Fifth Ediion "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum 1903 Copyright pull toy but I think is much

but I think is much better--far looser (it looks positively abstract from certain angles)

Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in New Orleans (now associated with Tulane)—which if you are not familiar with

The lovely antique barber's brush features a turned oak wooden handle

Whoever its maker

silver and pinkish molded ceramic vase/planter

Fifth Ediion "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum 1903 Copyright pull toy but I think is muchThis is a fifth edition copy of The Wizard of Oz, printed by The Bobbs Merrill Company in the 20s early 30s (last copyright is 1903), with 208 pages, 8 full color plates and 8 black and white, plus terrific black and white text illustrations by W. W. Denslow throughout. I remember reading (or, mostly, having my mother read to my brother and me) all of the Oz books when we were kids, and seeing the design and illustrations in this old copy reminds me