Lot 1240: NEILL, JOHN REA. 1877-1943.- "The Scalawagons of Oz,"

"The Scalawagons of Oz," 2 drawings, being a pen and ink and a pencil and watercolor color sketch of the same design, each 467 x 336 mm, signed. Published : The Scalawagons of Oz by John R. Neill (Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1941), front cover. Provenance : Frank O'Donnell, Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago. FRONT COVER ART FOR "SCALAWAGONS OF OZ." Among the Oz celebrities riding in the Wizard's magic automobiles in this elaborate drawing are Ozma, Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tik Tok, the Patchwork Girl and the Wizard himself. The head of the largest scalawagon in the foreground also served as the spine device on the dust wrapper.