I just purchased a collection with many books relating to the New Hampshire White Mountains. So, I thought I would offer them to my website subscribers at a 10% discount until February 1st. Remember ORDERING IS EASY from RAY BOAS BOOKSELLER – thank you, RAY
1924-28 WHITE MOUNTAIN NATURAL CURIOSITY BOOKLETS – BOXED SET OF SIX (6)
In the 1920s, Guy Roberts of Whitefield, New Hampshire, published a number of booklets of the natural beauty and wonders of the White Mountain tourist areas. Roberts loved the area, and the Old Man of the Mountains. In 1906 he discovered the condition of the Old Man, and advocated for measures to be taken to secure the rocks.
His booklets are often found, and when found run $20 to $25 and up. His booklets measure about 3 1/4 inches by 6 1/4 inches, and in some instances the text opens up on a fan-fold sheet. This is a Boxed set of a Roberts’ Series in the original box. The paper label from the box top is chipped and worn. This is the second set I have been fortunate to own – below are the booklets in this set:
THE PROFILE AND HOW IT WAS SAVED – 1928 7th edition, 31 pages
THE FLUME AND ALL ABOUT IT – 1924 3rd ed, fan-fold 16 pages
INDIAN HEAD: ITS DEBUT AND LEGENDS – 1928 4th ed, fan-fold 12 pages
THE WILLEY SLIDE: ITS HISTORY, LEGEND AND ROMANCE – 1925 5th ed, 44 pages
LOST RIVER AND GOING THRU IT – 1925 5th ed, 29 pages
THE GREAT CARBUNCLE; CHRISTUS INDEX; THE GREAT STONE FACE – 1924 2nd ed, 47 pages.
Order Number 69882 — $100
Ordering Information
WINNIPESAUKEE: A POTPOURRI – [Original 1935 Edition] – E. Palmer Clarke, – published by the author, 1935. very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) original tissue jacket. B&W illustrations. 153 pages – $40 — Order Number 75320
A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE – OUT-OF-DOOR SONGS FOR ALL WHO LOVE THE GRANITE STATE – Complied by Mary M. Currier – Hardcover, very good, olive green cloth, TEG – Rumford Printing Company, Concord, NH, 1904, B&W illustrations, 184 pages – $10 – Order Number 75318
THE MOUNTAIN ROAD – [New Hampshire Roads] – Thomas Dreier – hardcover, good+, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket. – The Stratford Company (1935), Boston, MA, B&W illustrations, 334 pages – $15 – Order Number 75319
BRADFORD ON MOUNT WASHINGTON – Bradford Washburn – good, purple cloth (hardcover) faded spine as typical with the purple cloth dyes. NO DUSTJACKET – G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1928, B&W illustrations, 123 pages — “Putnam’s Boys’ Books by Boys” – The story of Bradford’s Christmas vacation spent in the White Mountains. – $75 – Order Number 75321
MT. WASHINGTON ITS PAST AND PRESENT – UP AND DOWN – by Guy Roberts and Frank H. Burt, pub. by Rev. Guy Roberts, 1927 3rd ed, Whitefield, NH, very good, wraps (softcover), B&W ill. 52 pages. In same format as Roberts “Curiosity” series. — $20 – Order Number 75327
THE PLACE NAMES OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS – by Robert and Mary Hixon – Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1980. PB. very good, wraps (softcover) – owner’s name in blindstamp. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0892720697 186 pages, index. $15 – Order Number 75317
Available from the same collection to be catalogued and illustrated soon (stop back) I have:
THE WHITE MOUNTAIN GUIDE BOOK – [Eastman’s White Mountain Guide] – Sixth Edition 1866 – $120
and
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS; A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS… [Osgood’s White Mountains} Fifth Edition, 1884 – $145
thank you, RAY
Ray Boas, Bookseller 