Author Archives: Ray Boas

1887 – SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ARCHITECTS & BUILDERS11 COLOR PLATES Bound together are five issues (detailed below) as the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDERS EDITION. Front cover detached, rear cover torn in two (both parts present) and tears to some black … Continue reading →

1902 – L. FRANK BAUM – THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS – FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE Published by The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN. Good, decorated red cloth, 206 pages, endpapers tad cracked (paper only not the hinges), book … Continue reading →

Two Offerings to Scroll Through here and Enjoy FOUR (4) VINTAGE CHRISTMAS BOOKLETSFUN TO DECORATE WITH AND READ Offered as a lot are these four softcover Christmas holiday booklets, the largest of which measures about 5 inches by 7 1/8 … Continue reading →

EIGHT 1870s FURNITURE CATALOGUES Offered as a lot are eight FURNITURE CATALOGS from the 1870s (there is one duplicate – seven different). I have had these in storage for a long time, and do not remember when or where I … Continue reading →

1914 – LITTLE WIZARD STORIES OF OZ – L. FRANK BAUM March 2023 — this book has been sold, but finally after over 25 years I am working with over 20 OZ titles I have had put away, most from … Continue reading →

c1920-30s – HUNTLEY & PALMERS BOOK SHAPED BISCUIT TIN As an out-of-print bookseller I have collected many items that resemble books, but are not books. Over the past over 25 years I have been able to add to my collection … Continue reading →

c1894 – TALES TO DELIGHT FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT – RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS No. 1109 I have had this book put away for years, and have never found another copy for sale or sold. The only reference I have … Continue reading →

1884 – A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, illustrations by F. S. CHURCH Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (1884), Boston, 150pp , an extremely clean, tight and bright copy of this work illustrated by F. S. Church. … Continue reading →

1900 – BUNNY’S HOUSE AND OTHER RHYMESVERSE AND PICTURES BY L. J. BRIDGMAN published by H. M. Caldwell Company, Boston and New York. Unpaginated, 36 pages if I counted correctly. Color illustrations, book block measures about 8 inches by about … Continue reading →

I have spent the last few days adding items on my TOWN HISTORIES AND RELATED HISTORIES page on my website. Most of what is there is not on other websites since they have minor faults I prefer to illustrate. If … Continue reading →