Q: Hey I had gotten this book for Christmas and I was wondering if you had information on it. Someone had written 1898 in the front cover but I wasn’t sure if that was the publishing date or not.
Thanks

A: This book was published in 1918. It is 333 pages and has numerous short tales with a number of colored pictorial illustrations. It is oversized at 8.25 x 6.

After 1922 Altemus reprinted this book with a new cover that has an appliqué. The new book has plain endpapers and the key dating point:
At the base of the copyright page it says “Printed in the United States of America” indicating a post-1922 publication.

1922 Edition

Copyright page post-1922

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