tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post7324169963582380475..comments2024-03-04T16:50:15.828-08:00Comments on Hungry Tiger Talk: White Edition Wednesday - LANDDavid Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-21604235630286033282016-09-12T08:10:46.568-07:002016-09-12T08:10:46.568-07:00Finding this post almost 5 years later (actually, ...Finding this post almost 5 years later (actually, I read it ages ago with much interest, but I've only now got around to retrieving my "white editions" from my childhood home), I note with interest I have two very different printings.<br /><br />The first one sounds a lot like the book owned by "Anonymous" above: 40 books in the mini-essay, 40 titles on the next page, one blank page following synopses, 16-page gatherings. The cover is also printed with Martin's preferred lighter blue, so I believe this to be a very early copy. However, I have noted two slight oddities Anonymous hasn't: on the spine, Jinjur's hat and boots are solid red, and her shirt, the emerald, the "Land," "Oz," and "Reilly & Lee" are a curious teal-green color that appears to have been created by printing the blue ink at more "strength" than the yellow.<br /><br />In my second copy, it's still 16-page gatherings, with one page after the synopses, but there are also several alterations. The "Famous Oz Books" are now unnumbered, with only the Baum titles on verso. The "darker" blue is used for the cover - including, now, the "Land," "Oz," and "Reilly & Lee" on the spine. Jinjur's hat and boots are now a faint orange-red (the only "faint" color on the spine), and her shirt and emerald are a slightly greened blue that just barely registers as teal. This appears identical to the cover you show at the top of your blog post, David.<br /><br />I know this is all minutiae, but I find it interesting, anyway!<br /><br />SarahSarah Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14449598580129612976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-29723943490141417722011-12-18T19:51:28.904-08:002011-12-18T19:51:28.904-08:00My copy has an inscription from Christmas 1970.
...My copy has an inscription from Christmas 1970. <br /><br />It has "40" in paragraph two of the mini-essay, and lists all 40 volumes on the next page. I do find it odd that the "40" appears to be bolded, its font doesn't quite match, and that it's not set evenly with the rest of the text in that line. <br /><br />It also has only one blank page following the synopses. <br /><br />The gatherings are 16 pages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-766424530558744232011-12-02T18:08:19.442-08:002011-12-02T18:08:19.442-08:00Hi Scott- Thanks for the info on your copies. I sh...Hi Scott- Thanks for the info on your copies. I should have mentioned that the covers of LAND and OZMA in The Ozmapolitan both seem to be prototypes. I suspect Dick was still working on those two titles when he was preparing the Ozmapolitan. One could easily infer that LAND and OZMA came out a little later than the others.David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-75927551919437906742011-12-02T15:58:16.364-08:002011-12-02T15:58:16.364-08:00David--
On the last page of The Ozmapolitan you p...David--<br /><br />On the last page of The Ozmapolitan you provide a link to the cover of Land is different from the white edition commonly seen. I suspect the copy of Land pictured was never produced?scott Olsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-2769369728379520212011-12-01T19:30:22.168-08:002011-12-01T19:30:22.168-08:00I have two copies of this book.
The copy I acquir...I have two copies of this book.<br /><br />The copy I acquired in 1967 or so lists the number of Oz books as "40" in the second paragraph.<br /><br />The second copy has removed the "40" with "each of the volumes in the series..."<br /><br />But both copies have a list on the verso that has all 40 volumes.Scott Olsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-23781596335928388512011-11-30T08:13:23.859-08:002011-11-30T08:13:23.859-08:00It was a lot of fun reading the Ozmapolitan.
These...It was a lot of fun reading the Ozmapolitan.<br />These W.E. Wednesdays give me something to look forward to in the middle of the week.saintfighteraquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195760262262189059noreply@blogger.com