Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks signed Inuit sculpture which once belonged to the

which once belonged to the Reading Lab at Illinois State University

or just hang it on the wall

and one wooden dominoe-shaped rectangular that serves as a "plug" to keep them from rattling around in the box

Many of these old turned and painted wooden apples--made in Japan for the Western market-- housed roulette style horse racing games and the like

it took me several minutes to find which piece had a little give (push

Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks signed Inuit sculpture which once belonged to theThough it's a bit difficult to discern some of the handwriting (!), these four notebooks appear to have been the property of a couple of different members of the Heath family of Boston I can clearly read John Heath on one, and I believe Adelbert on a couple of others, and the years 1849 and 1850 appear. I love the paperback covers on these, especially the "lessons in drawings" animals and geometric shapes. Inside, they vary: >>one (the one with