Old Farmer's Almanacs

Year	Issue	Condition	Notes
1792	N/A		The company was founded by Robert B. Thomas. (George Washington was president and the cornerstone of the White House was laid)
1793	1		First edition. Circulation was 3,000 copies.
1794	2		Circulation trippled to 9,000 copies.
1795	3
1796	4
1797	5
1798	6
1799	7
1800	8
1801	9
1802	10
1803	11
1804	12
1805	13
1806	14
1807	15
1808	16
1809	17
1810	18
1811	19
1812	20
1813	21
1814	22
1815	23
1816	24
1817	25
1818	26
1819	27
1820	28
1821	29
1822	30
1823	31
1824	32
1825	33
1826	34
1827	35
1828	36
1829	37
1830	38
1831	39
1832	40		Robert B. Thomas added the word "Old" to the title to distinguish the publication from the numerous copycat almanacs.
1833	41
1834	42
1835	43		Robert B. Thomas removed the word "Old" to the title.
1836	44
1837	45
1838	46	Poor	Intact but edges foxed, brittle, creased.
1839	47
1840	48
1841	49
1842	50	Poor
1843	51	Poor
1844	52
1845	53
1846	54		Robert B. Thomas died at the age of 80. Lore states that he died in the process of editing the 1847 edition.
1847	55
1848	56	Poor	John H. Jenks becomes the 2nd editor. This is the same year that "Old" was officially added to the title. [CONDITION: Readable, which is remarkable considering the age and quality of paper. Foxing, fold, creases, edge wear, staining, and back page missing.]
1849	57
1850	58	Good	Well worn
1851	59		John H. Jenks added a four seasons drawing, by artist Henry Nichols, to the front cover.
1852	60	Poor	The four seasons drawing was dropped for the next three issues.
1853	61
1854	62		Published by John Marsh & Co., Boston. 48 pages.
1855	63	Good	48 pages.
1856	64		John H. Jenks reinstated the four seasons drawing, by artist Henry Nichols, to the front cover where it remains until today.
1857	65
1858	66
1859	67
1860	68		Published by Hickling, Swan & Brewer, Boston, 48 pages.
1861	69		Charles L. Flint became 3rd editor and began a heavy emphasis on farming. The next two editors, John Boies Tileston and Loomis Joseph Campbell, served short terms and basically just kept the Almanac going in its traditional format.
1862	70
1863	71		Circulation was 225.000.
1864	72
1865	73
1866	74
1867	75	Good	48 pages. Missing back cover
1868	76
1869	77
1870	78	Good	John Boies Tileston became 4th editor. 48 pages.
1871	79		John Boies Tileston's short-lived tenure ends. 48 pages.
1872	80	Good	Loomis Joseph Campbell became the 5th editor. Published by Brewer and Tileston of Boston. 48 pages.
1873	81		Published by Bugbee & Hall, Providence, Rhode Island.
1874	82
1875	83
1876	84		Published for Tibbitt's and Randall and written by Robert Thomas of Rhode Island. On the inside cover page it says that is published by Brewer and Tileston of Boston. 48 pages.
1877	85		Robert Ware, a publisher, becomes the 6th editor.
1878	86	Good
1879	87
1880	88
1881	89
1882	90
1883	91
1884	92
1885	93
1886	94	Good
1887	95
1888	96
1889	97
1890	98		Published by G. Blatchford, Pittsfield, Mass., 48 pages.
1891	99
1892	100
1893	101
1894	102	Good	Cover paper is brittle and torn at the spine. Complete.
1895	103
1896	104
1897	105
1898	106	Poor
1898	106	Poor	Missing back cover.
1899	107	Poor
1899	107
1900	108		Robert Ware's brother, Horace takes the reins as 7th editor. He began modifying the content towards a more general audience. Scientific agriculture articles were systematically replaced with general features on nature and modern life.
1901	109
1902	110	Good
1902	110	Poor
1903	111	Excellent
1904	112	Excellent
1905	113
1906	114	Good
1906	114	Poor
1906	114	Good
1907	115	Good
1907	115	Good
1908	116	Good
1909	117	Poor	Cover torn lose
1910	118	Good
1911	119	Poor	Missing back cover
1912	120	Poor	Back cover torn and missing part
1913	121
1914	122	Good
1915	123	Good
1916	124	Good
1917	125
1918	126	Good	Horace Ware's last year.
1919	127	Good	Frank B. Newton, a Borton lawyer, became the 8th editor.
1920	128	Good
1921	129
1922	130
1923	131	Good
1924	132	Good
1925	133	Good
1926	134	Good
1927	135
1928	136
1929	137
1930	138
1931	139
1932	140
1933	141	Good	Carroll Swan, a Boston advertising man and WW-I vet, becomes the 9th editor.
1934	142	Good
