Ray Boas, Bookseller

c1956 – PROCESS OF PRINTING WOOD ENGRAVING – UTAMARO (1753-1806) One of “TWELVE SKETCHES OF HANDICRAFT ARTS FOR WOMEN”

Hardcover, paper covered boards, measuring about  6⅞ × 9¾. Opens with accordion-fold, 22 pages. Colors a tad off on front cover above – discoloration not as pronounced in “real life.”  Label on rear page “Red Lantern Shop – Dealer in Japanese Woodcut Colour Prints – Kyoto.” Published to display of the art of Japanese color woodblock printing, and how they are done in a progressive series of fold-out pages (on one continuous sheet) showing the steps, starting first with the black outline block. Each of the 9 colors (ochre, grays, peach, reds, blues, and black) is added one at a time. A double spread shows the print with a single color facing the resulting cumulative state of the color woodblock print. The finished plate is last—Utamaro’s “One of Twelve Sketches of Handicraft Arts for Women,” which shows two women cooking, one cutting with a knife.

“The pages to the left are numbered and explain and illustrate the individual steps (woodblock impressions) as the print moves to completion. The first page after the title page describes the illustration and starts the process with the “Out Line Printing.” The page to the right contains the black and white key block. After the key block, the left page has the next woodblock impression applied and the page to the right shows the cumulative state of the print. The woodblock progresses from the outline/key block through the application of 9 additional woodblock impressions. In total the book is created by using 10 woodblocks (key block and 9 additional blocks).” —  description from a site on-line. This copy does not include the four page insert. In my research I have found only one copy ever offered for sale.

here is the beginning showing the blank black and white outline

on the left side of each progression of the process is shown the areas of color to be printed on the B&W outline on the right – and then showing the progressive color printings

below showing how this piece opens out

and the final completed printed woodcut engraving

Price – $400
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on the backside (below) you can see remnants of mounting tape – easily removed I imagine, but I will let you do that. Sheet of paper measures about 11 inches by about 15 inches, and the engraving impression about 8 1/2 by 11 1/4

Price -SOLD

This price is a “bargain” compared to the only other copy currently for sale, and in the UK for 950 pounds. But, as a bookseller I just prefer to pass along non-book items.

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1858 – OUR SUMMER RETREATS – A HAND BOOK
To all the Chief Waterfalls, Spring, Mountain and Sea side Resorts and other Places of Interest in the
United States

Published by T. Nelson and Sons, New York. 64 pages measuring about 5 3/4 inches by 3 3/4 inches – softcover with wear as shown. Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 number 57940. Hardcover edition calls for 12 plates. I have in my personal summer resort collection the hardcover edition with 4 plates only. For comparison I have illustrated my copy below.

Oddly, the back of the softcover edition lists the views (plates), BUT there is no evidence of plates ever having been in this edition. I wonder if this is a prospectus, or inexpensive copy without plates to promote the sale of the hardcover with plates. The binding has been repaired with glue externally, again with no evidence of anything having been removed. For some reason the bottom 60% of the title page has been cut out of this copy – but I have included an image of the title page from my copy.

The index to places described includes: Alburg Springs; Cape May; Catskill Mountains; Genesee Falls; Highgate Springs; Lake George and Lake Champlain; Missiquoi Bay; Niagara Falls (in much extended detail); Nahant; Newport; Saratoga Springs; Trenton Falls; Virginia Springs &c; and, the White Mountains.

This is an uncommon title, and if found is valued at $500 plus. Below is the cut title page of this copy

and, two sample two page spreads

FOR COMPARISON ONLY – here is my personal hardcover edition – if you really need this copy, we can discuss (I cannot keep everything).

and the full title page – most likely a frontispiece missing since a tissue guard remains.

and a few of the illustrations in my personal copy

PRICE (softcover edition) – $95
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HAND GRIPS – STORY OF THE GREAT GETTYSBURG REUNION, JULY, 1913 with GAR EPHEMERA
50th Anniversary Battle of Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Republic

by COMRADE WALTER H. BLAKE, Compiled by Frank E. Channon, G. E. Smith, Publisher, Vineland, N.J. – Good+, blue cloth, all edges gilt (AEG), 214 pages, B&W illustrations. Chapters include:”Fall In” – On the Skirmish Line – Around the Camp Fire – A Reconnoissance – The Commissariat – On the Firing Line – Stories Around the Camp Fire – Big Guns in Action – Stand at Ease – The Charge – Cease Firing – Taps.

This unusual item was in an estate of books that I purchased in about 1992 when my bookshop was in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Just one of those things I never wanted to part with, but now is the time I should find a new home for this unusual collection.

