Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz Illustrated by John Rea Neill

Chicago - New York: The Reilly & Lee Co. , 1929. Copyright 1929 by The Reilly & Lee Co. No other dates; early printing without color illustrations. Large 7" x 9 1/4" design. Bright red boards with sharp, mounted color plate, crisp black spine titles, generally near fine; some bleed at lower corner of back board. Front board features crisp full-size plate; some mounting offset. Pages near fine, clean. Antiquarian stamp at ownership page: "This Book Belongs To: 'Robert McLellan, 5263 M Street, Sacremento, California." Illustrated endpapers of Jack and Peter the Pitcher posing with oversize O and Z. Classic, whimsical full and partial-page illustrations, vignettes, headers and tailpieces by the inimitable artist, John Rea Neill. Rare dynamic and colorful pictorial wrapper, some chip, rub, moderate red bleed at back panel; unclipped 2.50, protected in new clear sleeve. Price appears as publisher's neat stamp at front and back flaps over original cost of 2.00. Flap corners slightly clipped originally from publisher or neatly by prior owner. Back flap with list for: "The Oz Books "Regular Editions" with durable cloth bindings and colorful jackets." Front and back matching pictorial panels featuring a gallent Jack with a real pumpkin for a head with sword pulled from sheath over sky blue b.g. Interestingly, both front and back panel titles state as misprint or other: "Illustrated by Jno R Neill." Sharp, generally near fine volume in rare original and intact wrapper. A new out of this world tale by Ruth Plumly Thompson founded on and continuing The Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum! Jack Pumpkinhead is the hero and his adventures are as strange and wonderful as any ever recorded by the Royal Historian. Of course Jack loses his head more than once during these episodes, but always some friend comes forward with a new pumpkin head and before the adventures end it really seems as though his pumpkin-seed brains are working better than ever. Peter, the brave young baseball pitcher from Philadelphia, who first arrived at Oz in 'The Gnome King of Oz,' is back and renews his friendship with Jack. In this adventure, Peter and Jack meet an Iffin - one of the most curious and remarkable creatures found in OZ. They are all friends and come to each other's rescue in all varieties of danger. You will hold your breath with anticipation in this tingling episode. Jack, Peter, and the Iffin confront Mogodore, a robber baron, who captures Princess Ozma and plans to force her to marry him and become the ruler of all Oz. How his wicked plans ultimately fail is captured in the final pages of this gripping Oz Story! 253 pages. Insured post.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Neill, John R. (Rea). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.