Baum's American Fairy Tales author-Molly Knox Ostertag stunningly original first volume in

stunningly original first volume in Pullman's award-winningHis Dark Materialstrilogy - a work already being compared to Tolkien'sLord of the Ringsas one of the greatest works of fantasy

tactile innovative production technique

Dark green cloth pictorially stamped in black and orange

and colossal squid cruised the ancient oceans most with just one thing in mind: eat or be eaten

Maureen Johnson

Baum's American Fairy Tales author-Molly Knox Ostertag stunningly original first volume inBAUM, L[yman] Frank. Baums American Fairy Tales. Illustrated by George OConnor. NY: Books of Wonder, 1997. 8vo, [vi] 162pp. Navy boards with spine stamped in silver. Pictorial endpapers; 16 full page b&w illustrations and b&w illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed and numbered by the artist, George OConnor, on a limitation leaf hand colored by the artist. First George OConnor illustrated edition,