The book is in the bottom part of its original presentation box. Included as originally found are: 1) portrait of Blake measuring about 5 3/8 inches by about 7 1/4 inches, 2) IOOF – Odd Fellows key to The Golden Gate – San Francisco, CA, September 1904, and, 3) real photo postcard of the Mothers Garden of Remembrance at Vineland, NJ – in his book, Blake states that of all the monuments at Gettysburg, there are none “to the memory of the courageous mothers.” Noting what is in the lot leads me to the strong conviction that these items, along with the book, are Walter H. Blake’s own items

the wooden souvenir key had been kept inside the front of the book for decades

and front and backs of the key and RPPC from Vineland – the Souvenir IOOF Key is about 7 1/8 inches long

SOLD

The Disabled American Veterans, recognized the impact it would have with the outset of World War II. In 1941, To raise funds, DAV launched a direct mail campaign, distributing “IdentoTags”, miniature license plates which could be attached to a keyring with instructions that lost keys should be mailed to the DAV, who would return them to the owners. The DAV got state motor vehicle departments to co-operate and provide mailing lists of the people who registered their cars. The DAV mailed key-chain tags with your license plate number on it, and asked for a donation. Thus, if you lost your keys, the finder would drop them into a mail box, the keys would be forwarded to the DAV which would return them to you. The program continued from 1941 through 1975, and was ended because of a “right to privacy” rule.

I have collected DAV tags for decades, and it is now time to share my collections with others. These have now all been sold, but I am leaving this post only so you may enjoy browsing through.  – thank you, RAY

NINE (9) INDIANA DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS

As a lot: 1946 (hard to find) – 1950 – 1956 – 1957 – 1960 – 1964 – 1972 – 1975 – 1976
$35 for lot     SORRY SOLD

EIGHT (8) MINNESOTA – MINN – MN — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS

As a lot: 1958 – 1959 – 1960 – 1961 – 1962 – 1963 – 1965 – 1967 (TAB)
$30 for lot      SORRY SOLD

TEN (10) MAINE – ME — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – 1950s-60s

As a lot: 1953 – 1955 – 1956 – 1959 – 1960 – 1961 – 1962 – 1963 (worn) – 1966 – 1967
$45 for lot – SOLD

FOURTEEN (14) OHIO – OH – ALL SAME TAG NUMBER — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – 1950s-70s

As a lot – and all these DAV tags are have the same Plate Number including years: 1950 – 1951 – 1953 – 1954 – 1955 – 1960 – 1961 – 1962 – 1963 – 1964 – 1970 – 1971 – 1972 – 1973
$70 for lot   SORRY SOLD

ELEVEN (11) OHIO – OH – FIVE ARE SAME TAG NUMBER — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – 1942-70s

As a lot: 1942 – 1950 – 1951 – 1955 – 1957 – 1962 and all the same plate number – 1967 – 1969 – 1971 – 1973 – 1974
$40 for lot  SORRY SOLD

1945 and 1952 CONNECTICUT – CONN – CT — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – Early Dates

As a lot: 1945 and 1952 early DAV tags – hard to find from the Nutmeg State
$30 for lot – SOLD

EIGHT (8) CONNECTICUT – CONN – CT — DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS – 1950s to 70s – 2 PAIRS VANITY

As a lot: 1958. 1959, 1960, 1970 and two sets of Initial / Vanity plate tags from the 19070s
$20 — SOLD

EIGHT (8) NEW HAMPSHIRE – NH – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — SAME PLATE NUMBER, including: 1958, 1964 (pair), 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968 (pair)
SOLD

THIRTEEN (13) NEW HAMPSHIRE – NH – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — including: 1953, 1962 (pair), 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 (pair), and 1975
SOLD

FIVE (5) NEW YORK – NY – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — including: 1951, 1955, 1957 and same number – 1958 and 1960
$20 for lot   SORRY SOLD

SIX (6) – PENNSYLVANIA – PA – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — SAME NUMBER – 1958-61 includes TWO PAIR
$15 for lot   SORRY SOLD

1958 – Pair – Set of Two
1959
1960 – TAB – Set of Two
1961 – TAB

SIX (6) – PENNSYLVANIA – PA – DAV LICENSE PLATE KEY-CHAIN TAGS — 1954 to 1957, 1959 and 1968

1954 — 1955 — 1956 — 1957 — 1959 — 1968
$15 for lot  SORRY SOLD

TRIUMPH TR3A – YELLOW – KYOSHO 1:18 SCALE DIE-CAST CAR SERIES

NOW OPEN
RAY’S AUTO MUSEUM and AUTO SALES

I wanted a TR3 since my neighbors first bought two in the late 1950s. During my Navy career almost bought one in South Carolina, and then almost again in Philadelphia. In 2009 I really got the bug to buy one. When in a model shop in St. Augustine, Florida, I spotted this model. The shop owner apologized for the high price explaining, “yellow is a rare color for this model.” I bought it anyway. And, in January 2010, I found my 1958 TR3A which I had been off the road since 1969. I now enjoy that and my 1960 MGA, so maybe moving this model onto the next owner will bring he or her luck in finding their perfect ride. I probably am the first one to ever open this box to take these images for you. ENJOY, yours, RAY

