Misty of Chincoteague

Later Rand McNally printings state a later year in the same slot ("Edition of 1948," "Edition of 1953," etc.) and lack the "A" — the single most reliable reprint tell. Later Scholastic and Aladdin/Simon & Schuster paperback and hardcover issues are reprints of the text and are not the first in any sense. No distinct blind-stamped book-club issue of the 1947 Rand McNally is documented in the sources consulted.