Rinkitink in Oz

BAUM, L[yman] Frank. Rinkitink in Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (ca. 1965). 8vo, 320pp. White cloth pictorially printed in black, green, red, yellow and blue. Two-color pictorial endpapers; numerous b&w illustrations. Light bumping to spine ends, else a fine copy without dust jacket as issued.

Ca. 1965 white cloth edition. King Rinkitink and his surly goat, Bilbil, help Prince Iga of Pingaree rescue his people. Originally written as a non-Oz story named “King Rinkitink” around 1905, Baum adapted into an Oz story by having a few Oz characters come to the rescue at the story’s end when he needed a book for 1916.