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Return to Oz: The Joel Harris Collection Part 2

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location461 Littlefield Avenue, South San Francisco, California, 94080, United States

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Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present Return to Oz: Part 2 of The Joel Harris Collection of Oziana & Children’s Books on Friday, December 10, 2021. The sale offers over 195 lots of first edition and vintage books, showcasing an enchanting and extensive selection of Oz books. It was curated by Mr. Harris, who is the Director of Special Publications of the International Wizard of Oz Club, as well as an author, long-time collector, and San Francisco Bay Area estate planning and probate attorney

The Oz series was created by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), a prolific American author best known for his children's books. His first Oz book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was released in 1900; in the introduction, the author stated the book "…was written solely to pleasure children today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heart-aches and nightmares are left out." In total Baum wrote 14 books in the Oz series – plus 41 other novels, 83 short stories, and more than 200 poems and 42 scripts. Some works were written under various pseudonyms, including Edith Van Dyne, whose Mary Louise books are also offered in this sale. Other books by the author include L. Frank Baum’s Juvenile Speaker, The Boy Hunters in Yucatan, Phoebe Daring, Prince Mudturtle, The Sea Fairies, and others.

Subsequently, a number of other authors have built on and continued the famous Oz stories that Baum founded. These include Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel R. Cosgrove, Gina Wickwar and others. Their Oz books are also featured in this auction.

Among the Oz highlights in this sale are a rare, limited-edition Oz, the 100th Anniversary Edition; and a deluxe The Wonderful Wizard of Oz pop-up illustrated by Robert Sabuda. Other featured pop-up books are Pinocchio and Jack the Giant Killer and Other Tales.

Books by other acclaimed authors were collected by Mr. Harris’s late wife Christine. Among these highlights are noted A. A. Milne books: a fine first British edition of The House at Pooh Corner in the original dust jacket; The Christopher Robin Story Book; and Now We Are Six.

Other noteworthy books include a quadruple-signed Disney Bambi collectors set; a signed Odyssey of Homer, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth; Two Bear Cubs by Robert D. San Souci; a signed, special artist’s edition of Miracle in Seville by James Michener; Peter Parley’s Universal History, on the Basis of Geography by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in two volumes; and books and sets by several Caldecott Medal winners.
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Signed set of Jerry Pinkney Uncle Remus Books101 - Signed set of Jerry Pinkney Uncle Remus Books
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Signed set of Jerry Pinkney Uncle Remus Books Further Tales of Uncle Remus by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Dial 1990 first edition. Si
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Collection of Early Signed First Editions by Caldecott Artist Jerry Pinkney102 - Collection of Early Signed First Editions by Caldecott Artist Jerry Pinkney
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Collection of Early Signed First Editions by Caldecott Artist Jerry Pinkney The Traveling Frog by V.M. Garshin, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. McGraw H
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Babushka and the Pig by Ann Trofimuk, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Houghton Mifflin 1969 first edition. Signed by Pinkney on the half title page. Nea
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Set of Books Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney104 - Set of Books Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
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The Year Around Book by Helen Jill Fletcher, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. McGraw Hill 1965, no statement of edition. Very good in color illustrated b
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Set of Books Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney105 - Set of Books Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
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The Great Minu by Beth P. Wilson, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Follett 1974 first edition. Fine illustrated hardcover in very good price-clipped jack
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The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales by Joyce Cooper Adkhurst106 - The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales by Joyce Cooper Adkhurst
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The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales by Joyce Cooper Adkhurst, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Little Brown 1964 first edition. Very good il
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Barry Moser signed first editions The Ballad of Biddy Early by Nancy Willard, illustrated by Barry Moser. Knopf 1989 first edition. Signed by Moser on
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Golem, written and illustrated by David Wisniewski108 - Golem, written and illustrated by David Wisniewski
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Golem, written and illustrated by David Wisniewski. Clarion 1996 first printing with full number line, Caldecott gold medal on dust jacket. Fine in il
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Collection of 6 signed first editions by Caldecott Gold Medalist David Wisniewski109 - Collection of 6 signed first editions by Caldecott Gold Medalist David Wisniewski
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Collection of 6 signed first editions by Caldecott Gold Medalist David Wisniewski. The Wave of the Sea-Wolf, written and illustrated by Wisniewski. Cl
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Collection of 6 signed first editions by Caldecott Gold Medalist David Wisniewski. Elfwyns Saga, written and illustrated by Wisniewski (price clipped
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Two Signed First Editions by Caldecott Winner Peter Sis Mondays Troll by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Peter Sis. Greenwillow 1996 first edition Sign
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Three Signed First Editions by Caldecott Winner Peter Sis Animal Sense by Diane Ackerman, illustrated by Peter Sis. Knopf 2003 first edition. Signed b
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Three Signed First Editions written & illustrated by Caldecott Winner Peter Sis113 - Three Signed First Editions written & illustrated by Caldecott Winner Peter Sis
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Three Signed First Editions written & illustrated by Caldecott Winner Peter Sis A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North, written and illustrate...
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Four Signed Books by Caldecott Winner Peter Sis Halloween: Stories and Poems by Caroline Feller Bauer, illustrated by Peter Sis. Harpercollins 1989 4
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Four Signed Books by Caldecott Winner Peter Sis Madlenka written and illustrated by Peter Sis. Farrar Straus 2000 first edition. Signed by multiple Ca
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Officer Buckle and Gloria116 - Officer Buckle and Gloria
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Officer Buckle and Gloria written and illustrated by Peggy Rathmann. Putnam 1995 first edition. Fine hardcover in near fine jacket. Signed by Rathmann
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat written and illustrated by Simms Taback. Viking 1999 first edition. Fine hardcover in fine jacket. Signed by Taback. Firs
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Two Signed Caldecott First Editions by Paul O. Zelinsky118 - Two Signed Caldecott First Editions by Paul O. Zelinsky
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Two Signed Caldecott First Editions by Paul O. Zelinsky Rumpelstiltskin, written and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. Dutton 1986 first edition. Signe
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Three Signed by Caldecott Winner Paul O. Zelinsky Hansel and Gretel retold by Rika Lesser, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. Dutton 1984 stated first e
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Caldecott Book Collection Signed by David Wiesner Sector 7, written and illustrated by David Wiesner. Clarion 1999 first edition of this Caldecott hon
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