1924 – Fifty New Poems for Children (Goblin Feet) – 1st Edition – Hard Cover – D. Appleton and Company
First published by Basil Blackwell in England.
First published by Basil Blackwell in England.
Even though this was an English based publisher, ChatGPT gives the following evidence on it being distributed in America: The strongest piece of context is the publisher. Longmans, Green and Co. had a New York office, and bibliographic history for the firm notes that into the 1930s it published some books simultaneously, or nearly so,
Goblin Feet, Hobbit excerpt: Riddles, Song: Road Goes Ever on, Poem: Lullaby for Bilbo Baggins.
The book club edition is indicated on cover flap.
This version lacks the “Selected for Boys and Girls” text on the cover. 1971 was selected as a publication year because the copyright page includes a Library of Congress Catalog Card Number and and those began showing up in 1971.
This version has the “Selected for Boys and Girls” text on the cover and includes an ISBN number. Based on there just being one ISBN number is what likely published in the mid 1980s.
This version has a bar code and a price of $18.95 so it was likely published in the mid-1990s.
Based on the barcode data and price ($26.99) this edition is likely around 2015 give or take a few years. Available new at the time of this writing.