American Book Company "Barnes's Elementary Geography" by James Monteith, 1896 Copyright purple and white it's definitely seen some use

it's definitely seen some use

Just a gorgeous thing

The striking contrast between the wood of the matchsticks and their charcoal tips

wooden toothbrush

I believe this vase dates from the 1980s

American Book Company "Barnes's Elementary Geography" by James Monteith, 1896 Copyright purple and white it's definitely seen some useThis is a circa 1896 copy of Barnes's Elementary Geography featuring, according to its author James Monteith, an easy, conversational and varied style of presentation geared toward making this study pleasant and effective. Indeed, this 96 page volume, with dramatic black and white etching illustrations throughout as well as a number of full page maps, makes for a fascinating read and portrait of turn of the century American thinking about the rest of