Q: Hi – I don’t know if your site is still maintained or not, but found this book recently and figured it couldn’t hurt to ask you to identify it. Based on what I’ve read, I’ve only figured out that it was after 1900.
It is the Courtship of Miles Standish.

Thank you.

A: Your book is part of the Vademecum Series and was published in 1908. It originally came with a box. A representative sample of a box is shown.

As with all of the titles in this series, it is a reprint and has only nominal value.

This seven book series was published in 1893.
Today I am adding a new book picture for volume #1 in the series- Addresses by Henry Drummond. This volume is pink. Other books in the series are in red, grey or blue.

The earliest books in the series have only 22 titles in the reverse ads (for the Altemus Series). This book has thirty titles indicating a later printing.

Q: I could not find this cover anywhere online, have you?
Don’ts for Boys
1902, Henry Altemus Company

A: This non-series title was published in five different formats. This one is the fourth edition. See http://www.henryaltemus.com/images/NS_45.htm

This edition has been seen in numerous linen cover designs. The books originally came with dust jackets. Other cover examples are shown.

Q: i bought this book (A Christmas Carol) and would like an appraisal. thank you

A: This book is part of the Beauxarts Series and was published in 1902. It originally was published within a labeled box. It is a reprint and although a nice book, has very limited value. Reprints of The Christmas Carol were published by numerous publishers and are very common.

Q: I am looking to see if this book (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) has any value. Thank you!

A: This book is part of the Vademecum Series and was published in 1901.

It is a reprint and originally came within a labeled box.

These 1901 publications have been seen with more than 40 different front cover paste-on paintings. Five different color 1901 books are known so far.

Unless an Alice in Wonderland collector has to have this format, the book has little value.