Scarce, Wonderful, Much Worn and Torn 1844 New National Primer with Hand-sewn Repair Everywhere holy cross and looks like there is

and looks like there is a bit of paper under each medal with a campers name handwritten on it

I've always been a bit amazed by the prices these old folk art sock/stocking cats command

with levers that can be raised or lowered manually to move the arrows

with photographs of paintings like this one perfectly embodying that transition

tightly bound and very lovely

Scarce, Wonderful, Much Worn and Torn 1844 New National Primer with Hand-sewn Repair Everywhere holy cross and looks like there isThis one is quite a tattered state, no great surprise for a paper cover reader 180+ plus years old, really, and one which was clearly very much read and studied. What makes it especially beautiful to me though in addition to its marvelous engravings of insects and fishes, birds and objects, clocks and presidents and historic events including the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill are the hand stitched mends repairing tears to most every page, and