Author Archives: Ray Boas

1939-1956 SAM LAIDACKER – THE AMERICAN ANTIQUE(S) COLLECTOR – POTTERY AND PORCELAIN Sam Laidacker wrote and published a number of books on pottery and porcelain, including: The Standard Catalogue of Anglo-American China: 1810-1850; Anglo-American China Part II; AUCTION SUPPLEMENT TO … Continue reading →

1758 – THE SPIRIT OF LAWS – Two Volume Set Leather BoundTranslated from the French ofM. De Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, By Mr. NUGENT Third Edition corrected and considerably improved. Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vaillant in the Strand, … Continue reading →

KNIVES WITH CORKSCREWS by BOB NUGENT – 1987 Softcover, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, published by the author in Hillsboro, New Hampshire in 1987 with 31 pages packed with information, line drawings and photographs. UNCOMMON with history, knife construction, basic … Continue reading →

KENTUCKY PIONEER GENEALOGY AND RECORDS – 6 YEARS (24 ISSUES) OF THE JOURNAL Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records: A Genealogical Journal Devoted to Kentucky Has been published by the Society of Kentucky Pioneers since 1979. Offered as one lot are … Continue reading →

1877 – A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES – LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFIRST EDITION – UNCOMMON Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1877, 290 pages, publisher’s advertisements. Hardcover, good, wear to cloth and some light foxing, cant to bookblock as seen below. The No Name Series, published … Continue reading →

1657 – Della Santissima Eucaristia orazioni 30. Di Giouanni Rho della Compagnia di Giesu translates to:Orations of the Holy Eucharist 30. By Giouanni Rho of the Company of Giesu 17th century religious text, bound in vellum, at one time in … Continue reading →

1955 – THE MODEL ENGINEER – 27 ISSUES Model Engineer Magazine was first published, in the United Kingdom, to support the hobby of model engineering in 1898 by Percival Marshall, who was to remain its editor for over 50 years. It has been owned by MyTime … Continue reading →

By Clark W. Bryan of Great Barrington, Massachusetts – Prepared for the Housatonic Railroad with illustrations from the Cameras of Julius Hall and George W. Lovejoy. Offered is the uncommon original 32 page travel booklet (sadly also now available in … Continue reading →

1868 – CYCLOPAEDIA OF COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ANECDOTES: COMPRISING INTERESTING REMINISCENCES AND FACTS, REMARKABLE TRAITS AND HUMORS, AND… Notable Sayings, Dealings, Experiences, and Witticisms of Merchants, Traders, Bankers, Mercantile Celebrities, Millionnaires (sic), Bargain Makers, etc. etc. … nearly three thousand … Continue reading →

THE UNIVERSAL PENMAN by GEORGE BICKHAM Original – circa 1741 plate THE HONEST MERCHANT – THOROWGOOD TO TRUEMAN by G. BLAND An original copperplate engraving from Bickham’s noted work. Paper measures about 9 7/8 inches by 15 1/2 inches. There is … Continue reading →