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Title: Set of 14 Oz books specially bound for Patricia Taurog, daughter of Hollywood director Norman Taurog, who directed the test scenes of the Wizard of Oz Author: Baum, L. Frank & Ruth Plumly Thompson Place: Indianapolis & Chicago Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill & Reilly & Lee Date: Various dates Description: Includes: Baum. The New Wizard of Oz. 208 pp. 8 color plates. 5th edition, 2nd state. Bobbs-Merrill, [c.1930-35]. Baum. The Land of Oz. 287 pp. Color frontispiece. Reilly & Lee, [c.1925-35]. Baum. Ozma of Oz. 270 pp. Reilly & Lee, [c.1940]. Baum. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. 288 pp. Color frontispiece. Reilly & Lee, [c.1930]. Baum. The Road to Oz. 261 pp. Reilly & Lee, [c.1940]. Baum. The Emerald City of Oz. 296 pp. 12 color plates. Reilly & Lee, [c.1930]. Baum. The Patchwork Girl of Oz. 340, [2] pp. + [5] pp. of synopses of earlier Oz titles. Illustrated in color and black & white, without inserted plates, as issued. Reilly & Lee, [c.1930]. Baum. Tik-Tok of Oz. 272 pp. 11 (of 12) color plates. Reilly & Lee, [c.1930]. Baum. The Lost Princess of Oz. 312 pp. 12 color plates. Reilly & Lee, [c.1930]. Baum. The Tin Woodman of Oz. 288 pp. 12 color plates. Reilly & Lee, [c.1930]. Baum. The Magic of Oz. 266 pp. 11 (of 12) color plates. 1st edition, 1st state. Reilly & Lee, [1919]. Baum. Glinda of Oz. 279 pp. 12 color plates. Reilly & Lee, [c.1923]. Thompson. The Hungry Tiger of Oz. 261, [4] pp. 12 color plates. 1st edition. Reilly & Lee, [1926]. Thompson. Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz. 252 pp. 12 color plates. 1st edition. Reilly & Lee, [1929]. Together, 14 volumes. The first illustrated by W.W. Denslow, the others by John R. Neill, all with black & white illustrations in the text and color plates as noted. 8¾x6½, uniformly rebound in ¾ vellum and wood veneer boards, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, brown endpapers with gilt, silver and bronze colored appliqué designs pasted on the front pastedowns. Attractively-bound set of Oz books that was presented to Patricia Taurog, daughter of Hollywood director Norman Taurog, with her name stamped in gilt to the bottoms of the spines. Norman Taurog directed nearly 150 movies, starting in 1920, and was the uncredited director of test scenes for the classic 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland. The set was bound up in the mid to late 1940’s. Patricia gave it to her uncle, screenwriter Jack Leonard (brother of Norman Taurog’s first wife, actress Julie Leonard) around 1949, and upon Jack Leonard’s death in 1954 it passed to his son, in whose possession it has remained until this time. Jack Leonard and Norman Taurog were also uncles of actor/director/producer Jackie Cooper (John Cooperman, Jr.). Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing and wear to the covers, two with spines stained, a few with boards, soiled and worn; occasional darkening to contents, primarily those pages adjacent to plates, two lacking a plate each, as noted, overall very good. Item number: 237837