Q: Hello, could you please tell me about this book ? I can’t seem to find anything about it. Appreciate it!! The House of the Seven Gables

A: Your book is part of the Vademecum Series.
It was published in 1894 and is a reprint. Originally it came in a labeled box.
It has only nominal value.

Q: I’ve had this book in my possession for about 20 years now (I liked the tipped-on color cover insert) and didn’t think to look into it’s history until now. Can you give me any information on it? Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Many thanks!

A: Your book is an Alice that was published in non series form in 1916. It is one of the rarest of the Altemus Alice formats. I have noted it with two different cover colors: green and blue. It originally came within a labeled box which has not been seen.

It appears to have been published in two different formats. One has plain endpapers and a tipped in plate. This is the later book. The other (earlier) format has illustrated endpapers without the tipped in picture.

See: http://www.henryaltemus.com/images/NS_4.htm

Altemus published this title in numerous series and in three non series formats. Today I am adding a picture of the dust jacket for the first Non-Series Format.

This book was published in 1915 and has been seen with two color covers. For more see http://www.henryaltemus.com/series/series185.htm

The second format was published in 1922 and the third in 1930.

Format 1

Format 2

Format 3

Q: I have a Nursery Tales copyright 1904 by Henry Altemus 45 illustrations by J.R. Neil wondering value.

A: This book is from the Wee Books for Wee Folks Series and is part of the first format. This style was only published in 1904. Originally it was boxed with another title from this series, Nursery Rhymes.

Subsequently this title was published in a number of formats.

Later in 1904 the green cloth book was printed and was followed in about 1908 by the beige cloth book.

In 1916 the title was changed to Mother Goose’s Nursery Tales.

In 1918 the format was changed again. This format was unchanged until 1933.

Q: Hi! Any info on this title? Macbeth

A: Hello, This book is either part of the Classics Series or the Slip in the Pocket Series. Without the dust jacket it is impossible to tell. It was published sometime between 1907 and the early teens.

As can be seen below, the front cover of the jacket names the series.

All of the books of these series are reprints. Since your title is very common and not in great demand, it has little value.