PRICE – $175
Shipping –  $16.50 packed securely and with tracking information
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1936 – THE STORY OF THE BOOKWORM – LEARY’S BOOK STORE, PHILADELPHIA – PLATE and BOOKLET

In the early 1990s my bookshop was in Haddonfield, NJ, across the river from Philadelphia. Many of the libraries and collections of books I purchased had an old price in blue pencil on the front pastedown. A sign that the book had been sold at the iconic Leary’s Bookstore- that is how they marked their used books. Also over those years I collected much Leary’s ephemera which I need to get to get to the next “home.” But, I just got into a box from an estate I purchased almost 30 years ago – it was three generations of book collectors. Stuffed inside I found an 9 1/2 inch by 11 1/2 inch envelope addressed to the first generation of collectors. Inside is a copy of THE BOOK WORM sent out to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Leary’s Old Book Store in 1936. This copy (I have my own that I framed years ago) is still in the original glassine, but over time there was some shrinkage to the glassine thus causing some folds on the plate — BUT that is in the margins, and can be matted out easily, in fact my copy the way it is matted you would not see this fault.

AND, really scarce and included is THE STORY OF THE BOOK WORM, a small booklet measuring about 4 1/16 inches by 5 13/16 inches with 8 pages. The frontis is a B&W image of the BOOK WORM plate, and the rear cover a color image of Leary’s Store. Reprinted in 1936 from an article in The Evening Bulletin, laid in is a sheet indicating the recipient would also be receiving a “reproduction in full color of the famous painting.” This family dated (in pencil) almost everything. They received the booklet September 10, 1936. THIS BOOKLET IS EXTREMELY UNCOMMON.

Below you can see the effect the original glassing had on the margins of the plate – easily covered by a mat.

Price for the collection – SOLD
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Offered below are several lots of Buick automotive literature, showroom brochures and booklets and some repair manuals. I will be adding some related advertisements once I can take images of them all. Any questions, or to place an order, please contact me. Thank you, RAY

1932 BUICK STRAIGHT EIGHT – THREE (3) SHOWROOM BOOKLETS – PROMOTIONAL PIECES – BROCHURES – CATALOGS – FOLDERS

Three 1932 Buick items offered as a lot, include two that have great color illustrations of body styles of the Straight-Eight series. Included are:
1 – BUICK 8 FOR 1932 – THE OUTSTANDING BUICK OF ALL TIME. Booklet measuring about 4 3/4 inches by 7 inches with 24 pages detailing all the features of Buick 8 in four series
2 – BUICK 1932 – SERIES 50 STRAIGHT EIGHT – EIGHT BODY TYPES – 114 INCH WHEELBASE – Measures about 11 1/4 inches by 7 3/4 inches and opens up four ways to a single image depicting eight body styles, all in grand color
3 – BUICK STRAIGHT EIGHTS 1932 – detailing three Series 32 – measures about 7 1/2 inches by 11 1/4 inches and then opens to three panels, and opening once again to a colorful poster showing 18 body styles of the Series 32-90; Series 32-28; and, Series 32.60

THE ABOVE LOT HAS BEEN SOLD

THE NEW BUICK EIGHT FOR 1933 – Two Impressive Booklets plus Color sheets

These are three nice items for your Buick Eight collection, including a seldom seen large showroom brochure / booklet which measures about 10 1/8 inches by 10 1/4  inches before being opened up

First, directly below is this impressive large show room floor booklet. What sets this item apart are the fold out pages providing images of various models that increase in fold out size from about 15 inches to about 20 inches wide. The fold-out sections follow 23 pages of text detailing the Buick. Then the fold-0ut sections begin for SERIES 30 – SERIES 60 – SERIES 80 and SERIES 90. I have illustrated some of the sections below, but you will not be disappointed at all. There are 3 fold out pages for each series, thus a total of 12 great plates.

below on the right you see the tabs for the various SERIES that then open up for the colorful fold-out views of the various cars themselves.

following are two sample fold out sections

the second item in this lot is this 20 page sales floor booklet that measures about 7 1/2 inches by 4 7/8 inches, and also includes great color illustrations of the models, and black and white images of car details – on the cover it states, “4 NEW SERIES – 20 New Models … Longer Wheelbases … Lower Body Styles … Wind-Stream Styling … Fisher No-Draft Ventilation”

and completing this lot I am including three binder sheets of “Colors for 1933 Models” and “Color Schemes for 1933 Models” – how many of these have survived?

