While sorting through the old books at the Horticultural Center, I picked up a musty old tome which I thought was a history of gardening. It turned out to be a book about alchemy and the construction of various types of stills. Most chapters focus on use of plants by the Puritans of New England ...
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I have in my hands this small fabulous book from 1835 titled "The Young Reader", so well rubbed in all the right ways that it is an artifact of sculptural elegance. The content is as fascinating as it's current presentation. When I look through early readers such as this one, I don't have to wonder ...
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It's all about the timing at the Antique Market in Plymouth Center. Two buildings full of dealer rooms in one of the oldest towns in the country is basically a little slice of heaven for vintage treasure hunters. Yesterday's score was two lengths of raw silk for .50 cents each, five antique wooden frames at ...
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