Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book chicago worlds fair 1934 Structurally sound

Structurally sound

but perhaps also to elongated two-toned green form that centers the abstract composition

1960s and labeled on the bottoms

One might be able to find a matchbox to fill it with

Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book chicago worlds fair 1934 Structurally soundI've had a number of British earlyish 19th century penmanship practice notebooks in the shop but this is the first American one, of a Jacob A. Paul I believe, of Ghent, NY, dated 1838. And it is quite different from the British in construction with a simple un dyed pulp paper cover, hand stitched binding, and then pages of various colors inside pink, green, yellow, some quite brilliant in tone. And no fraktur type headers here just page after page