Comley's Spelling and Reading Book, 1853, with Hand-colored Engravings, Cut Paper Letters, and Good Words copper tool a lovely small drawing

a lovely small drawing

down to the stippled leaves on the trees that hover over the figures

Al Jazeera

making it quite solid

sound and not at all delicate

Comley's Spelling and Reading Book, 1853, with Hand-colored Engravings, Cut Paper Letters, and Good Words copper tool a lovely small drawingA lovely old speller John Comly's Spelling and Reading Book with Notes for Parents and Teachers, published by Lippincott, Granbo & Co Philadelphia, copyright 1842, this copy 1853. Here with most of the engravings hand colored, a handful of cut paper capital letters found inside, and some nice handwriting on the endpages. I'm such a sucker for these old readers, and this I think one embodies exactly why! With good lists of words throughout, which