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

and I think would look great in most any kitchen

Signed with what I think is PM on the bottom

I believe) tramp art box shows some damage and losses

and a couple of scratches near top center of the sky (see detail photos)--neither particularly visible when inside the frame

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