Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations Grenfell Mission craft I love the combination of

I love the combination of super round at one end and pointy at the other

5 1/2" across the back if measured straight across (not on a curve)

Perhaps used as a trade sign of sorts by a knife maker

3 3/4" l x approx 2 1/4" in diameter

with what appear to be the initials of his maker subtly carved into his belly

Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations Grenfell Mission craft I love the combination ofJust a lovely little book, published by Willis P. Hazard, Philadelphia, and quite a rare one from what I can tell, finding only a couple of records of other copies held in library collections. There was a second edition published in 1862, but I believe this is the first edition. Curiously (though written in the first person, so he might be the narrator) Harry is only mentioned once as a blind old man, who is patient and does not complain, but gives