Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a copy of Lucky Bucky in Oz, it belonged to my father. *From Wikipedia:** Lucky Bucky in Oz* (1942) is the thirty-sixth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the third and last written and illustrated solely by John R. Neill. (He wrote a fourth, The Runaway in Oz, but died before illustrating it.) Bucky Jones is aboard a tugboat in New York Harbor when the boiler blows up. He is soon blown into the Nonestic Ocean where he meets Davy Jones, a wooden whale.[1] The pair take an undersea route to the Emerald City, and have many adventures along the way. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > In the Portland Oregon Powells rare book room by far the hottest items > appear to be the older editions of the OZ series. The First book by the way > published in the year 1900. > The ones I hold dear were from the 60's. They were printed fairly well. The > jackets are simple and the illustrations by John R. Neill are printed well. > I have little interest in the earlier more valuable ones I seem to be more > interested in my own personal childhood nostalgia which took place in the > 60's. > I found many of the oz books to not read like watered down sequels but I > found them as a young teen to be as rewarding if not more so than the > original Wizard. > > But when you're in the Emerald city you're supposed to wear your green > glasses. > And the Gillikins to the north the Quadlings to the south the Munchins to > the west and the Winkies to the east... The land I live in now. Tall > buildings. > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/onthisAutumnday/ > > > > From: Neal Friedenthal <neal at photoneal.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:23:51 -0500 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] 68 LUG Yearbook Submissions Thus Far--I need you to eep > > Them Coming! > > > > The backyard idea came from the writers at MGM. In the book when she goes to > > Oz its real. She does not hit her head and dream the whole thing in color > > only to come back to her black and white life in Kansas when she wakes up. > > She ends up moving there. Also in the book she's 11. > > There were several books afterwards most of which my Dad read after dinner > > at the table during desert in the 60's. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oz_books > > > > In the book > > Dorothy is an orphan. > > The Munchkins were not midgets or dwarfs, just smaller than regular adults. > > In other words actors. > > > > And more importantly: > > The Wicked Witch of the East had Silver Shoes, not Ruby Slippers. > > > > I just noticed yesterday at At Barnes and Noble the book is put in in the > > cheap Barnes and noble published classes right next to Jane Austen and the > > Count of Monte Cristo. > > > > -- > > Mark R. > > > > Mark, > > > > My mother read the OZ book to my brother and me when we were growing up, I > > have the collection unfortunately not first editions > > and not in very good condition. However it does contain all 14 of the L. > > Frank Baum editions as well as several written after is > > passing. Interestingly enough the movie "Return to OZ" which the critics > > hated is closer to the original books that the 1939 film. > > > > Neal > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA