{"product_id":"wizard-of-oz-series-bundle-of-14-collections","title":"Wizard of Oz Series - Bundle of 14 Collections","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelight in these stunning illustrations by William W. Denslow and John R. Neill, who brought L. Frank Baum's Oz book series to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Oz book series begins with \u003cstrong\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/strong\u003e (1900), created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Baum was styled as 'the Royal Historian of Oz' and created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum by means of a wireless telegraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first book in the series, was illustrated by William W. Denslow. Baum and Denslow held joint copyrights to this and other books they had worked on together but fell out, so subsequent Oz books were illustrated by John R. Neill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis value bundle of digital downloads features the following collections from the Wizard of Oz series by William Denslow (1856-1915) and John R. Neill (1877-1943):-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/wonderful-wizard-of-oz-the-1900-william-w-denslow-1856-1915-43-images\" title=\"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) - Denslow - 43 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)\u003c\/a\u003e - Denslow - 43 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/scarecrow-the-tin-man-1904-william-w-denslow-1856-1915-16-images\" title=\"Scarecrow \u0026amp; the Tin-Man (1904) - Denslow - 16 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eScarecrow \u0026amp; the Tin-Man (1904)\u003c\/a\u003e - Denslow - 16 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/cowardly-lion-of-oz-the-1923-john-r-neill-1877-1943-13-images\" title=\"The Cowardly Lion Of Oz (1923) - Neill - 13 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Cowardly Lion Of Oz (1923)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 13 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/dorothy-the-wizard-in-oz-1908-john-r-neill-1877-1943-24-images\" title=\"Dorothy \u0026amp; the Wizard in Oz (1908) - Neill - 24 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDorothy \u0026amp; the Wizard in Oz (1908)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 24 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/emerald-city-of-oz-the-1910-john-r-neill-1877-1943-20-images\" title=\"The Emerald City of Oz (1910) - Neill - 20 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Emerald City of Oz (1910)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 20 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/kabumpo-in-oz-1922-john-r-neill-1877-19\" title=\"Kabumpo in Oz (1922) - Neill - 12 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKabumpo in Oz (1922)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 12 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/lost-princess-of-oz-the-1917-john-r-neill-1877-1943-12-images\" title=\"The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) - Neill - 12 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Lost Princess of Oz (1917)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 12 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/magic-of-oz-the-1919-john-r-neill-1877-1943-11-images\" title=\"The Magic of Oz (1919) - Neill - 11 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Magic of Oz (1919)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 11 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/marvelous-land-of-oz-the-1905-john-r-neill-1877-1943-28-images\" title=\"The Marvelous Land of Oz (1905) - Neill - 28 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Marvelous Land of Oz (1905)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 28 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/ozma-of-oz-1907-john-r-neill-1877-1943-56-images\" title=\"Ozma of Oz (1907) - Neill - 56 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOzma of Oz (1907)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 56 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/patchwork-girl-of-oz-the-1913-john-r-neill-1877-1943-63-images\" title=\"The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) - Neill - 63 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 63 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/scarecrow-of-oz-the-1915-john-r-neill-1877-1943-25-images\" title=\"The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) - Neill - 25 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Scarecrow of Oz (1915)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 25 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tik-tok-of-oz-1914-john-r-neill-1877-1943-16-images\" title=\"Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) - Neill - 16 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTik-Tok of Oz (1914)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 16 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tin-woodman-of-oz-the-1918-john-r-neill-1877-1943-12-images\" title=\"The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) - Neill - 12 images\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)\u003c\/a\u003e - Neill - 12 images\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClick on each item above for further information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you’d like, including commercial use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Rea Neill (1877-1943)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas a magazine and children's book illustrator, primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz including L. Frank Baum's, Ruth Plumly Thompson's and three of his own. His drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series. He did a great deal of magazine and newspaper illustration work which is not as well known today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was first commissioned to illustrate '\u003cstrong\u003eThe Marvelous Land of Oz\u003c\/strong\u003e', the second Oz book L. Frank Baum wrote, published in 1904. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first book in the series, had been illustrated by W.W. Denslow, with whom Baum had argued and lost contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/neill-john-r\" title=\"John R. Neill\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJohn R. Neill\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Wallace Denslow (1856-1915)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas an American illustrator and caricaturist remembered for his collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially for his illustrations for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDenslow may have met Baum at the Chicago Press Club, where both men were members. Besides '\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/strong\u003e', Denslow had also illustrated other books by Baum. Baum and Denslow held the copyrights to most of these works jointly. Baum vowed not to work with him again after he and Denslow quarrelled over royalty shares from the 1902 stage adaptation of 'The Wizard of Oz', for which Baum wrote the script and Denslow designed the sets and costumes. As co-copyright-holder, Denslow demanded an equal share in royalties with Baum and composer Paul Tietjens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/denslow-william-w\" title=\"William Denslow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWilliam Denslow\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 341 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50542218805578,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/WizardofOzSeries-Bundleof14Collections.jpg?v=1747043176","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/products\/wizard-of-oz-series-bundle-of-14-collections","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}