<P> Baum dedicated the book `` to my good friend & comrade , My Wife '' , Maud Gage Baum . In January 1901 , George M. Hill Company completed printing the first edition , a total of 10,000 copies , which quickly sold out . The Wonderful Wizard of Oz sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956 . </P>
<P> Baum dedicated the book `` to my good friend & comrade , My Wife '' , Maud Gage Baum . In January 1901 , George M. Hill Company completed printing the first edition , a total of 10,000 copies , which quickly sold out . The Wonderful Wizard of Oz sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956 . </P>
who was the wizard of oz dedicated to
who was the wizard of oz dedicated to
`` to my good friend & comrade , My Wife '' , Maud Gage Baum
`` to my good friend & comrade , My Wife '' , Maud Gage Baum