Comley's Spelling and Reading Book, 1853, with Hand-colored Engravings, Cut Paper Letters, and Good Words natural history pure happiness

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This is about the loveliest little watercolor of the sea that I think I’ve ever seen

Comley's Spelling and Reading Book, 1853, with Hand-colored Engravings, Cut Paper Letters, and Good Words natural history pure happinessA lovely old speller John Comly's Spelling and Reading Book with Notes for Parents and Teachers, published by Lippincott, Granbo & Co Philadelphia, copyright 1842, this copy 1853. Here with most of the engravings hand colored, a handful of cut paper capital letters found inside, and some nice handwriting on the endpages. I'm such a sucker for these old readers, and this I think one embodies exactly why! With good lists of words throughout, which