Description
The Royal Book of Oz
In which the Scarecrow hunts for his ancestors—and is hailed as Emperor of a subterranean kingdom that knows nothing of Oz! Meanwhile, Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion go looking for him and rescue instead the gallant Sir Hocus, a delightful knight errant in search of a quest.
They adopt the Comfortable Camel and Doubtful Dromedary as faithful companions, confront a candy giant, and search the sunken Silver Island just as the Scarecrow is about to undergo a terrible enchantment.
We have recently acquired a supply of the first nine Ruth Plumly Thompson Oz books as issued by Del Rey in the mid-1980s. These “like new” copies are forty years old and look like they were printed yesterday! Each are first printings of the Del Rey paperbacks featuring the stunning new cover paintings by Michael Herring. Del Rey’s later printings were produced via “Print on Demand” with badly warped and stretched cover art. Don’t miss this chance to collect these forty-year-old original paperback editions – while supplies last!
The Royal Book of Oz, a work first published in 1921, contains some racial and ethnic references that may be offensive to modern readers. Readers should be aware, however, that these do not reflect the attitudes of Hungry Tiger Press and that they merely reflect the language, and its usage, of the early twentieth century.
