[2], 145 + [4] ad pp. With 8 lithographed plates, plus a color lithographed frontispiece of the author in costume dressed as "Fanchon" along with her facsimile autograph. 7¼x5½, original decorative red cloth, front cover stamped in gilt and black, lettered in gilt. First Edition (in book form).

Signed by the author in pencil on the title page. This is considered the first California published children's book. Originally published as a newspaper series by the San Francisco Chronicle, one year earlier.