1863 The Circus Story Book with Wonderful Graphite Drawings calligraphy practice This vintage aluminum Bell System

This vintage aluminum Bell System Goggles case

light blue and caramel glazes

but all of the parts seem still to be in place and I think it's really a fabulous piece

Of substantial scale at 17 3/4" w × 24ʺ t

1863 The Circus Story Book with Wonderful Graphite Drawings calligraphy practice This vintage aluminum Bell SystemThis 1863 first edition "The Circus" Story Book for Boys by a Mrs. A. S. Anthony (published in Boston, found in Haverhill, MA, and the boy who drew in it lived in Newbury, which he spells as Newburay) is a rare one, which begins with two boys discovering a giant painting of marching elephants on the wall of a local barn announcing the (pre Barnum & Bailey) circus coming to town. Published by the American Tract Society, an evangelical organization