Q: Hi – Attached are some pictures of “Black Beauty” book I have. Based on your site, I believe it may have been printed prior to 1900 as it only shows “Henry Altemus” & not “Henry Altemus Publishing”. Is there a way to determine the exact date & possible worth of the book?
Thank you in advance for any insight/information.

A: Your book was published in 1898. It is part of the Vademecum Series.

You can see it here: http://henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm

As a general rule most of the reprints done by Altemus as part of this publisher’s series have only nominal value.