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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 James Osgood 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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