The Life of Little Witenose the Knowing Cat, Hattie's Ultra Naive 1854 Homemade Story Book seagull brooch Perhaps the blue tower in

Perhaps the blue tower in the background is a castle

with what looks to have been a snake inside that would pop its head up when one slid the lid open

I purchased this beauty of a handmade postcard from a seller in Holland

like a fourth leg

with some cracking to the binding

The Life of Little Witenose the Knowing Cat, Hattie's Ultra Naive 1854 Homemade Story Book seagull brooch Perhaps the blue tower inThe Life of Little Witenose! How ever could I resist? I could devote my life to hunting tiny hand drawn books like this and this is an early one, 1854. A note accompanying it attributes it to a young Hattie Burleigh Janes if only I had all of the content of that box! (I bought this from a New England dealer who had it in her personal collection for 30 or so years and just pulled it out.) Photos show every page, which can be a bit of a challenge to