Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter hintha This is a super sweet

This is a super sweet (unmatched) pair of old wooden salt spoons

as I fell in love with it immediately

with a little age toning and few small tears as pictured

a light cream

Some scratching including over the face of the older girl

Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter hintha This is a super sweetLittle Henry and His Bird, published in 1851, tells the story of young Henry's rescue of a beautiful songbird (from the jaws of his cat), his nursing it back to health, and then his sadness at its flying away to join its flock until he learns to be happy for its freedom (and learns a bit about Benjamin Franklin and his discovery of electricity via kite flying along the way.) The cover is pretty torn up, as one might expect, though its hand stitched