Joanna's and Mary's Much Battered and Embellished New Merrill Speller tramp art match box and a fun chair it

and a fun chair it must have been

Paper really is bright white and very clean

I believe) tramp art box shows some damage and losses

horizontal scallop along the top of the sides

Joanna's and Mary's Much Battered and Embellished New Merrill Speller tramp art match box and a fun chair itI 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