Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks carved stamp and could be put to

and could be put to all sorts of creative and pragmatic uses

one leg wobbles just a bit when holding it but once standing it is completely stable and sturdy and does not wobble a bit

but I've found documentation of a good number of them out there in collections

which is pretty firm but a little squishy too

Edward Higgins

Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks carved stamp and could be put toThough it's a bit difficult to discern some of the handwriting (!), these four notebooks appear to have been the property of a couple of different members of the Heath family of Boston I can clearly read John Heath on one, and I believe Adelbert on a couple of others, and the years 1849 and 1850 appear. I love the paperback covers on these, especially the "lessons in drawings" animals and geometric shapes. Inside, they vary: >>one (the one with