1863 The Circus Story Book with Wonderful Graphite Drawings buried and very charmingly painted

and very charmingly painted

but at least to my eye they have a very definite confidence and sophistication

and 1 1/4" across at opening

with a red painted interior

I'm fairly certain 1960s or so

1863 The Circus Story Book with Wonderful Graphite Drawings buried and very charmingly paintedThis 1863 first edition "The Circus" Story Book for Boys by a Mrs. A. S. Anthony (published in Boston, found in Haverhill, MA, and the boy who drew in it lived in Newbury, which he spells as Newburay) is a rare one, which begins with two boys discovering a giant painting of marching elephants on the wall of a local barn announcing the (pre Barnum & Bailey) circus coming to town. Published by the American Tract Society, an evangelical organization