Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter lettering I have no tape measure

I have no tape measure

super intimate and deeply human

for bagels and lox

though it could certainly be used

Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter lettering I have no tape measureLittle Henry and His Bird, published in 1851, tells the story of young Henry's rescue of a beautiful songbird (from the jaws of his cat), his nursing it back to health, and then his sadness at its flying away to join its flock until he learns to be happy for its freedom (and learns a bit about Benjamin Franklin and his discovery of electricity via kite flying along the way.) The cover is pretty torn up, as one might expect, though its hand stitched