ABC BOOK OF EARLY AMERICANA by Eric Sloane. Softbound, 8-1/2” x 11”. Readers of all ages will delight on these illustrated and hand lettered pages, which feature brief captions explaining the items’ origins and uses. Gadgets, gizmos and contraptions include foot stoves, used in churches and under the blankets of sleighs and stagecoaches, oil lamps fed by whale oil and kerosene, water-wheels, weather vanes,  and windmills. The craftsmanship of the nations early builders and inventors is reflected in this finely wrought compilation of historical curiosities.            703548      Each $10.95