Billy Whiskers
Subtitle: the autobiography of a goat
By: by Frances Trego Montgomery
Edition: First Edition
Series: Billy Whiskers Series
Publisher: Saalfield Pub. Co.
Published: 1903 [1902]
Place of publication: Akron, Ohio
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 159
Copyright date: 1902
Subjects: Goats
Description: Billy Whiskers recounts his adventures including how he "Gives the Boys a Ducking in the Mill Pond," "Joins the Fire Patrol," and "Becomes a Performer in the Circus
Notes: This edition has a 1903 date at the bottom of the front cover (between New York and Chicago) and at the bottom of the title page. This made me curious if this book was the First Edition. I did some searching and I found the copyright information for this title in the "Catalog of Title Entries of Books, etc." for the fourth quarter of 1902. and it lists this title as 1903 [1902} so I have to assume that the 1903 date is on the title page of the First Edition. The book was copyrighted October 22, 1902 and two copies were received by the copyright office. I also found this title listed in the Publisher's Weekly for September 27, 1902 and it lists the book at $1.00 in boards (this normally means paper over cardboard covers). It is possible that more than one printing was done with the 1903 date on the title page, but this gives a good indication that this is the format that the First Edition was originally produced in, and this is likely a First Edition of the book. Saalfield did not do a good job of marking their First Editions and sometimes a bit of detective work is needed to determine if one of their books is a First Edition. The book mentions no other series titles, copies with later series titles mentioned are reprints.