Author Archives: Ray Boas

Full Title – THE ENTIRELY NEW CYNIC’S CALENDAR OF REVISED WISDOM – ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD and also by Oliver Herford and Addison Miner. Published by Paul Elder and Company, San Francisco, Small hardcover (cloth covered boards) measuring about 4 by … Continue reading →

1896 – MANCHESTER UP TO DATE – STORY OF THE CITY 1846-1896 – MANCHESTER, NH – NEW HAMPSHIRE – ORIGINAL EDITION “STORIES, ANECDOTES, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT MANCHESTER MEN.” By David Lane Perkins, published by George F. Willey, Publisher, … Continue reading →

THE “POP-UP” TERRYAND THE PIRATES IN SHIPWRECKEDby Milton Caniff The Illustrated Pop-Up Edition: A Blue Ribbon Press Book; Please Books, Inc., Chicago, Ill., Copyright 1935 Famous Artists Syndicate. “With 3 Pop-Up Pictures” A tight copy of this harder to find popup … Continue reading →

1918-1921 – THE WIRELESS AGE – THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE – 36 ISSUES “The Wireless Age is one of the very earliest radio communication magazines, running monthly from 1913 to 1925 when it was absorbed by Popular Radio Magazine.. The magazine was … Continue reading →

FOR SALE 1996 – COCA-COLA POP-UP BOOK SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN SPECIAL EDITION A new copy of this unique cross-over collectible that will go nicely in your Coke collection, Christmas collection, Santa Claus collection, Pop-Up book collection, etc. … Continue reading →

c1755 – DIDEROT – OVER 80 PLATES –ARCHITECTURE ET PARTIES QUI EN DÉPENDENT Translated from the French – ARCHITECTURE AND PARTS DEPENDING ON IT… from the “Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts”, Edited by Denis Diderot (French, 1713–1784) Appears … Continue reading →

BRUCE ROGERS TYPOGRAPHER AND BOOK DESIGNER – PROSPECTUSES FOR FIVE WORKS FROM WIKIPEDIA – Bruce Rogers (May 14, 1870 – May 21, 1957) was an American typographer and type designer, acclaimed by some as among the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. Rogers was … Continue reading →