Q: I recently stumbled upon this book. I absolutely love it and was trying to find out more about it. I have looked at the Library of Congress and on the internet but nobody shows a book like this one. Can you tell me more about when it came out, worth today, etc…? I would greatly appreciate any information. All I know is that it shows having been published in 1807 by Henry Altemus.

A: Your book is part of the Vademecum Series (http://henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm) and was published in 1898.

This series consists of reprints of classics, fiction, poetry, essays, etc. Originally these books came in labeled boxes.

Generally because these books are reprints, they only have nominal value.