1934; L. Frank Baum; 1st Edition, 1st State; Oz Story- 5th Edition, 2nd State Overall; N.Y. Blue Ribbon Books; Original Cloth; Illustrated by W.W. Denslow; 208 Pages +3 of Waddle Assembly Instructions; No Waddle Figures; w7.3"xh9.1"; Very Rare!

• Beautiful light green cloth with pretty color pasted on illustration to front, black title/pictorial to binding, with an illustrated title page, the required Eight Color plates, with a bunch of charming b/w illustrations, and a Retelling of the Original Wizard of Oz!

• Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.

• The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book is a novelty edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and a major example of Oz promotional merchandise. The book included cardboard cutouts of six characters (Dorothy Gale, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and the Wizard of Oz) which could be detached and assembled into three dimensional dolls using the included instructions. These were designed to walk, or waddle, down a slanted surface. A cardboard Yellow Brick Road was provided for them to waddle on.

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• The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book is actually a reprint of the fifth edition of the first book in the classic series, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), which, in its second edition, was re-titled, The New Wizard of Oz (1903). The text points are similar to the fifth edition (printed 1920s-30s), second state, but with a new title page, an additional entry at the end of the Contents for the instructions, and with the instructions bound at the rear as pages 209-211.

• The color plates have text printed on the versos. In the book's first state, as here, the punch-out waddle figures (missing here) were printed on sheets of heavy card stock which were mounted on bound-in perforated stubs. In its second state, the waddle figures are not mounted on stubs but, instead, enclosed in the envelope along with the ramp. The second state of the cloth is light olive rather than bright green.