Books with author john r. neill

Excerpt from The Ugly Duckling: From Andersen's Fairy TalesAt last the big egg broke. Tweet, tweet, and out crept a young one, but so very big and ugly that the mother duck thought he must be a young turkey-cock.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A nice illustrated edition of another classic in our Wizard of Oz Collection. Fifteen of our Kindle book illustrations are in color.Each book in the collection contains the text, illustrations, and cover from the first or early edition. Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Our version has:More than 140 original illustrations by John R. Neill. Don't be fooled by other versions with missing or made-up pictures.An introduction by the author.A beautiful front and back cover from the original 1904 first edition.The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, often shortened to The Land of Oz, was published in 1904. It is the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and was illustrated by John R. Neill. The story occurs after Dorothy returned to Kansas and follows a young boy named Tip and his adventures with Jack Pumpkinhead as they confront General Jinjur's all-girl Army of Revolt, which is planning to take over the Emerald City.Read all the OZ books by L. Frank Baum from SeaWolf Press1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)2. The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)3. Ozma of Oz (1907)4. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908)5. The Road to Oz (1909)6. The Emerald City of Oz (1910)7. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)8. Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)9. The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)10. Rinkitink in Oz (1916)11. The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)12. The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)13. The Magic of Oz (1919)14. Glinda of Oz (1920)

A nice illustrated edition of another classic in our Wizard of Oz Collection. Eighteen of the illustrations in our Kindle version are in color.Each book in the collection contains the text, illustrations, and cover from the first or early edition. Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Our version has:All 110 original illustrations by John R. Neill. Don't be fooled by other versions with missing or made-up pictures.An introduction by the author.A beautiful front cover from the original 1910 first edition.The Emerald City of Oz, published in 1910, is the sixth of L. Frank Baum's Oz books. It is the story of Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em coming to live in Oz permanently. While they are traveling through the Quadling Country, the Nome King is assembling allies for an invasion of Oz.