Vol. 30, no. 1 (Spring 1986)
| Editor-in-Chief | John Fricke |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Douglas G. Greene |
| Contributing Editors | Martin Gardner, Michael Gessel, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dick Martin, Dorothy Curtiss Maryott, Patrick Maund, Ethan Mordden |
Front cover art by an unknown artist (poster for 1925’s The Wizard of Oz)
Back cover art by Dick Martin (1960 reprint covers)
Spring 1986 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.
Matilda Jewell Gage 1886–1986 (Part 1)
Sally Roesch Wagner pens a comprehensive biography of L. Frank Baum’s niece, which had been intended to celebrate her 100th birthday and was sadly repurposed as a memorial tribute. This first installment focuses on Matilda’s life up through high school. The article would be concluded in the Autumn 1986 issue. Includes many rare photographs.
The Dust Jackets of Oz
Marc Lewis carefully describes the first edition dust jackets for Baum’s fourteen Oz novels, as well as The Little Wizard Stories of Oz. A second installment of this feature would be published in the Spring 1987 issue, as well as a third in Winter 1989.
L. Frank Baum: Amateur Printer
Michael Patrick Hearn looks at Baum’s juvenile occupation as the printer of a “home newspaper,” the Rose Lawn Home Journal. L. Frank Baum’s first “book,” Baum’s Complete Stamp Dealers Directory, is also briefly discussed. The article is accompanied by full-page photographs of one fully extant, four-page copy of the Home Journal, from July 1, 1871.
Bibliographia Baumiana: Baum’s Complete Stamp Dealers Directory
A new series of Bibliographia Baumiana starts here, looking at non-Oz works by Baum and occasionally updating past articles alongside new ones. This installment, by Michael Patrick Hearn, examines the youthful Baum’s stamp collecting pamphlet.
In Memoriam
Judy-Lynn Del Rey (publisher).
Reviews
The Mysterious Chronicles of Oz by Onyx Madden (fiction; reviewer Pat Tobias)
The World of Oz by Allen Eyles (non-fiction; reviewer David L. Greene)
The Gnome King of Oz / The Giant Horse of Oz / Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz Del Rey editions (fiction; reviewer Douglas G. Greene)
Travelin’! An Odyssey in Oz by Virginia Glasgow Koste (theater script; reviewer Neal Wilgus)
The Marvellous Land of Oz illustrated by David McKee (fiction; reviewer Jean Brockway)
The Marvelous Land of Oz Books of Wonder edition (fiction; reviewer Jean Brockway)