Vol. 7, no. 3 (Christmas 1963)
| Editors | Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer (uncredited) |
Layout and cover design by Dick Martin
Front cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by W. W. Denslow (The New Wizard of Oz)
Back cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by John R. Neill (The Marvelous Land of Oz)
Christmas 1963 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.
Bibliographia Oziana
The Bugle‘s first attempt to document bibliographical data about the early printings of the Oz books, collated by Dick Martin. This first installment focuses on The (Wonderful) Wizard of Oz. Fifty years later, a considerably revised and expanded article on the same subject would be presented in the Autumn 2013 issue.
Those Capricious Nieces
Dick Martin looks briefly at editorial and illustrative changes made to the Aunt Jane’s Nieces series between early and later printings, to keep pace with changing cultural mores and trends.
Nan’s Magic Button
A reproduction of one installment of L. Frank Baum and Walt McDougall’s Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz newspaper comic page in 1905. The color has been removed for clear reading/viewing in black-and-white.
The Tin Woodman and the Tin Soldier of Oz
An original short story by Robert R. Pattrick, accompanied by an illustration by Dick Martin.
The Wonderful Land of Oz
A poem by Ruth Plumly Thompson, accompanied by an illustration by Michael Patrick Hearn.