Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations Grenfell Mission craft 3 3/4" l x approx

3 3/4" l x approx 2 1/4" in diameter

so finely done

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

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

crownlike hat with long flaps

Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations Grenfell Mission craft 3 3/4" l x approxJust 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