[The History of little Goody Two-Shoes; otherwise called, Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes]

[New York: H. Gaine, 1775. First American edition. 32 woodcut illustrations. Pp. [3]-28, 31-138, only. Lacking title [A1] and pages 29-30 [B3] and 139-156 [F9-G6]. 24mo. Stitched. Corners rounded, first leaf worn. First American edition. 32 woodcut illustrations. Pp. [3]-28, 31-138, only. Lacking title [A1] and pages 29-30 [B3] and 139-156 [F9-G6]. 24mo. First published by John Newbery in London in 1765 and often attributed to Oliver Goldsmith, Giles and Griffith Jones, or even Newbery himself, the first American edition of Little Goody Two Shoes has become known as the black tulip of American children's books. The 1787 Isaiah Thomas edition had long been thought to be the first American edition of this famous nursery classic, notwithstanding a 1774 advertisement by Hugh Gaine, until Rosenbach purchased a defective example of this edition in 1934.

There are eight recorded examples of the Hugh Gaine first edition, only two of which are complete (Yale and Princeton copy 2).

CENSUS OF KNOWN COPIES
1) American Antiquarian Society: Lacks pages 145-156, page 45-46 defective. Gift of Rosenbach
2) NYPL: title defective, lacks pages 155-156.
3) Library Company of Philadelphia (ex-Zinman): Lacks title and pages 3-10, lacks pages 57-48, 71-76, 95-96 and 135-156.
4) Huntington Library: Lacks title, lacks pages 145-156.
5) Yale - complete.
6-8) Princeton (3 copies): copy 1: lacks 143-156; copy 2: complete (Ex-Schiller); copy 3: lacks 1-8 and 135-157. Evans 14117; Welch 463.1; ESTC W12599; Hamilton 75b; Gaine, Journals I, p. 139; American Antiquarian Society, Chief Joys 182; Stone, Wilbur Macey The History of Little Goody Two Shoes (AAS, 1939), p. 367; One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature 15 (first edition)