The First Three Oz Books

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz

L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9785501161832
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and Ozma of Oz (1907), the books in which Baum built the country before it became a franchise. Dorothy's first journey along the yellow brick road; the boy Tip, the Scarecrow's reign and the army of girls; and Dorothy's return by way of a shipwreck, the Nome King and the Deadly Desert. Baum had meant to stop after the first; his readers would not let him. Its 352 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Introduction
• Chapter I. The Cyclone
• Chapter II. The Council with the Munchkins
• Chapter III. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
• Chapter IV. The Road Through the Forest
• Chapter V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
• Chapter VI. The Cowardly Lion
• Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz
• Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field
• Chapter IX. The Queen of the Field Mice
• Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate
• Chapter XI. The Wonderful City of Oz
• Chapter XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch
• Chapter XIII. The Rescue
• Chapter XIV. The Winged Monkeys
• Chapter XV. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
• Chapter XVI. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
• Chapter XVII. How the Balloon Was Launched
• Chapter XVIII. Away to the South
• Chapter XIX. Attacked by the Fighting Trees
• Chapter XX. The Dainty China Country
• Chapter XXI. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
• Chapter XXII. The Country of the Quadlings
• Chapter XXIII. Glinda the Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
• Chapter XXIV. Home Again
• Author’s Note
• Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead
• The Marvelous Powder of Life
• The Flight of the Fugitives
• Tip Makes an Experiment in Magic
• The Awakening of the Saw-Horse
• Jack Pumpkinhead’s Ride to the Emerald City
• His Majesty the Scarecrow
• Gen. Jinjur’s Army of Revolt
• The Scarecrow Plans an Escape
• The Journey to the Tin Woodman
• A Nickel-Plated Emperor
• Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E
• A Highly Magnified History
• Old Mombi Indulges in Witchcraft
• The Prisoners of the Queen
• The Scarecrow Takes Time to Think
• The Astonishing Flight of the Gump
• In the Jackdaw’s Nest
• Dr. Nikidik’s Famous Wishing Pills
• The Scarecrow Appeals to Glinda the Good
• The Tin-Woodman Plucks a Rose
• The Transformation of Old Mombi
• Princess Ozma of Oz
• The Riches of Content
• Ozma of Oz
• Author’s Note
• The Girl in the Chicken Coop
• The Yellow Hen
• Letters in the Sand
• Tiktok the Machine Man
• Dorothy Opens the Dinner Pail
• The Heads of Langwidere
• Ozma of Oz to the Rescue
• The Hungry Tiger
• The Royal Family of Ev
• The Giant with the Hammer
• The Nome King
• The Eleven Guesses
• The Nome King Laughs
• Dorothy Tries to Be Brave
• Billina Frightens the Nome King
• Purple, Green and Gold
• The Scarecrow Wins the Fight
• The Fate of the Tin Woodman
• The King of Ev
• The Emerald City
• Dorothy’s Magic Belt
• About the Author