The Tin Woodman of Oz, Early Edition (First Reilly & Lee), 12 Color Plates captioned drawings are well worn

are well worn

Perhaps he was a sailing instructor

and a little bit Southwestern

just a wonderful example of stunning form following function

both just little gems of paintings

The Tin Woodman of Oz, Early Edition (First Reilly & Lee), 12 Color Plates captioned drawings are well wornThis is a very early edition of the Tin Woodman of Oz, printed I believe a couple of years after the 1918 true first edition, when publisher Reilly & Britton changed their name to Reilly & Lee. Often taken for a true first edition, this copy is in all other ways identical to the one, featuring pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates by John R. Neill, a publishers advertisement on back of ownership page, and wonderful illustrations throughout. I grew up