Hand-stitched Cloth Covered "The Children's First Reader" c. 1892, with Drawings sculptural wall object and initialed in marker by

and initialed in marker by its one time owner on the underside of the base

and varies a bit in tone

and terrific warm dry wood patina

I believe there was originally one more small orange ring right below the topper

Hand-stitched Cloth Covered "The Children's First Reader" c. 1892, with Drawings sculptural wall object and initialed in marker byI've become pretty smitten with antique fabric covered books like this, with zig zag stitching holding the fabric tight to the inside covers, and even better to find drawings or doodles inside, as is the case here. The book is Ellen M. Cyr's "The Children's First Reader" published in 1892 or so (the title and copyright pages are missing here, but the rest of the book seems to be present.) I really like the fact the the drawings consume the dedication