Cobb's 1853 Speller with Hand-sewn Fabric Spine, Animated Endpapers and Excellent Engravings antique french charcoals 2" d x 7/8" t

2" d x 7/8" t

which seems to be held together (still very tautly) in its grid by elastic threads

with a heart shaped leaf (the shape I think is wrong to represent a tobacco leaf) on a long stem

48 blocks total

Cobb's 1853 Speller with Hand-sewn Fabric Spine, Animated Endpapers and Excellent Engravings antique french charcoals 2" d x 7/8" tAnother week, another early speller there are a whole lot I pass by without a second thought, but I'll always scoop a special one. Like this one, with great yellow paper cover and hand sewn, fabric covered spine Cobb's First Book, published by John H Simon, Philadelphia. Once owned by an Amaline Kahler (I believe) who wrote her name in 1858 and filled the inside cover with inked letters and marks. More on the back inside cover too, which also shows a