tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post5650387565672070624..comments2024-03-04T16:50:15.828-08:00Comments on Hungry Tiger Talk: The Incredible Shrinking Oz BooksDavid Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-89676827870437735032021-08-31T13:24:13.700-07:002021-08-31T13:24:13.700-07:00Regnery ... yeah, that name has become notorious f...Regnery ... yeah, that name has become notorious for publishing right wing screeds. They picked up Josh Hawley's book after Simon & Schuster dumped it post Jan 6. <br /><br />Amusingly, I picked up at Half Price Books a copy of Zixi that was published by the right wing National Review Press. An intro claimed that the illos had been scanned from the St Nicholas magazine first publication. And they did look pretty crisp, which is why I bought it. Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-62208138832642912622016-03-13T13:20:10.335-07:002016-03-13T13:20:10.335-07:00I hope you still have someway of checking for newe...I hope you still have someway of checking for newer posts! <br /><br />As I child I bought both of the scholastic Regnery/CBI books available (in fact, as I sit here, they are sitting at my right elbow!). How does one even find the other 5 ones? :)<br /><br />I'm slowly collecting the Books of Wonder edition, and am having problems acquiring editions with the spine art on the dust covers. Do you have any suggestions on how to go about this:iranonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458892449831156684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-43456694203950438862011-11-09T19:51:19.948-08:002011-11-09T19:51:19.948-08:00This is very interesting.
I'd be happy if you ...This is very interesting.<br />I'd be happy if you could continue to show us various Oz covers through the years.<br />Does anyone else remember the Aerie titles? The cheap 2 for a dollar walmart books?saintfighteraquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195760262262189059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-5731849002864998022011-10-31T12:40:53.964-07:002011-10-31T12:40:53.964-07:00Well, from e-mail comments and feedback thus far n...Well, from e-mail comments and feedback thus far none of the other seven have turned up yet.David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-26583953296426336362011-10-26T15:28:39.374-07:002011-10-26T15:28:39.374-07:00Or perhaps, deep-down, everyone loves a socialist ...Or perhaps, deep-down, everyone loves a socialist utopia that understands money is inherently evil ;)David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-57122838121471405472011-10-26T09:08:55.964-07:002011-10-26T09:08:55.964-07:00Just goes to show that Oz fandom cuts across all p...Just goes to show that Oz fandom cuts across all political beliefs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-14623128079319954392011-10-25T23:01:24.258-07:002011-10-25T23:01:24.258-07:00@Scott - Alas, Henry Regenry was extremely right w...@Scott - Alas, Henry Regenry was extremely right wing, and his publishing house published a lot of anti-commuunist crap along with the Oz books.<br /><br />I only discovered this today when I ran across his autobiography on Google Books:<br /><br />MEMOIRS OF A DISSIDENT PUBLISHER<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=H_NhOnKZdr4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Henry+Regnery&hl=en&ei=D6GnToLuI-eniQK1yoW5DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=falseDavid Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-80008399515985495572011-10-25T19:58:30.101-07:002011-10-25T19:58:30.101-07:00I was missing those two titles for a long time - i...I was missing those two titles for a long time - in part because I didn't realize they weren't available in the same format as the other books I'd picked up. I always assumed I'd run across them some day. It had taken me a while to find the other Rand McNally titles - it was around 1974, and I used to hit every bookstore I ran across looking for them. For whatever reason, Oz books just weren't that available around me!Bill Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258626254481978155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-76328341047777509062011-10-25T18:58:41.580-07:002011-10-25T18:58:41.580-07:00Is this Regenry the same company that publishes ex...Is this Regenry the same company that publishes exclusively right wing books now?Scott Olsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-18201985882108493142011-10-25T18:12:53.234-07:002011-10-25T18:12:53.234-07:00My first copy of "The Magic of Oz" was v...My first copy of "The Magic of Oz" was very similar to these, but it was published by Scholastic. And we probably know what their deal is.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-53492103349112290342011-10-25T17:48:04.660-07:002011-10-25T17:48:04.660-07:00I guess I've just always had an odd fondness f...I guess I've just always had an odd fondness for these weird little editions as they were in effect the very last Oz books published by the original publisher.David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-69136130746321206602011-10-25T17:44:44.192-07:002011-10-25T17:44:44.192-07:00@Bill - I'm surprised you never had RINKITINK ...@Bill - I'm surprised you never had RINKITINK and LOST PRINCESS before 1979. I'd broken down and bought white editions to fill in the non-Rand McNally titles before these little ones started coming out. I had to byt hardcover editions of TIK-TOK and GLINDA, too, as those Rand McNally titles continually eluded me.David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-30581715164200700182011-10-25T16:35:36.206-07:002011-10-25T16:35:36.206-07:00I remember when these started to appear, because t...I remember when these started to appear, because they published Lost Princess and Rinkitink, the two titles that Rand McNally never published. But, they were smaller than my R/M paperbacks! Consequently, I never bought them and finally picked up Reilly & Lee white cover editions of those titles. I don't think I've ever seen all fourteen titles in this format - but I'll admit, I wasn't looking too hard...Bill Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258626254481978155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-42200392586746489882011-10-25T14:23:01.741-07:002011-10-25T14:23:01.741-07:00Interestingly, Marcus Mebes and Peter Hanff recent...Interestingly, Marcus Mebes and Peter Hanff recently discovered that some of the earliest "white editions" of DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD used up some old 1950s text blocks.<br /><br />Also, Dick supplemented almost all of the white editions in some way: using the MAGIC endpapers as text illos in MAGIC, adding the map of Oz to LOST PRINCESS, adding the original "cut"ownership leaf to DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD, etc. WIZARD was actually wholly reworked by Dick Martin and he added in a few new Denslow illos from the comic page and a non-Denslow drawing of Dorothy and Toto from a 1901 ad.David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-61056445430082187422011-10-25T14:17:05.070-07:002011-10-25T14:17:05.070-07:00@Jared - Yes Dick Martin redrew several of the col...@Jared - Yes Dick Martin redrew several of the color plates as line art for the white edition. They're pretty good but one can see the Dick Martin style in them nonetheless.David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-32442425398946140222011-10-25T13:18:14.375-07:002011-10-25T13:18:14.375-07:00I do have a question: in later Reilly & Lee co...I do have a question: in later Reilly & Lee color plate-less editions of "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz," a number of color plates were obviously redrawn as black and white illustrations. Did Dick Martin do these? They were also used by Del Rey.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930190065426288711.post-1563812285499911692011-10-25T13:08:56.314-07:002011-10-25T13:08:56.314-07:00I neglected to mention that Rand McNally did keep ...I neglected to mention that Rand McNally did keep their WIZARD and LAND paperbacks in print as these two titles were in the public domain.David Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672089188117065118noreply@blogger.com