Dear Sacred Book, Oh Let Me Treasure Thee...Maranda Mowry's 1852 Pocket Bible with Handwritten Inscription handmade brass ashtray 10 3/4" l x 1

10 3/4" l x 1 7/8" across at widest

noted on the back

including a wonderful butterfly-like upper case "X"

seams all tight

Dear Sacred Book, Oh Let Me Treasure Thee...Maranda Mowry's 1852 Pocket Bible with Handwritten Inscription handmade brass ashtray 10 3/4" l x 1Much of the beauty of searching for things in the physical world (in contrast to buying online) is coming across things I'd never look for though of course it's the danger too, as there are so many different sorts of empathetic objects! This was propped in a glass case, spine concealed, but a little handwriting visible, so of course I had to ask to see it, to discover it is a (hefty!) pocket Bible, published by Sanborn and Carter, Portland ME, 1852 a