The Wonderful Wizard of Oz : Illustrations by Michael Sieben

"In this dazzling full-color gift edition, L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' is brought to life with specially commissioned illustrations by contemporary artist and designer Michael Sieben.

Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends as they travel to the Emerald City in search of the great Wizard of Oz in this new, complete and unabridged edition of the classic tale that winds its way from Kansas to faraway places and back. From the land of the Munchkins to the deadly poppy field, from encounters with ferocious Kalidahs, Winged Monkeys, and Fighting Trees to battles with the Wicked Witches of the East and West, the magic of Baum's story is beautifully reimagined through the extraordinary art of Michael Sieben."

Now available in the store, new old stock of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz : Illustrations by Michael Sieben.

From the dust jacket...

About the Author
L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 and received enormous, immediate success. Baum went on to write seventeen additional novels in the Oz series. Today, he is considered the father of the American fairy tale. His stories inspired the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz, one of the most widely viewed movies of all time.

About the Illustrator
Michael Sieben is a professional designer and illustrator, primarily within the subculture of skateboarding, whose work has been exhibited and reviewed worldwide as well as featured in numerous illustration anthologies. He is a staff writer and illustrator for Thrasher magazine, and a weekly columnist for VICE.com. He is also a founding member of Okay Mountain Gallery and Collective in Austin, Texas, as well as the cofounder of Roger Skateboards. The author of There's Nothing Wrong with You (Hopefully), he lives and works in Austin.

Hardback cover + dust jacket

224 pages with more than fifty full-colour illustrations

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

PLEASE NOTE: this book is really expensive to post due to its weight, and the cut that Paypal would take from the combined book price + postage cost (outside of Europe) would result in a loss, so unfortunately at this time sales are limited to UK and Europe only.

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