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Frank Ver Beck
(1858 - 1933)
William Francis Ver Beck was born in rural Ohio and studied art and woodcarving in Mansfield, Ohio. After moving to New York he became a successful illustrator for magazines and books.
Bibliography
The Arkansaw Bear (1898)
Runaway Bocephus meets Horatio the fiddle-playing bear in the woods and teaches him the rest of his song as they take to the road. This is the first edition, identified by a misprint of T for B at the start of chapter 2. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Albert Bigelow Paine
Illustrator(s):
Frank Ver Beck
The Arkansaw Bear (1902)
Bosephus is a recent runaway. He meets Horatio, a talking, fiddle-playing bear in a patch of Arkansas woods. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Albert Bigelow Paine
Illustrator(s):
Frank Ver Beck
A New Wonderland (1900)
A collection of stories that take place in Phunnyland. Read online at gutenberg.org.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Frank Ver Beck
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People (1903)
Only twelve of the original sixteen color illustrations are included in this edition, but there are new in-text illustrations. Read online at Project Gutenberg.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Frank Ver Beck
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People (1968)
Fourteen stories about a magical kingdom in the borderlands of Oz. Read online at Project Gutenberg. Or borrow it from Internet Archive.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Frank Ver Beck