Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter hintha as is the pink

as is the pink

and one of my very favorite things I've found

as I fell in love with it immediately

with a little age toning and few small tears as pictured

I  found it in New Hampshire and believe it walnut

Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter hintha as is the pinkLittle 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