Perhaps Mrs. Meynell would do me the undeserved kindness to keep my own copy of the first edition of my first book, with all its mementos of her and the dear ones.

The first substantially complete stereo Giselle ( and the only one of its scope since Feyer's four-sided LP edition of 1958 for Angel ), this set is, I'm afraid, likely to provide more horrid fascination than enjoyment.

The first edition of the standard was published during 1963, a major revision during 1967, and the most recent update during 1986.

Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, Pikes Peak, first published in the Fourth of July edition of the church periodical The Congregationalist in 1895.

In early 1776, Thomas Paine argued in the closing pages of the first edition of Common Sense that the “ custom of nations ” demanded a formal declaration of American independence if any European power were to mediate a peace between the Americans and Great Britain.

( Copy of the first edition )

The first surviving edition ( bilingual Swedish – Esperanto ) was published in Sweden in 2003.

The first mention of " The Ashes " in Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack occurs in 1905, while Wisdens first account of the legend is in the 1922 edition.

New History in France: The Triumph of the Annales, ( 1994, first French edition, 1987 ) excerpt and text search

an Autobiographical Poem ( 1887 ; first edition privately printed in 1882 )

The first ' modern ' publication of Alcaeus ' verses appeared in a Greek and Latin edition of fragments collected from the canonic nine lyrical poets by Michael Neander, published at Basle in 1556.

The first separate edition of Alcaeus was by Christian David Jani and it was published at Halle in 1780.

Between 1424 and 1433 he worked on the translation of the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, which came to be widely circulated in manuscript form and was published at Rome in 1472 ( the first printed edition of the Lives ; the Greek text was printed only in 1533 ).

First page of the first edition of the Isagoge commentary, Venice 1500

* 1828 – Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.

Informally known as " The Big Book " ( with its first 164 pages virtually unchanged since the 1939 edition ), it suggests a twelve-step program in which members admit that they are powerless over alcohol and need help from a " higher power "; seek guidance and strength through prayer and meditation from God or Higher Power of their own understanding ; take a moral inventory with care to include resentments ; list and become ready to remove character defects ; list and make amends to those harmed, and then try to help other alcoholics recover.

In the Fort Worth Star-Telegram daily newspaper ( morning edition ) 19 September 1970, J. Howard " Doc " DeCelles states that he was actually the victim of the first skyjacking in December 1929.

* Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, 1974, paperpack, or hardback first edition ISBN 0-688-00230-7

Cover of first English language edition.

A History of African Americans, by John Hope Franklin, Alfred Moss, McGraw-Hill Education 2001, standard work, first edition in 1947.

For example, the General Mills Betty Crocker's Cookbook, first published in 1950 and currently in its 10th edition, is commonly found in American homes.

Cover of the first English edition of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, 1793

:: 1973, 1995 *( Ajax also won in 1972, however, UEFA only sanctioned the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in 1973 so the 1972 edition was an unofficial one.

The first of these publications, The Dandy, commenced in 1937 and was followed by The Beano on 26 July 1938.

Alan had been Beano Chief Sub Editor when Euan first became editor, and later edited The Beezer.

* Dennis the Menace ( UK comics ), the original title of a British comic strip which first appeared in " The Beano ", dated March 17, 1951 ; now published as Dennis and Gnasher

The strip was created by Leo Baxendale under the title When the Bell Rings, and first appeared in The Beano in issue 604, dated 13 February 1954.

He appeared in his own comic, called simply Plug ( 1977 – 1979 ), which starred him and his two pets, Pug from Pup Parade and Chunkee the Monkey, making him the Beano first character to achieve a spin-off.

In one he acquired a girlfriend, marking the first Beano character, aside from Walter, to do so.

* Olive-The school cook ( and Beano office tea lady ), who first appeared in the strip in 1981.

The strip first appeared in issue 3103, dated 5 January 2002, where Beano readers voted between it and two other comic strips ( Phone-a-Fiend and Space Kidette ) for which one they wanted to stay in the comic.

Rasher made his first appearance in The Beano in issue 1920, May 5, 1979 in the ' Dennis the Menace and Gnasher ' strip.

Simply Smiffy was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 2254, dated 28 September 1985, and continuing for a year or so after that.

Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953, making her the third longest running Beano character, behind only Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger.

Minne the Minx, created and drawn by Leo Baxendale, first appeared in The Beano in December 1953.

Her first cartoon was " Jelly Babies " which was based on a Beano Annual story from 1992 like " Minnie Clones " and " It's a Dad's Life which was a cartoon created for the video.

Text stories and later comic strips based on the Tom Thumb character appeared in the anthology comic The Beano from the first issue in 1938 until the late fifties.

Came back in The Beano in 2007, first as reprints, becoming new strips in 2009.

The Belles of St. Lemons was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue # 1495, dated March 13, 1971, although the characters themselves had first been introduced in the 1968 edition of The Beano Annual.

Wee Ben Nevis was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1678, dated 14 September 1974, and continuing until 7 May 1977.

Lord Snooty ( or Lord Snooty and his Pals ) was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the longest running strip in the comic until Dennis the Menace and Gnasher overtook it.

The next time a picture of him appeared in the comic was in issue 2000, dated 15 November 1980, when the cover of the first Beano was reprinted on the back page.

It re-appeared in The Beano in the early 1970s, drawn by Robert Nixon for the first few years, after which Jimmy Glen was the artist until the strip ended in 1984.

Baby Face Finlayson was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1553, dated 22 April 1972.