Keep Hands OFF, G.R's First German Book for School and Home, 1870s made with love there are a couple of

there are a couple of hairline cracks to the surface of the wood at one end and perhaps a couple of small knicks to the corners on that end

I'm not certain the age on these--I might guess 1940s

The smartly suited

and deep red-purple against green on the plum

4" long x 1" wide

Keep Hands OFF, G.R's First German Book for School and Home, 1870s made with love there are a couple ofOf course it is the "Keep hands OFF this Book" written by a GR in blue crayon on the inside front cover of this old German language school book that sold me on it, but then it was a delight to discover a few small drawings and crayon coloring on some of the geometric shapes scattered across its pages. And the printed matter itself is quite lovely, combining bits of arithmetic and geometry and penmanship and German language on each page. Some pages at