1863 The Circus Story Book with Wonderful Graphite Drawings antique Japanese sake bottle The frame is paper backed

The frame is paper backed and wired for hanging

so the first page ("Resignation" shows age toning

) and the perfect vessel to fill with branches of autumn leaves or winter greens for a really dramatic arrangement or fabulous centerpiece

It is in good condition

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

1863 The Circus Story Book with Wonderful Graphite Drawings antique Japanese sake bottle The frame is paper backedThis 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