colored by Shanower, but this particular copy was never hand colored. 242 pages, hardcover in original dust jacket, with beautiful blue illustrated endpapers. 1st edition, book and jacket in fine condition!
“Here is Neill’s long-lost fourth Oz book finally published to the joy of Oz fans everywhere! When Scraps, the Patchwork Girl of Oz, gets into trouble with some of the Emerald City’s citizens, she decides that she is unappreciated and runs away from home. She lands in on predicament after another, setting the Wogglebug’s Castle in the Air adrift, angering Fanny the Weather Witch, and causing her friends all kinds of worry! Befriended by Popla, the world’s strongest Power Plant, and a runaway student, Scraps’ adventures take her to new heights as she sails over Oz in the Castle in the Air. But, will the runaway Patchwork Girl ever return to Oz? With over 100 high-spirited black-and-white illustrations by today’s most popular Oz artist, Eric Shanower.”
