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The first edition of this title was
published by Fields, Osgood and Company in 1870. This
publication followed the serialized edition which appeared
in Our Young Folks from January to December, 1869. The
importance of this book in 19th century children's
literature cannot be overemphasized. The book was a huge
seller with numerous reprints for many years. It is
recognized in Jacob Blanck's Peter Parley to Penrod book
(as is Peck's Bad Boy).
Below are the first and last pages of the serialized
edition. Aldrich's story is mainly an autobiographical
edition and is one of the very mild "Bad Boys". His bad
boy is meant to be a real boy not a one dimensional child.
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Numerous hardcover editions were published. The first
edition was published in 1870 by Fields, Osgood and
Company. According to BAL there were two 1870 editions
published. One was a trade edition while the other was a
large paper edition (Probably only 6 copies in this format
were published of which three were destroyed in a Boston
fire in 1872).
Editions:
Fields, Osgood and Company 1870-1872
Multiple colors have been seen. The first state has the
word "scattered" on page 14, line 20. In the second state
this word written as "scatter". Also on page 197, line 10
of the first edition has "abroad" whereas later copies
have "aboard".
James Osgood and Company 1872-1878
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1873. Note that this book's cover format is the
same as the earlier Fields, Osgood & Co.
format.
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1875
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1876
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Houghton Osgood and Co.1878-1880
Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1880-1908
This undated book lists "Mercedes and other Lyrics" in the
front ads. This Aldrich book was published in 1884. I have
seen Boston and New York on the title page from 1881. Thus
this book may have used an earlier title page but was
probably published in about 1884.
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1884
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1895
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This format has been seen with 1891
(Thirty-Fourth Edition) and 1896 (Forty-Sixth
Edition) on the title pages.
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Houghton, Mifflin Company 1908
This book was copyrighted in 1911.
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Post 1911
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Post 1911 (published after the post-1911 book
above)
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Other American Publishers
F. M. Lupton, New York
(For information about this publisher see: http://www.henryaltemus.com/lupton/index.html
The Chimney Corner Series was published by Lupton between
1893 and 1902. There were a total of 189 titles in wraps.
The first 74 pages of this issue complete the "Bad Boy"
story (in double columns). Thereafter there are a number
of other shorter tales by a miscellany of authors. There
are no illustrations except for the front cover.
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Late 1890's
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A. L. Burt Company, New York
This firm published this version in approximately the late
teens into the 1920's. There are no illustrations.
Goldsmith Publishing Company, Chicago (ca. 1930-1940's)
This title was part of Goldsmith's Red Star Classics'
Series. Although not precise, I believe this series of
reprints was published in the 1930-1940's era. The text is
unabridged. There are eight line drawn illustrations by an
artist BT (or TB) I do not know to whom the initials
belong. The dust jacket picture is a generic one used by
Goldsmith for a number of their juvenile works.
Foreign Editions
Gay and Bird, London 1898
This London publisher printed a copy of this title in
1898. This edition has a new preface which is dated 1894
by the author.
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