A few examples have been discovered of books which Altemus printed for another entity. Altemus did a set of Shakespeare’s books for the Gusky Department Store. (http://henryaltemus.com/publications/gusky.htm). A Bible has been seen which was done for Montgomery Ward & Co. (http://henryaltemus.com/publications/montward.htm).

Here is another example.

In Series 85- Famous Red and White Books (http://henryaltemus.com/series/series85.htm) Uncle Tom’s Cabin was book #10. It was published in 1894. A book with the identical cover and contents has been discovered that has Montgomery Ward & Co. as the imprint as opposed to Henry Altemus. The Montgomery Ward book says “Souvenir Edition” at the top of the title page and has Montgomery Ward & Co., with the 111-116 Michigan Avenue, Chicago address at the base of the title page.

The copyright page for both books is identical: Henry Altemus, 1894.

This book undoubtedly was published by Altemus for Montgomery Ward. I suspect it was a promotional item since it does have “Souvenir Edition” printed on the top of the title page. Most likely it was published in the mid-1890’s.