The picture shows views of this Small Lady's Almanac For 1860 Book. Shown is the front and back covers as well as a few of the many engraving prints inside. This pocket sized book has embossed covers and gold edges on the pages. The title page has an image of a pretty lady at a fancy desk looking at a pair of hands holding a winged hour glass. The page reads as follows: LADY'S ALMANAC FOR 1860 BOSTON SHEPARD, CLARK, & BROWN. NEW YORK: RUDD AND CARLETON. PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON AND BROS. CINCINNATI: GEO. S. BLANCHARD. CHICAGO: S. C. GRIGGS AND CO. Another credit page reads as follows: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by DAMRELL & MOORE, In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. W. S. DAMRELL & F. C. MOORE, Printers and Bookbinders, Boston, Mass. The book has calendar pages, detailed engraving prints, note pages, Phases of the Sun and Moon, Poetry, and many pages of information for the lady of 1860 including: Home Duties A Cheap Conservatory Talking In Ecstatics Cultivating The Voice Wearing Out and Rusting Out The Cultivation of the Dahlia Fair Play For Girls Painting On Glass The Lock Of Hair The Real Martyrs of the Age Illustrious Names in a Mist The Qualified Housewife Following The Fashion Refining Experiences of Sickness Sidney Smith on Enjoyment Usefulness Authors and Their Writings Presently The Oak and the Elm A Plea For Health and Floriculture Sin and Folly of Scolding Useful Receipts Evidence of Coarseness The Little Pilgrim Fruits The Wrong Foot Foremost Faith Music Miscellaneous The Bright Side Letter Writing The Science of Going to Bed Extracts Common Sense and Presence of Mind The Household Baby Gardening for Ladies Enigmatical Inscription at Persepolis Thoughts to Help Sunshine The miniature book measures 3'' x 4-1/2''. Over all it is in very good condition as pictured. There are some loose pages in one section. There is no writing in the book. |