SORRY — SOLD

1934 BUICK – An AMAZING COLOR SHOWROOM CATALOG / BOOKLET / BROCHURE
WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT …
BUICK WILL BUILD THEM

This is a breathtaking sales floor catalogue that measures about 12 1/8 inches by 9 1/8 inches. The date, 1934, is in small type at the bottom of page one. 36 pages covering Four-Door Club Sedan, Model Forty-One; Touring Sedan, Model Forty-Eight; Convertible Coupe, Model Forty-Six C; Series 50 models (Fifty-Seven; Fifty-Eight; Fifty-Six); Series 60 models and Series 90 models. Incredible — some extremely faint moisture spots on the glossy paper, and some pink ink seems to have run at some point in this booklet’s life, but nothing impacting on the images that I think are to “die for” and make me want to purchase a 1934 Buick.  ENJOY – I have looking at this.

four sample two-page spreads

Price: $55
Shipping – $5.95 packed in cardboard for full protection and with tracking

1933 BUICK SHOP MANUAL – BODY PARTS BOOK – 1934 FISHER BODY SERVICE MANUAL – 3 Items

the two 1933 items have been sold – the 1934 FISHER BODY SERVICE MANUAL is available still – please inquire.

1933 BUICK SHOP MANUAL – 174 pages – a quality reprint by Crank’en Hope Publications, Blairsville, PA

1934 FISHER BODY SERVICE MANUAL – General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI – 47 page quality reprint

1933 BODY PARTS BOOK – BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC SALES CO., Detroit, ME – “BODY BY FISHER” 57 pages staple bound photo-offset reprint packed with detailed information

1949 BUICK ESTATE WAGON – SALES BROCHURE and IONIA PARTS and BODY PARTS BOOKLET

Offered as a lot are these two items to accompany your Buick Estate Wagon:
1- salesroom brochure – DAY AND NIGHT, RIGHT IN THE SCHEME OF SMART TRAVEL. Measures about 11 1/2 inches by 8 1/4 inches, and opens up for four full-color pages. PLEASE NOTE – some paper loss at top corner on fold, and edgewear rubbing and folds
2- MASTER PARTS BOOK OF IONIA BODY PARTS FOR BUICK ESTATE WAGON – Models 1949 to 1952 Inclusive – Effective April 15, 1952 – NOTE lower corner of front cover has a fold. Some folding/soiling from normal repair shop handling – full of great illustrations.

note paper loss in center at top of showroom brochure

Price – SOLD

FRONT AND CENTER FOR 1952 – BUICK
SHOWROOM BROCHURE – BOOKLET
“BRILLIANT IS THE WORD FOR BUICK”

Brilliant colors, this advertising piece before being opened up measures about 11 inches by 7 3/4 inches. Opens up to about 11 by 15 1/2 and then the pages open for double spreads. Eight pages in total. This is part of a Buick / Fisher Body archive I am offering – check my other auctions.

opened up once

and then to the two page spreads

Price – $10

Packed securely in cardboard with tracking
Shipping happily combined on multiple purchases

If you wish to order multiple selections, the shipping cost will be reduced when shipped together, thus saving you money to buy more cars and parts.

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1902 – L. FRANK BAUM – THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS

Published by The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN. Good, decorated red cloth, 206 pages, remnants of bookplate on front pastedown, front endpaper tad cracked (paper only not the hinge)

This copy is the FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with chapter headings reading Book First, Book Second, Book Third. Illustrated with 6 full color plates (which includes the title page) and 14 two-color plates by MARY COWLES CLARK — I have page checked this copy several times, all plates are present. Curiously when I compared the page checks with my own personal copy, one plate is tipped in four pages differently. Not uncommon when this operation is done by hand

For comparison information the SECOND STATE – has 12 tipped in color plates, which includes the frontis. & title-page. Also, with the second state the section headings are now labeled “Youth,” “Manhood,” and “Old Age.” This second state includes many textual illustrations and decorations, mainly in the margins, not present in the first state

PRICE – SOLD

Published in 1995 by Moose Country Press – R. W. AVERILL Robert W. Averill also did this poster in 1991. Shown on poster is a color photograph, on glossy white paper, of Mount Moosilauke in winter.

Below image is: “So call not waste that barren cone 
Above the floral zone, where forests starve.” EMERSON

At the lower left – Copyright 1995 Moose Country Press / R.W. Averill

I purchased this poster along with a number of other White Mountains and Mount Washington Hotel posters from a store going out of business 20 years ago. This copy, shrink-wrapped over larger cardboard, has been in storage since. The lines you may see at the bottom are reflection from the shrink-wrap.

PRICE — $35 — SOLD