Vol. 16, no. 2 (Autumn 1972)
| Guest Editor | Michael Patrick Hearn |
| Editorial Staff | David L. Greene, John Fricke, James E. Haff, and Peter E. Hanff (uncredited) |
Layout by Michael Patrick Hearn and John Fricke
Front cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an unused title page by W. W. Denslow (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
Back cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from advertising cards by W. W. Denslow (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
Autumn 1972 Selected Contents
This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.
The Original Title Page for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The editors discuss the provenance of this issue’s front cover.
W. W. Denslow, the First Illustrator of Oz
Douglas G. Greene pens an extensive examination of the artist’s career. Illustrated with many examples of his non-Oz work, as well as photographs.
The Magic Bon-Bons
An original short story by L. Frank Baum, reproduced from the St. Louis Republic in May 1901. The accompanying illustrations, which are unique to the presentation in the Republic, are of historical value, but unfortunately the text is so poorly reproduced that several paragraphs cannot be read.
William Wallace Denslow: A Checklist of His Published Work
Douglas G. Greene compiles an extensive checklist of the artist’s work (titles, authors, publishers, and dates only) that “revises and enlarges” the one created by Dick Martin for the Autumn 1963 issue. This includes books (and their jackets), magazines, newspapers, catalogues, and “miscellanea” that include Denslow illustrations, as well as a selection of books and articles about Denslow. The list would be updated again in Autumn 1980 and Autumn 1992.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
James E. Haff collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s works published under a pseudonym. This installment focuses on “Laura Bancroft’s” The Twinkle Tales and Twinkle and Chubbins.
The Lost Scarecrow and Tin-Man Comic Page
Michael Patrick Hearn introduces a presentation of a previously unknown installment of Denslow’s newspaper comic strip, “Denslow’s Scarecrow and Tin-Man on the Ocean.”