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Published in the first months of the 20th century, Baum's masterpiece launched a series of forty books, a hit stage play, a comic series, and a number of movies from the 1939 classic that has often been called the greatest American film, to the ongoing hit WICKED series. This elaborately illustrated edition of the book that launched a vast kingdom of wonder builds upon all that made the Oz books singular -- the odd, cracked humor, social satire, childlike enchantment, and strange dark undercurrents of Baum's voice as a storyteller. Plunkert's singular illustrations reimagine Oz as a otherworldly makeshift dreamscape, while Kelly Link's essay explores its place in contemporary fiction, and Gore Vidal explores Oz as a defining piece of American mythmaking.
A stunning new entry in Beehive Books award-winning Illuminated Editions series, this volume is housed in a shimmering die-cut sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and published in an oversized 9x12" trim format.
David Plunkert's illustrations have appeared in campaigns for Fortune 500 companies and in major newspapers, magazines, and recording labels. His work has been recognized by American Illustration, Communication Arts, Print, and the Society of Illustrators, among others. He has received gold medals from the Society of Illustrators NY and the Best Film Poster Award at SXSW. He co-founded Spur Design with Joyce Hesselberth in 1995 and was inducted into the Alliance Graphique Internationale in 2011. His 2017 New Yorker cover "Blowhard" was named Magazine Cover of the Year by ASME. He has taught at Shepherd University and Maryland Institute College of Art.
Kelly Link's debut collection, Stranger Things Happen, was a Firecracker nominee and Salon Book of the Year. Stories from it won the Nebula, James Tiptree Jr., and World Fantasy Awards. Her second collection, Magic for Beginners, was a Book Sense pick and made best-of-the-year lists at Time, Salon, and the Village Voice. Kelly co-edits The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror with Gavin J. Grant and Ellen Datlow, and edited the anthology Trampoline. She holds a BA from Columbia and an MFA from UNC Greensboro. She and her husband, Gavin J. Grant, run Small Beer Press and publish the zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.
Gore Vidal received the National Book Award and was the author of numerous novels, short stories, plays, and essays. His fiction includes landmark works such as Myra Breckinridge and the historical novel Lincoln, part of his seven-volume Narratives of Empire series spanning American history from the founding era to the mid-twentieth century. He was also a prolific essayist and critic, contributing regularly to publications such as The New York Review of Books. Beyond writing, Vidal was a political activist; as the Democratic candidate for Congress from upstate New York, he received the most votes of any Democrat in that district in a half-century. He also ran for the U.S. Senate in California. A fixture of American public intellectual life, he was known for his sharp wit and willingness to provoke, memorably clashing with William F. Buckley Jr. on national television during the 1968 political conventions.
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