The Hero in Childrens Books- W.W.Denslow

William Wallace Denslow (1856-1915) worked closely with writer L.Frank Baum and were famed for stories such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The book consisted of 24 colour plate illustrations, two-colour head and tail pieces, chapter title pages and marginalia (very expensive to print at the time)

 These are the first illustrations of Oz, he had no basis for reference, and had to build up the characters from scratch.