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Message:: [QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 992839, member: 8267"]As Debora has said, abebooks is the best place to begin research on a specific antiquarian book. You want to look for comparative examples that match on all points - publisher, publication date, binding, etc. Look for offers that include a photograph that says "Seller Image", which means it is a photo of the actual book the seller has, as opposed to a stock image. Looking at the current listings for this version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, I see a few issues regarding your copy. I believe the true first edition of this version was published by William Heinemann in London, in 1907. Several of the dealers on Abe note that the first edition did not have a publication date printed in the book (noted as "ND" for No Date), but that later printings did show the publication date. The fact that your copy includes both Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co as the publisher complicates things. Doubleday & Page bought a controlling interest in William Heinemann in 1921, after Heinemann's death. So I suspect your copy was published after 1921, although the copyright might be listed as 1907. It would be helpful to see a photograph of the title page and the copyright page in your book. I am also confused about your description of the binding as "green leather with a green cloth cover". That sounds rather weird. Again, a photograph would be helpful.[/QUOTE]