Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook father 14 1/4" t x 12

14 1/4" t x 12 1/4" w x 2 1/4" d and in very good

Ritter's work and his gallery explored the Surrealist sensibility transplanted from Europe and given new life as it came into contact with popular culture in the United States

S from the turn of the century until the 1920s

just some light crazing which I don't think detracts in the least

and would guess if anything it was trout flies they held

Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook father 14 1/4" t x 12I've bought and sold a lot of penmanship notebooks, but I don't think I've ever found one written (by a Charles Goodrich in 1862) in such a strong and confident hand as this one. I love these not just for the beauty of the penmanship itself, but for the poetry and potency of the words transcribed, and the extra weight imparted to them through repetition. Among my favorites here: transmutation, omnipresence, immeasurable, uncommunicated, and