Much Used Canadian Seamanship Examiner and Instructor, 1873, with Many Hand-written Notes and Great Plates antique dominoes Had I not spent a

Had I not spent a couple of years working on a farm

paint not at all chipping off

The latter shows a fair amount of staining/toning  and the tulip print shows a little along the left edge

and now these fantastic bone ones

apparently

Much Used Canadian Seamanship Examiner and Instructor, 1873, with Many Hand-written Notes and Great Plates antique dominoes Had I not spent aYou know I love a book that has lived a life, and this is very much one of those I think its original seafaring owner likely slept with it under his pillow! The book is Seamanship Examiner and Instructor of Masters and Mates for the Marine Board Examination in Canada by John St. Vincent McNally, published in 1873. Photos give a good sense: the endpapers are entirely consumed with notes and calculations (including related to the positions of stars),