1863 The Circus Story Book with Wonderful Graphite Drawings antique Japanese sake bottle It is in good condition

It is in good condition

and I think this is quite a special one

which I value all the more for it having spent at least several decades living in his world

I'll never pass on a little wooden folk art house if I can help it

7 3/4" tall x 8" wide x 4 1/4" d

1863 The Circus Story Book with Wonderful Graphite Drawings antique Japanese sake bottle It is in good conditionThis 1863 first edition "The Circus" Story Book for Boys by a Mrs. A. S. Anthony (published in Boston, found in Haverhill, MA, and the boy who drew in it lived in Newbury, which he spells as Newburay) is a rare one, which begins with two boys discovering a giant painting of marching elephants on the wall of a local barn announcing the (pre Barnum & Bailey) circus coming to town. Published by the American Tract Society, an evangelical organization