Hannah Reed's 1833 Emerson (Boston) Speller with Upside Down Covers and Delights Inside, Just As Found antique wabanaki I will pack these extra

I will pack these extra carefully for safe travel

a renowned Nova Scotia-based Canadian carver who became known in the 1960s for his sleek

Just as the box attests

and what a marvelous example this one is

combined with carved profile and hand-drawn face (and ears

Hannah Reed's 1833 Emerson (Boston) Speller with Upside Down Covers and Delights Inside, Just As Found antique wabanaki I will pack these extraAs I've said I am forever opening old spellers in the hopes of finding endpaper drawings or mementos tucked inside their pages and occasionally my efforts are rewarded! And in the case of this one, dated 1833, it was not until I got it home and started documenting its pages that I discovered the woven paper heart tucked inside a spread toward the back. Small joys are the best. And I love that the "Boston Lion Circus" clipping is specific to Boston,