Q: I haven’t been able to find any information about this book (Evangeline and Other Poems) on your website. Can you tell me when it was published? Thanks!

A: Your book is part of the Petit Trianon Series and was published in 1908-1909. All of the titles in this series are reprints. The books originally came within a labeled box. A representative box is shown here.

Q: I’m having a hard time locating information on this book (Othello). I was thinking about putting it on ebay, but I’m not sure what to price it since I can’t find any details on it. Any help you can give would be welcomed. Thanks!

A: Your book is part of either the Slip-in-the-Pocket Classics Series or its direct 1908 predecessor- Classics Series.

This book originally came with a dust jacket. Shown is a representative jacket. When this book sells, it is generally only for a few dollars.

Q: I have two books that I would like to know what they are worth and what they are. I have sent pictures of both their covers and first page. The Pathway of Promise has a copyright of 1896 and says it is by the same author of The Throne of Grace. The Imitation of Christ says it is by Thomas A’Kempis, but does not list a copyright. I would really appreciate whatever you could tell me. Thank You

A: The Altemus book is part of the Sanspareil Series and was published in 1898. It originally came with a dust jacket. This is a typical publisher’s series. All of the its titles are reprints.

I am including here a picture of a representative dust jacket.
This book only has nominal value.

Q: Came across this book (The Courtship of Miles Standish) when I was bring out the “Good Dishes” for Thanksgiving Day. Belonged to my husband’s Great Great Great Aunt from Hampton NH.
Looked on your site but did not see any thing that matched.

A: This book is part of the Beauxarts Series and was published in 1902. As with all of the books in this series, it is a reprint with relatively little value. It originally came within a labeled box.

This three book series which was written by Wayne Whipple has four formats. The first format has a line drawn book appropriate illustration on the front cover and a matching dust jacket. I have seen variant dust jackets for each book title. The actual pictures on the jackets are the same but the colors are different. The later jacket has brown coloring where the earlier ones have green. For more information see American History Makers Series.

Today I am adding a later Story of Abraham Lincoln Dust Jacket to the data base. Both jackets are shown below.

Note that the other books in the series have the exact same color variation. Example below.

Today I am adding a variant cover for book #3 in this series. The new book has the red cover.
Book #3 contains a complete copy of the other two books in this series.

For more information about this series see Arkansaw Bear Series