Something Special-- Dolly's Adventures-- A Vintage Die-Cut book

This little cardboard die-cut out book from about 1894 is charming and delightful.  This copy was owned by Alice Bloss when she was just 2 years old.  She probably received it for her second birthday on February 20, 1898.  This book shows lots of love-- the back cover is missing and the binding is broken  A single thread holds it together, and it looks like a hand sewing patch up.  Clearly this book was loved by little Alice.  This is a wonderful example of a young child's book from 19th century America.

This front cover still sports vibrant colors.  I'll post the inner pages, although when the hand sewing was done, I think the pages got mixed up.  The story and illustrations don't match up right anymore.

This copy is missing the back cover.