Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter hintha which were sold together in

which were sold together in one box--are among the rarer among them

and one of my very favorite things I've found

I am not certain the age of this fan

as I fell in love with it immediately

Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter hintha which were sold together inLittle Henry and His Bird, published in 1851, tells the story of young Henry's rescue of a beautiful songbird (from the jaws of his cat), his nursing it back to health, and then his sadness at its flying away to join its flock until he learns to be happy for its freedom (and learns a bit about Benjamin Franklin and his discovery of electricity via kite flying along the way.) The cover is pretty torn up, as one might expect, though its hand stitched