George's 19th Century Geography Book with Drawings bent wire hands and display

and display

but I find these wooden fishing hand lines (at least I believe that is what they are

Really cool

This American antique buttocks basket

steady on its feet and with drawers all opening and closing easily (though they are not interchangable

George's 19th Century Geography Book with Drawings bent wire hands and displayI don't mind if I never sell any of these old school books with doodles and drawings inside; I'll keep buying them and build a collection for myself! For me, they feel like small, singular treasures, with the handwritten names and sketches of their onetime owner (or numerous owners) animating their end pages like escapist fantasies in counterpoint to, or sometimes inspired by, the lessons inside. The inside over of this 19th century geography book