Q: I just purchased this book at a vintage book shop. There is no date that I can find in the book and I am curious as to when it’s from.

A: Your book is from the Sanspareil Series (http://henryaltemus.com/series/series163.htm) and was published in 1899. It was part of this large publisher’s series of reprints. During this year there were a number of different cover colors. The books of this series originally came with a dust jacket. A sample is shown above.

Because the books are all reprints, they have little value.