Hand-stitched Cloth Covered "The Children's First Reader" c. 1892, with Drawings folk painting 5" tall with handle

5" tall with handle

but while the burners glee into the ashes

and it is open on the underside

but it closes flat

Hand-stitched Cloth Covered "The Children's First Reader" c. 1892, with Drawings folk painting 5" tall with handleI've become pretty smitten with antique fabric covered books like this, with zig zag stitching holding the fabric tight to the inside covers, and even better to find drawings or doodles inside, as is the case here. The book is Ellen M. Cyr's "The Children's First Reader" published in 1892 or so (the title and copyright pages are missing here, but the rest of the book seems to be present.) I really like the fact the the drawings consume the dedication