2 Marguerite Henry first editions are documented on this shelf, from Misty of Chincoteague (1947) to King of the Wind (1948) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Marguerite Henry title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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Misty of Chincoteague — 1947 · Rand McNally & CompanyThe first printing is identified on the copyright page by the statement "Edition of 1947" accompanied by the letter "A"; one ABAA-listed dealer states the point flatly as "Edition 1947 and A on the copyright page." The binding is light blue cloth stamped in yellow on spine and front cover, with color pictorial endpapers of a pony crossing a marsh, a color pictorial title page, and black-and-white illustrations…. US edition is the true first: Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, 1947 — the census claim is confirmed. No prior serialization or foreign-language appearance is documented, and no simultaneous UK issue is documented; British editions followed later and are reprints of the American text, not co-firsts. The book was a 1948 Newbery Honor, which post-dates publication. 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.
King of the Wind — 1948 · Rand McNally & CompanyFirst edition 1948, Rand McNally (Chicago). The first printing is identified by the letter A on the copyright page (Rand McNally's first-printing code) together with the 1948 date and no later-printing statement. Color and black-and-white illustrations by Wesley Dennis; red cloth with gilt spine and front-cover decoration, illustrated endpapers. First-issue copies have no Newbery seal on the cover. US true first. Awarded the Newbery Medal in 1949. Later Rand McNally printings change or drop the letter code; reprints add the Newbery seal. Marguerite Henry titles were widely reprinted.

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