Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk screw opening box but the frame is not

but the frame is not special--I'm happy to send in the frame or not

I found this one in Kansas City

for using as a cachepot for an orchid

almost like a stop motion animation or a diagram of a dance

who signed it on the bottom

Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk screw opening box but the frame is notSo many different penmanship practice notebooks to enjoy for different reasons. This one was all about mastering individual letters and the proper slant of them, hence a whole page of "oo"s (finally becoming a whole page of "noon"s) and "aa"s,"cc"s "vv"s, etc., reading like fields of abstract mark making, which I find quite beautiful. And "ruin" repeated a hundred or so times feels especially poignant. 24 p + cover : 5 3 4" x 7". Good condition, with