1844 Emerson's North American Arithmetic Book, Stereotype Printed with Great Graphics handmade ashtray old chips around the interior

old chips around the interior lip

and a fun gift for a reluctant outdoors-person

Or by her mother

with a tiny bit of warping to the wood

too--or of course on the side of the chicken coop

1844 Emerson's North American Arithmetic Book, Stereotype Printed with Great Graphics handmade ashtray old chips around the interiorMuch worn on the outside, but still beautiful, especially the stereotype printed inside pages; I just love seeing these neat rows of trees and apples and houses and chairs and prancing horses used to illustrate the principles of addition and subtraction. And then later dots and dashes too. Printed in 1844, and really the best looking in terms of graphics I've seen. The North American Arithmetic by Frederick Emerson, First part. 1844 edition in