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The Magical Man of Mirth

Elbridge H. Sabin

First published 1910
Publisher George W. Jacobs and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Helen Alden Knipe & Elenore Plaisted Abbott
Pages 233
Price $1.25


Reissued by Whitman & Co. in 1920 as Fly-Away Wonder Tales and in 1929 as Dollie's Big Dream of the Magical Man of Mirth --Wannabe Wonderlands: Outside of Oz, 2013-01-13 (blog with substantial coverage and gallery)

  • Price from Frederick Loeser retail advertisements of book sales NY Times 1914-09-12 p7 "Because a Great Publishing House Was Absorbed" and -10-31, as "formerly $1.25, now $0.35". The wording and the round numbers suggest that the "formerly" are all publisher list prices.
  • WorldCat library record {{OCLC|179272486}}, reports an apparent 1929 reprint with foretitle and new cover illustration: -- "233 [1] pages, [8] leaves of color plates illustrations"
  • "Published July, 1910" on copyright page of Archive.org copy.

Year Reviewer Publication
1989 Barbara Koelle The Baum Bugle, Spring 1989