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"Ivory Finish":

Nd. 115x155mm, 361p. Lithographic half-title. Lithographic titlepage text printed red, border light purple. Spine: Illustrated (and there are a few illustrations, printed red). Aquamarine cloth stamped red, green and gold, flowers in corners and center. Plain endsheets. BAP A9: erased 1896 inscription.

Nd. 115x155mm, 361p. Lithographic half-title printed purple and red. Lithographic titlepage text printed red, border light purple. Spine: Illustrated (and the frontispiece and a few illustrations, printed green over yellow). Light green vellum-finish cloth stamped red and gold, flowers in corners and center. Plain endsheets. BAP A9.3: undated inscription.

"Silver & Monotint"

Altemus Company, nd. 103x153mm, 361p. Lithographic half-title printed green and red; frontispiece portrait in sepia; and titlepage printed green and red. Light green cloth stamped white and silver, an oval wreath surrounding title on the front board and a larger floral design which carries across the spine (some flowers appear brown but this may be sunning) and over the rear board. Plain endsheets. Three pages of ads at rear for The Altemus Library, 41 titles offered in different bindings. BAP A12.5: inscribed Christmas 1896.