Ronson

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H o b o s & M o o n s h i n e Handmade in Texas. Silversmith. Screenwriter. Nicholl Finalist. Rare book hunter. www.hobosandmoonshine.com

Mabel Minerva. 55% pit... 30% beagle... 7% Great Pyrenees... and a smattering of supermutt.
Front board (cover) of the 1922 edition of "History Of The Donner Party"
An 1849 atlas of "the geography of the heavens".
Ray Bradbury's original 1948 short story "The Black Ferris" which would years later, with much additional writing & rewriting, evolve to become his 1962 novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes".
The leather binding of a 19th century book has broken away due to age & lack of moisture in the leather, revealing the newsprint ads used to back the spine.
Very old, pressed four-leaf clovers, between the pages of an antique book.
Page 2 of "The Theft Of A God".
A pulp magazine cover illustration, featuring three cowboys on horseback, racing across the dry plains.
Hannes Bok preliminary sketch of an Ifrit or Djinn grappling with a human. Possibly from "Slaves Of Sleep".
The title page for "Sequel to The Spelling Book", published in 1831.
"The Town-Ho's Story" was a magazine preview of the then-upcoming novel "The Whale" aka "Moby Dick".
Boxes & boxes of antique books, in storage.
Burt Reynolds as The Bandit and patron saint of those who strap on the Editing Moustache, and if you're reading this I adore you a staggering amount
Burt Reynolds, no moustache. Honestly, he just looks wrong.
Three sterling rings, with stones & stamowork. Left to right: snake ring with turquoise, chonky ring with apple coral, and a simple ring with lapis lazuli.