Kabumpo in Oz.

THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly; Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum.

$95.00

Item Number: 145101

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1922.

First edition, early printing of Thompson’s second fantastical continuation of Frank Baum’s ‘Oz’ stories. Octavo, original cloth with colored pictorial paper onlay, illustrated plates by John R. Neill. In very good condition.

Ruth Plumy Thompson was chosen by Baum's publishers to continue the 'Oz' series due to her talent for storytelling and her familiarity with the world of Oz. In 'Kabumpo in Oz,' Prince Pompadore of Pumperdink receives a scroll on his eighteenth birthday, warning that unless he weds a 'proper princess' within seven days, his kingdom will disappear. The prince, along with the kingdom's wise elephant Kabumpo, set off on an adventure to the Emerald City, so Pomp can find a princess to wed.