Description: Welcome to BKCranston! Please take a moment to read the description, condition and browse the photos. Description: Two antique penmanship books. The first is the larger book with laid paper cover and trwenty two single side decorated pages which are full with poems, colored titles and fancy script. The book belonged to Catherine Taber dated 1816. This book came out a Rhode Island home, I have owned it for over 30 years. The Taber's are a very well known family from Rhode Island and lived on the East Side of Providence and even have a street named after them. The smaller book with a moire paper design cover belonging to John A. Round of North Foster, Rhode Island dated 1867. It is filled with sixteen double sided decorated pages of sentence penmanship with a folksy drawing of a lady inside back cover. Measures; 9 1/2" x 7 1/4", 7 7/8" x 6 1/2" (24.1cm x 18.4cm, 20cm x 16.5)Condition: They are both in overall very good condition. Obvious wear to covers, ink spots, paper has tanned. All is as nice as you like to find them with normal wear expected from an old paper book. Photos show all. Please view all photographs as they are part of the condition report. Be sure to check out our Friday night auctions for other unusual and interesting estate finds and collectibles. We have an ever growing selection of Buy-it-Now items and eBay auctions added weekly.We are happy to combine purchases to save you money in shipping charges. Please take a minute to read below:Unconditional 30 day return policy. If for any reason you are not happy with your purchase, please contact us immediately. We are here to rectify any issues that may arise for all of our customers!!! We strive for only 100% positive feedback! My name is Kevin Bruneau and I have been in the fine arts and collectibles business for over 30 years. I've owned antique shops, auction houses, a consignment shop, and even did a TV reality show hunting down collectible treasures. Today I travel hundreds of miles per week to find interesting pieces to bring to my BKCranston eBay site. Most items are sourced from local house-calls, auctions, and estate tag and yard sales. My interests are broad so you will never know what I will list next. It could be an old master paintings or a baseball card collection. Be sure to check in often, as my store and auction offerings are forever growing and changing with fun and interesting new inventory. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
Price: 115 USD
Location: North Scituate, Rhode Island
End Time: 2024-11-26T03:04:04.000Z
Shipping Cost: 11.45 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Date of Publication: 1816 & 1867
Type: Handwritten Manuscript
Place of Publication: Rhode Island
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Special Attributes: hand written
Region: North America
Author: Taber & Rounds
Material: Paper
Unit Quantity: 2
Subject: penmanship
Original/Facsimile: Original
