Noel Langley: 'The Land of Green Ginger', London, Arthur Bar...

Hammer

£30

Noel Langley: 'The Land of Green Ginger', London, Arthur Barker, 1947, 2nd edition, black & white illustrations throughout by the author as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (part loss at lower edge front panel.) Scarce second edition of Langley's book for children originally published in 1937, that tells the story of Abu Ali, the son of Aladdin. It was largely on the basis of this work that Langley was selected as a screenwriter for The Wizard of Oz (1939)