Baum's Complete Stamp Dealers Directory
Long before he escape to Oz, a teenage L. Frank Baum compiled this comprehensive directory of stamp dealers across America and Europe. Dating to the early 1870s, when philately was transforming from a genteel European hobby into a passionate American obsession, the book captures a specific cultural moment: the teenage years of a future literary icon, reveal through his earliest documented work. Baum, then just eighteen, organized a nation's worth of dealers, their addresses, and the relevant publications of the day into one reference volume. It is, in essence, a time capsule of a burgeoning American pastime and an unexpected window into the methodical mind behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This is not literature but rather a charming artifact for collectors, philatelic historians, and anyone curious about the unlikely origins of one of America's most beloved authors.
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