1863 Blanchard's Arithmetic Book with Hex Carved in Leather Cover cloth mask which for me are forever

which for me are forever wed to Jasper Johns and so feel sort of like art objects themselves

There is a tear in the black paper on the top left edge

These two definitely have well over a hundred years on them

This crocodile is from a group of wonderful old handmade animals I found this past weekend in New Hampshire

1863 Blanchard's Arithmetic Book with Hex Carved in Leather Cover cloth mask which for me are foreverThere is no title page in this one, but an inscription tells us that a Robert Krighes (or similar) of Fort Edward (NY), who bought it December 8, 1865, about 6 months after the end of the civil war. You likely know by now if you are reading this how much I like old books as objects, and what I love most about this one is that there is a hex sign deeply scratched into the leather cover, it looks like with a knife blade. And then end papers filled with