WONDERFUL OZ COLLECTION OF LITERARY CRITIC EDWARD WAGENKNECHT. BAUM, L. FRANK. 1856-1919; and JO...

WONDERFUL OZ COLLECTION OF LITERARY CRITIC EDWARD WAGENKNECHT. BAUM, L. FRANK. 1856-1919; and JOHN R. NEILL, illustrator. Comprising 14 volumes, many with marginal annotations in pencil by Wagenknecht: 1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. Publisher's light green cloth, stamped in red and green, spine ends lightly chipped, free endpapers not present. FIRST EDITION, SECOND STATE, BINDING B. 2. The Marvelous Land of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [after 1906.] 15 inserted color plates. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black, green and silver, tear to cloth at lower spine, prelims detached past title page. SIGNED E.C. WAGENKNECHT. SECOND PRINTING, LATER STATE OF BINDING D, with shortened title 'The Land of Oz' to upper cover stamped in silver with black border. See Bienvenue & Schmidt, p 23. 3. Ozma of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1907]. Color plates included in collation. Publisher's light tan cloth, pictorially stamped in red, yellow, blue and black, 'Reilly & Britton' to spine in sentence case, tears to joints, repaired with tape. SIGNED TWICE BY A YOUNGER E.C. WAGENKNECHT, AND AGAIN LATER. FIRST EDITION, EARLIEST STATE OF TEXT, with 'O' clearly present in p [11], line 5. Wagenknecht has also provided a holograph list of the first 12 Oz books inside the rear endpaper. 4. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., [1908]. 16 inserted color plates, included in page count. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in black and silver, gold pictorial paste-on label to upper cover, both hinges detached. FIRST EDITION, BINDING A. SIGNED NUMEROUS TIMES BY A YOUNGER WAGENKNECHT. 5. The Road to Oz. Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Co, [1909]. Publisher's light green fine linen cloth, pictorially stamped in green, red, yellow-brown, and black, minor chipping at upper front joint. SIGNED BY A YOUNG WAGENKNECHT, DATED 'CHRISTMAS '09.' FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, EARLIEST STATE OF THE TEXT, BINDING A. 6. The Emerald City of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, [1910]. 16 inserted color plates, embellished in metallic green. Publisher's light blue cloth, spine stamped in black and silver, pictorial paste-on label, closed tear to cloth on rear hinge, wear to spine ends. SIGNED TWICE BY AN OLDER E.C. WAGENKNECHT. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BINDING A. 7. The Patchwork Girl of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, [c.1923]. Numerous color and black and white illustrations, two double page in colors, both full-page and vignette, printed as part of collation. Publisher's blue cloth, embossed illustration in red, yellow and black. LATER PRINTING. 8. Tik Tok of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [after 1918]. 12 inserted color plates. Publisher's yellow cloth stamped in black, pictorial paste-on label in full color, light soiling, crayon scribbling to endpapers. LATER PRINTING. 9. The Scarecrow of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [after 1918]. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in black, color pictorial paste-on cover, chipping to spine ends. LATER PRINTING. 10. Rinkitink in Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, [1916]. 12 inserted color plates. Publisher's light blue-green cloth, color pictorial paste-on label, some soiling to cloth, front hinge cracked, some plates detached. SIGNED BY A NOW OLDER E.C. WAGENKNECHT. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BINDING A. 11. The Lost Princess of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [c.1925]. 12 inserted color plates. Publisher's dark blue cloth, color pictorial paste-on label. LATER PRINTING. 12. The Tin Woodman of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1918]. 12 inserted color plates. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black, color pictorial paste-on to cover, wear to joints, front hinge started. CONTEMPORARY SIGNATURE OF WAGENKNECHT. FIRST EDITION. 13. The Magic of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co, [1920s]. 12 inserted color plates. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in black, pictorial paste-on to cover. LATER PRINTING. SIGNED BY E.C. WAGENKNECHT. 14. Glinda of Oz. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co, [1920]. 12 inserted color plates. Publisher's brown cloth, pictorial paste-on label to upper cover. YOUNG SIGNATURE OF WAGENKNECHT'S SON WALTER (but with earlier annotations of E.C. Wagenknecht in the margins). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Edward C. Wagenknecht (signature, annotations throughout); by descent. ALL FOURTEEN OF THE FIRST OZ BOOKS, COMPLETE, MOST IN FIRST EDITION, MANY ANNOTATED BY EDWARD WAGENKNECHT. Edward Wagenknecht was a literary critic and author, but most importantly for Ozians he was the author of 'Utopia Americana,' the first instance of serious Oz criticism from a literary point of view. Many of these volumes have Wagenknecht's annotations to the margins, including observations and critical notes, with some simply emphasis of particular passages, likely used in the composition of his landmark essay. 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