The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People

Overview:

  • Title: The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People
  • Author: L. Frank Baum
  • Year: 1903
  • Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company
  • Price: $1.25
  • Pages: 236+[1]
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People
  • Notes: New edition (1st under this title)
    • OCLC: "5 preliminary leaves, 236 pages, 1 leaf color frontispiece, illustrations, color plates 24 cm"
    • Month inferred from the dates 11-15/16/21 of notices--two or three new holiday/Christmas books by Baum from Bobbs-Merrill--in Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco newspapers
    • Price from advertisements Austin Statesman 12-03 (postpaid; illustrated in color) and SL Post-Dispatch 12-11
    • 9-3/8 x 7-1/8 per The Sun (Baltimore) 1903-12-03 "Gift Books" (as 237 pp)
    Some library records credit the illustrator as "Frank Verbeck" (above) and "F. Verbeck" ({{OCLC|752516582}}, as 237 pp). "Ver Beck" is stated in some but not all contemporary newspaper notices and reviews.