I have a few editions, starting with what I think is around 1897 or perhaps a few years later (that is the date on the price list section in the back of the book - prices in those days did not change as often as now!).
Not a 1st edition by any means - "Revised and Stereotyped Edition - Seventy Fifth Thousand" which I assume means there were at least one previous edition and that they had sold 75,000 copies already.
|