1935	143	Good
1936	144	Good	Roger Scaife becomes 10th editor. And probably the worst. Under his "command", sales and circulation dropped sharply. He made the biggest error by dropping the weather forecasts. Readers were not happy.
1937	145
1938	146	Good	Circulation was 88,000.
1939	147	Good	Robb Sagendorph bought the almanac and became the 11th editor. A publisher of Yankee Magazine, he had a strong sense of history and immediately reinstated Robert Thomas' original format.
1940	148
1941	149
1942	150
1943	151
1944	152
1945	153
1946	154
1947	155
1948	156
1949	157
1950	158		120 pages.
1951	159
1952	160
1953	161
1954	162
1955	163
1956	164
1957	165		112 pages. Original price was 25 cents.
1958	166
1959	167
1960	168	Poor	Front cover not attached and no back cover
1961	168	Poor	Front and back covers not attached
1961	169
1962	170	Good
1963	171	Good
1964	172	Good
1965	173
1966	174
1967	175
1968	176	Good	148 pages. Nice printing of Edgar A. Poe's, "The Raven" including illustrations. Some pages of the almanac contain red ink to spice is up and there are even four pages of black and white lithographed photographs.
1968	176	Good	See Above
1968	176	Good	See Above
1969	177	Good
1970	178		Robb Sagendorph dies after 30 years as editor.
1971	179		Judson Hale, Robb Sagendorph's nephew, becomes the 12th editor.
1972	180		160 pages. Some of the featured articles are "I Saw Lincoln Shot" and "Mother of Mother's Day".
1973	181
1974	182		176 pages. Featured articles "Passenger Pigeons" & "Salt, Your Spartan Servant".
1975	183		192 pages. Featured articles "Battle of Lexington", "Beauty Was in The Eyes" (and nose) of the Beholder"
1976	184	Excellent	I bought this one in the fall of 1975 and referred to it on nearly a daily basis throughout the bi-centennial year.
1976	184	Good	Donated by Mr. Carl Barton. Check out his ebay auctions by clicking this link.
1977	185	Good
1978	186
1979	187	Good
1979	187	Good
1980	188
1981	189	Good
1982	190	Good
1983	191
1984	192	Good	"Special Edition" - Marketing handout.
1984	192
1985	193	Good
1986	194
1987	195
1988	196	Good
1988	196	Good
1989	197	Good
1989	197	Excellent	Donated by Carol Scheid. Check out her ebay auctions by clicking this link.
1990	198	Excellent	Donated by Carol Scheid. Check out her ebay auctions by clicking this link.
1991	199
1992	200	Good	200th Anniversary Edition. Greeting by President George Bush. 304 pages
1993	201	Excellent	256 pages.
1993	201	Good
1994	202	Good
1995	203	Good
1996	204	Excellent
1997	205	Good
1998	206	Good
1999	207	Excellent	Hardcover with dust jacket
2000	208	Excellent
2001	209	Excellent
2002	210	Excellent	Janice Stillman becomes the 13th, and first woman editor.
2003	211	Excellent
2004	212	Excellent
2005	213	Excellent
2006	214	Excellent	Circulation is 3,500,000.
2007	215	Excellent
2008	216	Excellent

	=	In Collection
	=	Need
	=	Need Replacement

Poor	=	Significant damage, some content loss. Missing pages. Brittle paper. Remains threaten to be lost if not scanned and preserved digitally.
Good	=	Issue intact. Some staining, foxing, minor wear problems but generally readable and complete.
Excellent	=	Perfect edition.

Very Good (VG) – Top grade - a nice copy, with all pages present, nice clean covers and no tears or stains noticeable. Looks practically new!
Good/Very Good (G/VG) – A complete and clean copy, possibly with minor light cover wear. Any major defects noted.
Good (G) – Definitely looks its age, but is a complete copy. Covers may be slightly soiled or creased, and some fraying of the spine edge may be present. Possible small cover edge tears or light stains. Any major defects noted. “Rolled Spine” – Spine edge is curled from being folded back when read.
Fair/Good (F/G) – Well read, and not stored well. Wear to the covers, with possible edge tears, stains. Defects often noted.
Fair (F) – Readable and complete, but with noted damage.
Poor (P) - Pages loose or missing. Major damage such as insect and water damage, brittleness, tears. Useful as a space holder in a collection until a better copy is obtained.

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