Colour title page, illustrated dedication and contents page, and 19 colour plates by Mary Cowles Clark. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt compartments, raised bands, front cover lettered in gilt and green onlay, pictorial multi-coloured onlay of Santa Claus going down the chimney, after the original cover illustration, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green endpapers, edges gilt. Baum wrote two short story sequels, both published in 1904: "How The Woggle-Bug And His Friends Visited Santa Claus" (in Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz), and a more direct sequel, "A Kidnapped Santa Claus", in The Delineator magazine. Honey Two Of Lisu-Land Book By Mrs AB Cook Missionaries To SW China. Frank Baum is the classic biography of the legendary man in the red suit Santa Claus. Antique 1902 The Life & Adventures Of Santa Claus Book By Frank Baum. Santa Claus was also a guest at Ozma's Emerald City birthday party in The Road to Oz (1909). The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) by L. Although not part of the Oz series, this title introduces the Gnome King, who later appeared in Oz books including Ozma of Oz (1907). Baum, best known for his Wizard of Oz books, recounts the fantastical pagan origins of Santa Claus.
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