DISOIPLINE (The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church), 1888 hollow cut silhouette lid slides on and off

lid slides on and off smoothly and holds tight

Chair 5 7/16" t x 2 7/8" w x 3 1/4" d

or given as a gift to a fellow student or teacher of the artist’s at the Technic Institute in Nairobi--the address of which is noted on reverse--who brought it back to the states

Plus an apostrophe on the Your's for emphasis

DISOIPLINE (The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church), 1888 hollow cut silhouette lid slides on and offThe first picture tells the entire story of why I bought this and why I love it the perfect articulation of throwing discipline or, perhaps even more so, doctrine to the wind! The leather fold over cover is pretty beaten and torn, but the book inside is actually in quite good shape, and there are some energetic scribbles on the several pages too. But if it were me, I'd find a good spot for it to just leave it spread open to that first page: perfect. 5