Q: My daughter found this at estate sale in Michigan. (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) It is a withdrawn copy from Saginaw library. In the back the Vademecum, Young People’s Library and Historical Series are listed. What would be the estimated publication date?

A: This book is from the Boys and Girls Classics Series. These books were published between 1899-1906. Your volume could not have been an 1899 issue since Altemus incorporated in 1900 and your book noted Henry Altemus Company on the title page.

Thus it was published between 1900 and 1906. It can be dated exactly by using the flow chart on the website and the advertisements in the back of your volume.

The titles in this series are all reprints and originally came within a labeled box, an example of which is shown below.