Father Goose: His Book

Because reprints followed within weeks — publication was 25 September 1899 in an initial run of about 5,700 copies, a second printing of 10,000 followed on 16 October, and roughly 75,700 copies had been run off by Christmas 1899 — the copyright page is doing nearly all the identification work, and copies should be checked against Bienvenue & Schmidt (or Greene & Hanff) rather than on imprint and date alone