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The Cowardly Lion Of Oz: Available Copies
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The Cowardly Lion of Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No. 17) by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Paperback
ISBN: 9780345315861
Publisher: Random House Worlds (1985)
Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
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The Cowardly Lion of Oz (Wonderful Oz Books, No. 17) by Thompson, Ruth Plumly
Paperback
ISBN: 9780345315861
Publisher: Del Rey (1985)
Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $7.50
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Light edgewear; lightly soiled on the edges of the page block.
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The Royal Book of Oz: In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island, and how he was rescued and brought back to Oz by Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion (The Oz Series Book 15) (Dover Fairy Tale Books) by Baum, L. Frank; Thompson, Ruth Plumly
Paperback
ISBN: 9780486417660
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc. (2001)
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (Webster, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $16.50
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2001 reissue of 1921 original. Minor wear along edges. 311 pp. Color plates and black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The first of the many Oz books written by Baum's first successor, Ruth Plumly Thompson, though it was credited by the publisher to Baum on the spine and cover "to ease the transition to the new Royal Historian.
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The Cowardly Lion of Oz (Paperback) by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Paperback
ISBN: 9780345315861
Publisher: Random House USA Inc (1985)
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $22.32
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Paperback. Return to L. Frank Baum's wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children's book series.After Notta Bit More, the circus clown, accidentally utters the transformation spell that sends him and Bob Up, the orphan boy, from the U.S. to the Munchkin kingdom of Mudge, Mustafa, the irascible ruler, magically compels them to try to capture the famous Cowardly Lion for the royal menagerie.The Lion, on a secret mission of his own, finds them instead. Together with Nick, the bird with the telephone beak, they escape from the skyle of Un and the bottled city of Preservatory, meet an enemy disguised as a friend, and return to Mudge in an attempt to save the Cowardly Lion from a hard, cruel fate.Praise for the Oz series"Where the young stay young and the old grow young forever-these books are for readers of all ages."-Ray Bradbury"The land of Oz has managed to fascinate each new generation. . . . The Oz books continue to exert their spell . . . and those who read them are often made what they were not-imaginative, tolerant, alert to wonders."-Gore Vidal"I was raised with the Oz books, and their enchantment, humor and excitement remain with me. They are still a joy and a treasure. I welcome this Oz revival."-Stephen R. Donaldson Originally published: Chicago, Ill.: Reilly & Lee Co., 1923. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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The Cowardly Lion of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Paperback
ISBN: 9780345315861
Publisher: Del Rey, New York (1985)
Seller: Basically SF Books (Salem, OR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $24.99
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First printing of this edition. Light wear to bottom edge of front cover. Del Rey oversize paperback, 1st printing this edition, June 1985 (stated), complete number line. ISBN: 9780345315861, 252 pages, cover price $5.95. 12mo (4.5" x 8") 17 in Oz series, preceded by Kabumpo in Oz, and followed by Grampa in Oz. Contains the complete black and white illustrations of John R. Neill, and a new cover painting by Michael Herring. Also contains two bonus maps not in the original edition: a map of the Marvelous Land of Oz, and a map of the Magical Countries Surrounding Oz, courtesy International Wizard of Oz Club. God bless Del Rey for publishing the Ruth Plumly Thompson Oz books! They are usually funner, funnier, more enchanting, and more imaginative than Baum's books. The Cowardly Lion is kidnapped by Mustafa of Mudge for Mustafa's large menagerie of lions. Can American circus clown Notta Bit More and orphan Bobbie Downs, or Bob Up, save him in time from being petrified by the stone giant Crunch?
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The Cowardly Lion of Oz (Esprios Classics) (Paperback) by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Paperback
ISBN: 9798210206916
Publisher: Blurb Inc, CA (2024)
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $27.49
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Paperback. Ruth Plumly Thompson (27 July 1891 - 6 April 1976) was an American writer of children's stories, best known for writing many novels placed in Oz, the fictional land of L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. An avid reader of Baum's books and a lifelong children's writer, Thompson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While in high school she sold her first fairy tale to St. Nicholas Magazine to which she continued contributing, along with The Smart Set. wizard In 1914 she took a job with the Philadelphia Public Ledger, writing a weekly children's column for the newspaper. Thompson's contributions to the Oz series are lively and imaginative, featuring a wide range of colorful and unusual characters. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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