Beschreibung:

Little Wizard Series.
Three vols. comprising Ozma and the Little Wizard ; Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse; and The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman . Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., [1913]. Each 32 pp. Square 8vo (165 x 125 mm). Illustrated by John R. Neill. Original color pictorial papered boards, pictorial endpapers. Condition : hinges cracked, spines with intermittent chipping, covers rubbed. Provenance : Fred M. Meyer Collection. rare first editions of these fragile picture books . Each volume in the Little Wizard Series was a short self-contained fairy tale that did not appear in any other Oz story. [With:] Complete set of four Jell-O booklets . Comprising Tiktok and the Nome King ; Ozma and the Little Wizard ; Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse ; and The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman . Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., [1933]. Each 32 pp. Square 8vo (165 x 125 mm). Illustrated by John R. Neill. Original color pictorial self-wrappers. Condition : slight rubbing to folds and extremities. Provenance : Fred M. Meyer Collection. These were issued to promote Jell-O dessert mix, the sponsor of The Wizard of Oz radio program that ran on ABC from September 1933 to March 1934. Each booklet contained Jell-O recipes and was available for three Jell-O box fronts and 10 cents. [And:] Complete set of three “Junior Editions” of the “Little Wizard Series.” Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse also Tik-Tok and the Gnome King of Oz ; Little Dorothy and Toto of Oz also The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger ; and The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman also Princess Ozma of Oz . Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., [1939]. 64 pp. 8vo (170 x 135 mm). Illustrated by John R. Neill. Original color pictorial laminated boards. Condition: boards rubbed; head of spine split with joint repairs to third volume. Provenance : Fred M. Meyer Collection. first printing of The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman (CS3-39 on copyright page); second of the other two (CS10-39) . For the first time, the Scarecrow’s left eye that was washed away in The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman was removed from the pictures on pp. 26 and 31 to coincide with Baum’s text.