First/Very Early Edition McLaughlin Bros. "Object Teacher" Picture Book, Copyright 1884 boats on water There is writing on about

There is writing on about 55 of the 100 or so pages

Pages 20 - 27

This is a 1940 copy (the second photo shows another uncovered copy listed separately) and features some pretty great photographs and diagrams

The heights of the sides are a bit uneven and the application of the glazes far from precise

so I'd treat it as a sculpture and display it head up

First/Very Early Edition McLaughlin Bros. "Object Teacher" Picture Book, Copyright 1884 boats on water There is writing on aboutThis is quite a rare one, and both a fun and useful one, which I have found a couple of copies of listed elsewhere in the $200 $400 range). Essentially a visual dictionary, with a key on the last page identifying each of the objects pictured, it was published by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., c. 1884. (It shows a 1884 copyright, but it is hard to know if a first or or very early edition.) McLoughlin (1858 1920, when it was sold to Milton Bradley) was a New