1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American skiing man The key still works to

The key still works to open and close it easily

super sturdy used condition with a little chipping to the at one corner

or great on the counter for holding mail

and youthful still

I think it is in part its awkwardness that makes this appeal to me

1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American skiing man The key still works toI purchased this one especially for the layers of text and doodles on the inside covers and first and last pages, including a little Fraktur writing yum yum but love it front to back, including for the fact that I can't read German so the lines of penmanship practice repeated over and over become more or less just beautiful fields of line. Pretty cool too, that though in German I am confident is it American: it's author was a Johannes Knetz, but on