George's 19th Century Geography Book with Drawings bent wire hands but I find these wooden

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

and display

this one more humble but I think pretty charming still

packing a whole lot in--with the fanatically drawn wings of the raven framing it on one side

This American antique buttocks basket

George's 19th Century Geography Book with Drawings bent wire hands but I find these woodenI 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