THE BOOK OF THE HAMBURGS. A Brief Treatise Upon the Mating, Rearing and Management of the Different Varieties of Hamburgs

New York:Books of Wonder. 1991. Facsimile reprint of the H. H. Stoddard 1886 edition. 71pp. Hardcover.  Aside from some light shelfwear to covers, a very good, clean copy free of previous owners marks or signatures. *The Book of the Hamburgs by L. Frank Baum was published 14 years before the author's classic Wonderful Wizard of Oz. A guide on how to breed and raise the many varieties of of Hamburg chickens, The Book of the Hamburgs was Baum's first book and displays the beginnings of his folksy, humorous writing style that made his Oz books some of the most popular children's books of this century."