Sweet Old Handmade Needle Book with Printed Punch Paper Geometry carnival game clenched fist

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So I am hoping to sell it as is

hand-etched with an jam-packed array of Freemasonry symbols

pretty impossible not to want to take care of

but one which--with these cocked (very arm-like) front legs and two tails arching in opposite directions--pretty perfectly captures the energy of a very alert cat

Sweet Old Handmade Needle Book with Printed Punch Paper Geometry carnival game clenched fistThis one has certainly seen some wear and tear, but I love these things, and all the effort that went into making them, and I think the pattern on the punch paper on front and back is really cool (looks as if it was printed or colored that way as a guide but never embroidered.) Still holding together, with red ribbon sewn on at the corners, and several pages of wood with scalloped edges inside holding lots of needles! 3 3 8" x 3 15 16. Wear as evident