1924 – Fifty New Poems for Children (Goblin Feet) – 1st Edition – Hard Cover – D. Appleton and Company
First published by Basil Blackwell in England.
Goblin Feet
1929 – Wonder Tales from Fairy Isles (Goblin Feet) – 1st Edition – Hard Cover – Longmans, Green and Co
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,
1948 – An Inheritance of Poetry (Goblin Feet, Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark, Road Goes Ever On, Lullaby for Bilbo Baggins) – 1st Edition – Hardcover in Dust-Jacket – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Goblin Feet, Hobbit excerpt: Riddles, Song: Road Goes Ever on, Poem: Lullaby for Bilbo Baggins.
1958? – Favorite Poems Old and New (Goblin Feet, Roads Go Ever On And On) – Second Variant | Book Club Edition – Hardcover with Dustjacket – Doubleday
The book club edition is indicated on cover flap.
1971? – Favorite Poems Old and New (Goblin Feet, Roads Go Ever On And On) – Third Variant Edition – Hardcover with Dustjacket – Doubleday
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.
1985? – Favorite Poems Old and New (Goblin Feet, Roads Go Ever On And On) – Fourth Variant Edition – Hardcover with Dustjacket – Doubleday
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.
1995? – Favorite Poems Old and New (Goblin Feet, Roads Go Ever On And On) – Fifth Variant Edition – Hardcover with Dustjacket – Doubleday
This version has a bar code and a price of $18.95 so it was likely published in the mid-1990s.
2015? – Favorite Poems Old and New (Goblin Feet, Roads Go Ever On And On) – Sixth Variant Edition – Hardcover with Dustjacket – Doubleday
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.