Rachel B. Walton's 1826 Grammar Book with Inscribed Plate and Two Handmade Rewards of Merit vintage tabacco box hand-written in graphite: "Christmas 1917

hand-written in graphite: "Christmas 1917

so he could live in a garden bed or just in a plant

This is a partial piquet deck (piquet dates to the 16th century at latest

poetic name for a place

There is a drawstring on the interior that I believe likely once exited through holes on the sides to tie on the outside

Rachel B. Walton's 1826 Grammar Book with Inscribed Plate and Two Handmade Rewards of Merit vintage tabacco box hand-written in graphite: "Christmas 1917You likely know I have a total weakness for early school books with the names of their one time owner beautifully inscribed inside, as is very much the case with this 1826 copy of Murray's English Grammar Simplified, published by Glazier & Co. in Hallowell, Maine, not very far from where I found it. The book itself is a rare one, but what a delight to find it not just Rachel B. Walton's name written inside, but also two rewards of merit from her