Vol. 7, no. 1 (Spring 1963)
| Editors | Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer (uncredited) |
Layout and cover design by Dick Martin
Wraparound cover art features a collage of private and commercial Ozian letterhead
Spring 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.
The Maps of Oz
The Oz Club’s original publication of maps leads to constructive criticism—via improved maps—from James E. Haff, Robert R. Pattrick, S. J. Sackett, Irene Fisher, and Richard Paul Smyers.
The Ozmapolitan
This is a special facsimile of the original Ozmapolitan “newspaper” from 1904, which Reilly & Britton used to promote The Marvelous Land of Oz. Later facsimiles followed in the Autumn 1966, Winter 1977, Autumn 1983, Spring 1988, and Autumn 1995 issues.
The King Who Changed His Mind
An original short story by L. Frank Baum, written ca. 1901. Accompanied by a new illustration by Dick Martin.
In Memoriam
Francis Joseph O’Donnell (president 1932–59, Reilly & Lee) and David Laurence Chambers (president 1935–58, Bobbs-Merrill).