yellow—ocher fabric bound book with red (burnt sienna) embossed flower backdrop with leaf boarder reading:" Barnes's New National Readers, Number 5, American. Book. Company". The edges of the paper are marbled. The spine has the same red embossment with gold letters that read:" New National Readers, —— , Number 5". The back cover is designed with the same leaf motif in red and a large seal with the letters A B C interwoven. The title page reads: "Barnes's New National Readers, New National Fifth Reader, By, Charles J. Barnes, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company." copyright 1884. This is a school book (fifth reader) with illustrations.

1884

Barnes's New National Readers, Number 5