Q: Good evening,
I hope you can tell me something about this book I found?
It is a small hard bound book by Sir Walter Scott called Marmion: A tale of Flodden Field. It’s a Henry Altemus, Manufacturer, Philadelphia publication.

I’ve attached a pic…let me know if you need more.

A: Your book was published in 1895-1896 and is part of the Petit Trianon Series. It is a reprint. See http://henryaltemus.com/series/series141.htm

During these years the left side of the cover had a stereotypical pattern while the right side had any one of a number of different decorative and/or floral designs.

It originally came in a labeled box.