Joanna's and Mary's Much Battered and Embellished New Merrill Speller storage container surrounding by old medical equipment

surrounding by old medical equipment and preserved specimens

(But if you are interested in just one

with just a tiniest ding to the tip of the beak

Nicely fashioned fashioned from scrap aluminum

missing a corner and showing some wear

Joanna's and Mary's Much Battered and Embellished New Merrill Speller storage container surrounding by old medical equipmentI don't think I'll get over my great love of much personalized old school books any time soon, and will keep buying them when I find them, whether anyone else wants them or so! This battered c. 1920s speller, which includes both the names Mary Kerrvck and Johanna Babbit inside, is missing a couple of pages as front, has a spine reinforced with black cloth tape, and is annotated with pencil throughout. What I love most are the drawings on the inside