Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations Grenfell Mission craft 5 1/2" across the back

5 1/2" across the back if measured straight across (not on a curve)

I love the combination of super round at one end and pointy at the other

The hand-crank that once attached to the threaded press arm broke off at some point (pretty cleanly)

crownlike hat with long flaps

who painted this postcard offering roses and wishes for a happy day to a Senorita Taquita

Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations Grenfell Mission craft 5 1/2" across the backJust a lovely little book, published by Willis P. Hazard, Philadelphia, and quite a rare one from what I can tell, finding only a couple of records of other copies held in library collections. There was a second edition published in 1862, but I believe this is the first edition. Curiously (though written in the first person, so he might be the narrator) Harry is only mentioned once as a blind old man, who is patient and does not complain, but gives