The Wizard of Oz
New York: Michael Neugebauer / North South Books, 1996. Zwerger, Lisbeth. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2199320
ISBN: 9781558586383
2nd printing. Signed by illustrator on bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Includes 3D glasses and large color poster.
103 pp. "For many of us, the adventures of Dorothy in Oz will forever be associated not with Judy Garland singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" but with W. W. Denslow's exceedingly odd line drawings for the original editions of Baum's Oz series. The Viennese artist Lisbeth Zwerger, however, goes a long way toward providing a new and refreshed set of images for the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the humbug wizard. These illustrations are often cockeyed, with occasional realistic details thrown in, like a crow with a corncob in its beak in the first portrait of the Scarecrow. The characters have a poignance and oddity that escaped the makers of the Oz movie."
Price: $100.00