[made by hand]
Rosa Ida Lovell. "Autagraphs." (1892)
Charming palm-sized vernacular friendship album, 2.5 x 2 inches. 24 laid paper leaves bound with a fragile blue ribbon tied to a cord at the centerfold, a little shaken and finger-soiled, Very Good. 11 pages of manuscript contents, including 9 inscriptions dated November 7-9, 1892; one notes Pine St. School (Binghamton, NY). Includes the choice inscriptions, "Love no man, not even your brother, if girls must love, love one another," and, "Remember me when far, far off / Where the woodchucks die with the whooping cough."