Here are books from a series. I am just unsure which series they are part of. I have seen three titles in two different colors with this same cover pattern. Clearly these books are part of a publisher’s series. Because of the Henry Altemus imprint we know the book is a post-1900 published.

The possibilities include:

1. #48 Beauxarts Series
2. #115 La Belle Fleur Series
3. #118 L’Art Nouveau Series
4. #180 Vademecum Series

In order to determine which series they are part of, I will need to get either a boxed book or a dust jacket which undoubtedly will have the series name on it.

Here is another book which I am quite sure belongs to a series. I am just unsure which one.

The size of the book as well as the text is identical to the same title (The Man Without a Country) in the Altemus Library (Series # 38). The cover pattern is quite different though. There are also the same similarities with the books of the Wyncote Series (#198) but again the covers are different.

The Crestmont Series (#72) is also a possibility but I am unsure what those covers look like. Since the catalogue states that they have gilt edges however, it is unlikely this book belongs to that series because its edges are plain.

Until I see another book with this cover pattern, I will be unable to categorize it for sure.

Not all of the Format 3 spines have the characteristic decorative pattern. This book is an example. It appears that the books without the pattern are later add ons. (Numbered in the 60′s)
This book is #61.

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Here are new pictures for this series.

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The latest group of photographic albums were published in the late teens and twenties. These albums were quite a departure from the much more elegant earlier ones. Now the albums’ cloth covers had either sewed backs or the so-called extension backs tied together with a shoelace like cord. The pages (leaves) are light cardboard on which pictures can be taped- not like the previous albums in which photos were inserted into the thick pages.

There are different styles based on the size of the cover and the number of leaves.
The numbering below is from the Altemus catalogue. It is presumed but not known whether the missing numbers below (100, 400, 500) represented other albums at one time.

#200

#200

#600

Q: I have a book I found in a Thrift Store a few years ago and cannot find any info on how much it is worth or if it is a collectible.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Henry Morley Introduction
Henry Altemus Publication Philadelphia

A: Your book was published in 1901 as part of the Vademecum Series.
http://henryaltemus.com/vademecum.htm

The cover illustration was done by Alphonse Mucha as part of his seasons illustrations. It is spring.

See also http://henryaltemus.com/series/series180.htm

The book is very nice but has very little value.
Of interest is that I have yet to see Mucha’s autumn. I have seen the other three seasons numerous times.

Here is a new picture for Non Series #25- Book of Toasts. This book is the second ooze calf book seen with this title.

Here is a new picture. This is a Format 2 book. As is noted on the series page, there are 16 different flower patterns possible. This is the tenth cover for this format shown.

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Here is another book cover of a format 1a book. I believe this is the rarest of all the formats of this series. At this point I have 6 of the 10 published shown in the database.

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Here is a new dust jacket picture for book #64 added to the database

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