THE GIANT HORSE OF OZ / Ruth Plumly Thompson / Neill b&w illus 1940s HC/DJ

Description: The Giant Horse of Ozby Ruth Plumly ThompsonIllustrated by John R. Neill, multiple b&w illustrationsReilly & Lee, Copyright 1928; reprinted circa 1945Hardcover, Blue cloth over boards. Past down color illustration on front cover. 283 pp / 7"x9.25"Original color dust jacket. Price marked "$2.50" on front dj flap. Rear dj flap indicates 38 novels in the series with "The Hidden Valley of Oz" as its last item. The Giant Horse of Oz (1928) is the twenty-second in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the eighth written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The Oakland Tribune said that the book "is fully as entertaining and delightful as any" in the Oz series, adding, "Perhaps it is a bit more marvelous." The Spokane Chronicle said the book was "written in an entertaining and easily read style." Companion Reilly & Lee Oz titles available, enquire about combined purchase. Condition Notes: * Boards: VG, remarkably clean and unworn. Front pastedown bright and clean, crisp edges with no chips.* Spine: Light shelfwear and sun-fading to spine ends. * Gutters: Solid, no tears or splits. * Binding and text block firm and square.* Cover Sheets: Unmarked and clean. * Pages clean, No markings, foxing, or soiling to text.* Notations/Book Plates: None.* Dust Jacket. Acceptable. Panels and spine split into three pieces; spine is moderately sun faded, several nicks, deletions and tears along edges. Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891 – 1976) was an American writer of children's stories, best known for writing many novels placed in Oz, the fictional land of L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. Thompson's contributions to the Oz series are lively and imaginative, featuring a wide range of colorful and unusual characters. She emphasized humor to a greater extent than Baum did and more specifically targeted children as her primary audience. John Rea Neill (1877 – 1943) was a magazine and children's book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum's, Ruth Plumly Thompson's, and three of his own. His pen-and-ink drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series. He also did a great deal of magazine and newspaper illustration. This Oz mystery starts in the small, poor kingdom of Skampavia, where King Skamperoo wishes for a horse using enchanted emerald necklaces. When Chalk, a talking Horse from Oz, falls from the sky, Skamperoo decides the emeralds must be from the Emerald City, and decides to conquer all of Oz. He magically causes all the residents of Oz to forget their rightful rulers and accept him as their emperor instead. Only Dorothy and Pigasus, the flying pig, are able to remember Princess Ozma, the true ruler of Oz, and together they set out to rescue her. The mystery in this story is how to make the necklaces grant wishes, which only the horse Chalk knows how to do.

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