Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations lavender revealing itself to be shaped

revealing itself to be shaped like a book

12 7/8" wide x 10 1/4" deep (11 1/4" including handle) x 6 1/2" tall

Personally I've really come to embrace such flaws on pieces like this

and a fun one to wave around

Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations lavender revealing itself to be shapedJust a lovely little book, published by Willis P. Hazard, Philadelphia, and quite a rare one from what I can tell, finding only a couple of records of other copies held in library collections. There was a second edition published in 1862, but I believe this is the first edition. Curiously (though written in the first person, so he might be the narrator) Harry is only mentioned once as a blind old man, who is patient and does not complain, but gives