Author Archives: Ray Boas

ALL ORIGINAL COLUMBUS GUM MACHINE WITH BARREL LOCKS – Model M circa 1928 I have had this original chewing gum ball dispenser made by the Columbus Vending Company in my country store collection for many, many decades – long enough … Continue reading →

THE LENSMEN: A PORTFOLIO FOR RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY – FIRST 17 ISSUES – 1972-1976 A quarterly publication for the Railroad Photographer. Published and edited by John R. Taibi, Brentwood, NY. This publication measures about 8 1/2 by 11 inches – the … Continue reading →

c1910 OLD KING COLE BOOKENDS – GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS – EDWIN E. CODMAN, SCULPTOR When buying estates of books, I often buy the bookends. This set I purchased probably 25 years ago, and have had it standing guard over some … Continue reading →

COLLECTING DELAWARE BOOKS – JOHN P. READ – NEWSLETTER 1992-1995 – 19 ISSUES Published for a number of years, this newsletter covered a variety of topics related to books published in Delaware, by Delaware authors, or related in some way … Continue reading →

THE “POP-UP” TERRY AND THE PIRATES IN SHIPWRECKED by 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 … Continue reading →

EXHIBIT A: THE RABBIT REPORT by Edward H. Hutchins – Number 11 of 20 Made  A silk-screened parchment scroll that unwinds and retracts from the torso of a painted papier-mâché rabbit, which tells the tale of a city invaded by … Continue reading →

THE CONNECTICUT QUARTERLY – AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE – FOUR VOLS. 1895-1898 Devoted to the Literature,History and Picturesque Features of CONNECTICUT Four Volume Set — Volume I- January, 1895 to December 1895 — 410 pages — Volume II – January to December, … Continue reading →

COLLECTION OF THE LAKESIDE CLASSICS – THE LAKESIDE PRESS – 9 VOLUMES The Lakeside Press Classics series was started in 1903 by Thomas E. Donnelley, then president of RR Donnelley & Sons Company and son of the founder. Thomas E. Donnelley … Continue reading →

DELL O’DELL – WORLD’S LEADING LADY MAGICIAN – COLLECTION OF 28 MAGIC ITEMS “The Queen of Magic’ – Dell O’Dell was the stage name of Odella Newton (20 October 1897 – 5 February 1962) an American magician regarded in her profession … Continue reading →

WHITE TRIANGLE NEWS – HUDSON-ESSEX TERRAPLANE CLUB PUBLICATION – 28 ISSUES AND MORE The official publication of the Hudson-Essex Terraplane Club, Inc., offered as a lot I have 28 issues of the automobile club magazine (glossy covers and plain cover) … Continue reading →