Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Books of Wonder

THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly. Yankee in Oz. Illustrations by Dick Martin. Maps by James E. Haff. [Kinderhook, IL]: The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc. [1972]. 8vo, 95pp. Color pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrations throughout in b&w. Minute traces of wear around edges, nearly imperceptible staining to fore edge of pages, previous owner's name in ink on ownership page, else a clean, bright copy.
First edition, paperback issue. Originally written by Ruth Plumly Thompson in 1959, the book was not published at the time by Reilly & Lee due to flagging sales of the Oz books. This edition from 1972, produced by the International Wizard of Oz club, is the first time this tale was issued Done with the blessing of the successor company to Reilly & Lee, Henry Regnery Company, the book, at the request of the illustrator, Dick Martin, was produced at 92 pages of text with a 8 ½ x 11 trim size to reduce the number of required illustrations and to ensure that they were printed at close to the size of the originals… Read More

CLARKE, Harry. The Year's At the Spring. An Anthology of Recent Poetry Compiled by L. D'O. Walters and Illustrated by Harry Clarke. With an Introduction by Harold Monro. London: George G. Harrap, 1920. 4to, 128pp. Light green cloth decoratively stamped in gilt. Green endpapers; 12 color plates, 12 b&w plates and numerous b&w illustrations. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, spine a tad sunned, slight rubbing to spine edges, free endpapers slightly discolored, bearing previous owner's name at top of front free endpaper; else an internally clean, bright copy.
First edition. A collection of early 20th century poetry for younger readers by such poets as Walter de la Mare, Rupert Brooke, G.K. Chesterton, Rose Fyleman, Thomas Hardy, Robert Graves, John Masefield, Harold Monro, James Stephens, and W.B. Yeats. All their work is brilliantly captured in stunning watercolor and black and white illustrations by celebrated Irish illustrator Harry Clarke. A gorgeously illustrated book!