First state with a greenish stippled background printed on front cover & rear cover blank. This large & fragile book was likely issued to promote interest in Reilly & Britton's major publication of the previous season, The Marvelous Land of Oz, and possibly also to promote the forthcoming musical comedy, The Woggle-Bug. The text follows the adventures of its title character originally begun in the newspaper series "Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz" (1904-'05). It is one of Baum's rarest fantasies. Baughman 64; TBB Christmas 1969, p. 18.