Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations Grenfell Mission craft so finely done

so finely done

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

The hand-crank that once attached to the threaded press arm broke off at some point (pretty cleanly)

Definitely this has some age to it

I've found it on all of these I've looked at

Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations Grenfell Mission craft so finely doneJust 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