Q: I had a question about this book that I purchased, A Child’s Garden of Verses. Your site says that it was published in 1908, but my book has a dedication dating 1907. I did see that this was the cover you titled 7a, an early rendition. I suppose I mostly want to get it appraised, but I have seen that these books are not going for much.

A: This book is part of the Boys and Girls Classics’ Series. The books of this series had pictorial linen cloth swatches as book covers.
These volumes originally came with a labeled floral box. An example is shown here. All of these titles were reprinted from the earlier Young People’s Library series books.

The 1908 books were released generally at Xmas time in 1907. This was done every year to capitalize on the holiday sales. This book only has nominal value.