Scarce, Wonderful, Much Worn and Torn 1844 New National Primer with Hand-sewn Repair Everywhere 1956 naef blocks and could still be used

and could still be used that way

Brass hook closes securely

with what looks to be a hole worn through at the center and with early windsor chairs framing it at either side

when this particular zig zag edge was the height of house number style

I just think it’s completely charming

Scarce, Wonderful, Much Worn and Torn 1844 New National Primer with Hand-sewn Repair Everywhere 1956 naef blocks and could still be usedThis one is quite a tattered state, no great surprise for a paper cover reader 180+ plus years old, really, and one which was clearly very much read and studied. What makes it especially beautiful to me though in addition to its marvelous engravings of insects and fishes, birds and objects, clocks and presidents and historic events including the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill are the hand stitched mends repairing tears to most every page, and