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The Queen of the City of Mirth

Elbridge H. Sabin

First published 1911
Publisher George W. Jacobs and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 164
Price $1.25


Sequel to The Magical Man of Mirth (1910). Called "fairy tales", plural, in some of the minimal newspaper coverage, but the balance favors a single story of fairy-tale adventures akin to the Alice series.

  • Publ date inferred from listing N-Y Tribune 1911-10-07 p9 "Books of the Week" (no price)
  • 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.
  • Retailer advertisement in Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1913-10-15 p11 reports (as "published at $1") -- 7 full-page illustrations in color