Sky Island.

BAUM, L. Frank; illustrated by John R. Neill.

Item Number: 1635

Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1912.

First edition, first issue with the ads on the verso of half title naming the 2-6th Oz titles plus John Dough. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. In near fine condition with only light wear to the extremities. A very sharp example.

The American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, anticipated such century-later commonplaces as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz) (Venables, 1990).Sky Island is a lesson in diversity taught through the adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill as they face the mighty Boolooroo of the Blues.