SOLD Harriet Humphries' Lovely Mid 19th C. Penmanship Notebook with Great Words and Phrases the Best Series extended arms of this man

extended arms of this man and woman as they reach out for one another

There is an old wire on the back for hanging

with a bit of dark spotting here and some rippling to the linen

with red ribbon sewn on at the corners

there are a few small stains / dark marks visible against the white near the top

SOLD Harriet Humphries' Lovely Mid 19th C. Penmanship Notebook with Great Words and Phrases the Best Series extended arms of this manIt's been a bit since I find a nice penmanship practice notebook I think in part because I've gotten pickier about the ones that I like! This one, kept by a Harriet Humphries, is undated, but I've looked at enough of these to believe it is mid 1800s, with plain blue paper cover and plain laid paper pages bound with string. Typical spreads feature a shorter repeated phrase in larger lettering on one side, and a longer repeated sentence on the other. I