Q: Today, your expert book assessments and email address were discovered on the “allexperts.com” website. On that website your comments addressing inquiries pertaining to old copies of the “House of Seven Gables” book are exhibited. In at least one response, you mentioned that your assessment could be more accurate if the inquirer sent you a picture of their copy of the “House of Seven Gables” book.

Here (attached) are some pictures of our copy of an old “House of Seven Gables” book. Would you mind telling us the year that Henry Altemus published this particular copy and what the typical market value of this book is? Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.

A: This book was published in 1897. It is part of the Vademecum Series.( http://henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm)

This series is made up of reprints of fiction, classics, poetry essays, etc. Except for a few of the titles which are collectable, the books of this series have no significant value.

Generally speaking because this book is a reprint of a not very collectible title, it will not sell for more than a few dollars.