What is the publishing date of this novel by Ruth Plumly Thompson, originally written in 1959, and featuring Jinnicky the Red Jinn as a principal pre-existing character?
Yankee in Oz Yankee in Oz is a 1972 Oz novel by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was the first published by The International Wizard of Oz Club. A letter from the Henry Regnery Company, which bought Reilly & Lee, is reproduced in the front indicating the publisher's blessing for the new Oz book to appear. It was originally written in 1959, but because the Oz books were not selling, it was not published. The first two editions of the book were published in 8½ x 11 inch format and running only 94 pages. This was done at the request of illustrator Dick Martin to reduce the number of required illustrations and to show them closer to the actual size they were drawn. The second printing (1986) featured a new cover, with the first edition artwork reprinted preceding the title page. The third printing (2007) is standard Oz book size. Its cover is a gaudier redesign of the second edition cover. The book also features maps by James E. Haff, and as such, Thompson correctly places the Winkie Country in the west of Oz.
Debutante Hill Debutante Hill is a 1958 novel by Lois Duncan, originally published by Dodd, Mead and Company. Unlike her later novels which mainly focused on the supernatural and suspense, it tells the story of an upper-class young woman whose social life undergoes rapid change when her father forbids her to become a debutante in their insular town.