Q: I recently purchased an antique copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland on ebay.. And looking at the cover i realized i have never see that style before.. So i googled different cover styles and i came across your site where you mention all the different errors ebay sellers make. And i noticed what you said made their description was completely wrong about the printing date.. I’m going to post you a picture of the book and paste the info the ebay seller had put about it.. I wanted to know if you have ever seen this cover before? Because I can’t find it anywhere…
A: I had seen this book on Ebay. You can find your cover here (Book #2 Variant): http://henryaltemus.com/series/series202F4.htm
It is a nice “Alice” book just not a very early one. It is quite easy to see that the date is way off by looking at all the ads in the back. You will see a number of books listed there which were published for the first time in the 1920’s.
Even with the dust jacket this book generally does not command this dollar amount.
Unfortunately many sellers see the copyright date and mistake it for the publication date.
The most common of all the Altemus “Alice’s” can be found in the Young People’s Library. There is seldom a time on Ebay where several of them are being auctioned.