Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum loved to tell stories, and wrote many books besides those about the Land of Oz. Book collectors, after completing their collection of vintage Oz books, often go on to search for other titles written by Baum. Over the years, Baum tried his hand at a number of other fantasy and adventure books, but readers kept wanting more Oz. Baum also wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Laura Bancroft, Captain Hugh Fitzgerald, Suzanne Metcalf, Schuyler Staunton, Edith Van Dyne, John Estes Cooke, and Floyd Akers.
Listed below are non-Oz books written by Baum under his own name as well as his pseudonyms. I’ve also included the original publishing dates and publishers. If your book has the same title and date, but is published by a different company, it is a reprint. If your book is published by the company below, it MAY be a first edition, but not necessarily. Like the Oz books, original publishing dates were usually retained for many years following the first printing of a book. “The Book Collector’s Guide to L Frank Baum” is the best reference for specific details on these books, but hard to find. Hopefully there will be a new edition out soon! Find some of my non-Oz Baum books for sale at Wonderful Books of Oz.
Looking for information on the original Oz books? See my related Guide: Oz Book First Editions: How to Identify
Baum Books
Baum’s Complete Stamp Dealers Directory (1873): Norris & Co.
The Book of the Hamburgs (1886): H. H. Stoddard
Mother Goose in Prose (1897): Way & Williams
By the Candelabra’s Glare (1898): Privately printed by Baum
Father Goose: His Book (1899): George M. Hill
The Songs of Father Goose (1900): George M. Hill
The Art of Decorating Dry Goods Windows and Interiors (1900): Show Window Publishing Company
The Army Alphabet (1900): George M. Hill
The Navy Alphabet (1900): George M. Hill
A New Wonderland (1900): R. H. Russell (reissued as The Magical Monarch of Mo)
American Fairy Tales (1901): George M. Hill
Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901): George M. Hill
The Master Key (1901): Bowen-Merrill
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902): Bowen-Merrill
The Magical Monarch of Mo (1903): Bobbs-Merrill
The Enchanted Island of Yew (1903): Bobbs-Merrill
The Woggle-bug Book (1905): Reilly & Britton
Queen Zixi of Ix (1905): Century
John Dough and the Cherub (1906): Reilly & Britton
Father Goose’s Year Book (1907): Reilly & Britton
Juvenile Speaker (1910): Reilly & Britton (reissued as Baum’s Own Book for Children)
The Sea Fairies (1911): Reilly & Britton
The Daring Twins (1911): Reilly & Britton
Baum’s Own Book for Children (1912): Reilly & Britton
Phoebe Daring (1912): Reilly & Britton
Sky Island (1912): Reilly & Britton
Babes in Birdland (1916) Reilly & Britton (reissue of 1911 Laura Bancroft Babes in Birdland, which was reissue of Policeman Bluejay)
The Snuggle Tales–Little Bun Rabbit, Once Upon a Time, The Yellow Hen, The Magic Cloak (1916): Reilly & Britton (reissued as the Oz-Man Tales)
The Snuggle Tales–The Gingerbread Man, Jack Pumpkinhead (1917): Reilly & Britton (reissued as the Oz-Man Tales)
Oz-Man Tales (1920): Reilly & Lee (reissue of the 1916/1917 Snuggle Tales series)
Baum Pseudonyms:
Laura Bancroft
The Twinkle Tales (1906, six small volumes)–Bandit Jim Crow, Mr. Woodchuck, Prairie-Dog Town, Prince Mud-Turtle, Sugar-Loaf Mountain, Twinkle’s Enchantment: Reilly & Britton
Policeman Bluejay (1907): Reilly & Britton (reissued as Babes in Birdland)
Babes in Birdland (1911): Reilly & Britton (reissue of Policeman Bluejay)
Twinkle and Chubbins (1911, compilation of The Twinkle Tales): Reilly & Britton
Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald
Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea (1906): Reilly & Britton
Sam Steele’s Adventures in Panama (1907): Reilly & Britton
Suzanne Metcalf
Annabel, A Novel for Young Folks (1906): Reilly & Britton
Schuyler Staunton
The Fate of a Crown (1905): Reilly & Britton
Daughters of Destiny (1906): Reilly & Britton
Edith Van Dyne
Aunt Jane’s Nieces (1906): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces Abroad (1906): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville (1908): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work (1909): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces in Society (1910): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces and Uncle John (1911): Reilly & Britton
The Flying Girl (1911): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces on Vacation (1912): Reilly & Britton
The Flying Girl and Her Chum (1912): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces on the Ranch (1913): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces Out West (1914): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross (1915): Reilly & Britton
Mary Louise (1916): Reilly & Britton
Mary Louise in the Country (1916): Reilly & Britton
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery (1917): Reilly & Britton
Aunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross (1918, revised): Reilly & Britton
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls (1918): Reilly & Britton
Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier (1919): Reilly & Lee
John Estes Cooke
Tamawaca Folks, A Summer Comedy (1907): Tamawaca Press
Anonymous
The Last Egyptian; a Romance of the Nile (1908): Edward Stern
Floyd Akers
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska (1908): Reilly & Britton
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama (1908): Reilly & Britton
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt (1908): Reilly & Britton
The Boy Fortune Hunters in China (1909): Reilly & Britton
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan (1910): Reilly & Britton
The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas (1911): Reilly & Britton