The Giant Horse of Oz
Title
The Giant Horse of Oz
Creator
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrated by John R. Neill
Publisher
Chicago/New York: The Reilly & Lee Co.
Date
1928
Description
These terracotta covers are made of embossed linen-textured cloth. The entire front cover is a paper onlay full-color illustration of the main characters, with the title, author, illustrator details, and how it is a continuation of the L. Frank Baum Oz stories. The title and publisher on the spine are painted on in black and separated by a very tall horse.
The paper is made from wood pulp and feels course and is darkening around all the edges.
The endpapers are different characters playing the hoop and stick game with the z inside the large O hoops. The frontispiece and the full-color plates are on glossy paper and look like halftone lithographs, while within the text are either full page or partial page black-and-white illustrations that look more like chalk lithographs.
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The paper is made from wood pulp and feels course and is darkening around all the edges.
The endpapers are different characters playing the hoop and stick game with the z inside the large O hoops. The frontispiece and the full-color plates are on glossy paper and look like halftone lithographs, while within the text are either full page or partial page black-and-white illustrations that look more like chalk lithographs.
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Ruth Plumly Thompson is best known for continuing the duties of Oz's Royal Historian, L. Frank Baum, after his 1919 demise. Baum's illustrator collaborated with Thompson on al the books, which were published one per year from 1921-1939. Contrasts with the original Oz books and Thompson's Oz books were the inclusion of boys, humor, and romance. She wrote two more Oz stories shortly before her own death in the 1970s.
Thompson lived from 1891-1976.
John Rea Neill is best remembered for the thirty-five Oz books he illustrated. He also wrote three between 1940 and 1942. His illustrations started being published in newspapers while still in high school. His first illustrations for a Baum story was for the second Oz book was in 1904. This catapulted him into the position of Royal Illustrator of the Land of Oz. He also did magazine and other book illustrations, including a lot of the Henry Altemus children's series books.
Neill lived from 1877-1943.
Thompson lived from 1891-1976.
John Rea Neill is best remembered for the thirty-five Oz books he illustrated. He also wrote three between 1940 and 1942. His illustrations started being published in newspapers while still in high school. His first illustrations for a Baum story was for the second Oz book was in 1904. This catapulted him into the position of Royal Illustrator of the Land of Oz. He also did magazine and other book illustrations, including a lot of the Henry Altemus children's series books.
Neill lived from 1877-1943.
Subject
Literature / Children's Literature
Identifier
SPECIAL PZ8 .T372 G5 1928
Format
Hardcover book, 9.25 x 7 inches
Language
English
Relation
This book can be seen in the photograph, Display Case 7.
This book is also featured in our Damaged Books digital exhibit. To see that record, please use this link: The Giant Horse of Oz.
This book is also featured in our Damaged Books digital exhibit. To see that record, please use this link: The Giant Horse of Oz.
Original Format
Book
Collection
Citation
Ruth Plumly Thompson and Illustrated by John R. Neill, “The Giant Horse of Oz,” Beautiful Books in Flagler College's Special Collections, accessed May 14, 2024, https://beautifulbooks.omeka.net/items/show/208.