Ray Boas, Bookseller

When my shop was in Haddonfield, NJ, in the early 1990s, I purchased an estate that included three show room sales aids for 1939-40 Chevrolet cars and trucks. From Randolph Chevrolet, Inc., on Haddon Avenue in Camden, NJ, two of my books have the business card of Thos. B. Whitelock inserted in the salesman’s card slot. I got these from the estate of the original owner, and now time to pass them along after my over 25 years of enjoyment.

THESE ARE NOW ALL SOLD, AND I AM HAPPY THEY ARE IN NEW HOMES. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO OWN THEM FOR A FEW DECADES.

Measuring about 11 inches by 9 inches, and spiral bound on the short side, thus opening up to show the prospective buyer a 22 inch books packed with details, pictures, and articulating illustrations showing how your new car works.

CHEVROLET 1940
INVITES YOU TO SIT BEHIND THE WHEEL

SPECIAL DE LUXE – MASTER DE LUXE AND MASTER 85

74 amazing pages. There maybe some faults to the moving pieces, and (surprise) the envelope for order blanks is empty.

here are some sample two page spreads, and close ups

1940 CHEVROLET TRUCKS – SHOWROOM  SALESMAN’S PROMOTION BOOK – ARTICULATING

Measuring about 11 inches by 9 inches, and spiral bound on the short side, thus opening up to show the prospective buyer a 22 inch books packed with details, pictures, and articulating illustrations showing how your new vehicle works.

CHEVROLET TRUCKS 1940
THE GOLD BOOK OF TRUCK VALUES

CONSIDER THE IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES IN THE 1940 CHEVROLET TRUCK

45 amazing pages. There maybe some faults to the moving pieces. In the rear is an envelope  with color selections to customize your truck. Just before are two pages of blueprints of Chassis and Cab Dimensions All models of trucks are show: Sedan Deliver, Coupe Pick-Up, Station Wagon, Light Delivery Canopy Express and MORE.

here are some sample two page spreads

1939 CHEVROLET MASTER DELUXE – MASTER 85 – SHOWROOM  SALESMAN’S PROMOTION BOOK – ARTICULATING

Measuring about 11 inches by 9 inches, and spiral bound on the short side, thus opening up to show the prospective buyer a 22 inch books packed with details, pictures, and articulating illustrations showing how your the 1939 model works.

1939 CHEVROLET MASTER DELUXE – MASTER 85 

CHEVROLET’S THE CHOICE

64 amazing pages. There maybe some faults to the moving pieces. There is even a moving “Vacuum Gear Shift” along with upholstery samples (at least one is missing).

here are some sample two page spreads

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. Published in 1996 by the Coca-Cola Company, this book has six pop-ups as the words to the song are displayed. No faults, never read, and opened up only to take these images for your pleasure.

It was overcast with the sun setting as I took these images, thus there is a blue tinge on the left, and the colors are not as fantastically bright as you will see when your children’s pop-up classic arrives. You will not be disappointed

AND, Santa is holding his Coke bottle in every pop-up

Following are images of the front cover, all pop-ups, and the rear cover.

Price: $12.50 – Website Special (Order Number 23492)
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1950 – RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE COMPLETE STORY WITH POP-UP ACTION PICTURES

by Robert L. May, Maxton Publishers, New York, produced by Spring House, Springfield, Mass. First copyrighted in 1939. Five pop-up sections each separated with two pages of text for the story. A few of the cut-out lines for the pop-ups are tight and as a result they have some weakness and folds, and may not operate as they should without help. Still and uncommon item, and fun for your holiday season.

the first pop up – Rudolph needs help to stand up

spiral binding – some of the combing is out of place (typical)

Price – SORRY SOLD

I just added a “new page” to Ray Boas, Bookseller dot com. I have enjoyed letter press printing for over six decades, have always had presses, and buy and sell them when possible. I have two press outfits currently for sale, and some accessories and publications. If interested, or just curious, click on this link and visit the page. Thank you, yours, RAY

1930s CHILDREN OF FOREIGN LANDS FOUR TITLES & PETER PAN – 5 BOOKS

Offered as an assorted lot are five different titles published by The Platt & Munk Co., Inc. from the Children of Foreign Lands Series, plus a copy of their PETER PAN. These 12 page children’s books measure about 6 3/4 inches by 8 inches with color and black and white illustrations. Condition is good+ to very good. Usually not seen in this nice a condition. All are illustrated below.

3400A – ABDUL OF ARABIA – 1936
3400G – CHULA OF SIAM – 1936

3400F – MANUEL OF MEXICO – 1942
3300H – WATLALA – AN INDIAN OF THE NORTHWEST – 1935

3000E – PETER PAN – 1934

A nice clean assortment to add to your children’s book collection, and to read to your child or grandchildren.

Price for these five books – $20 (Order No. eb918)
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1965 – THE FUGS’ SONGBOOK – UNHEARD OF FIRST EDITION – A SCARCE FIND

Prepared by Ed Sanders, Ken Weaver, & Betsy Klein at the evil PEACE EYE BOOKSTORE in New York City. 8 1/2 by 11 inches side-stapled mimeographed sheets, the Fugs’ Songbook is from the counterculture NYC band founded in 1964. This First Edition consists of two preliminary pages followed by 27 numbered pages, all on different color sheets. The Fugs were a political satire band active through the early to mid-1960’s. Formed by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, their namesake was taken from a euphemism for “f–k” used in Norman Mailer’s novel, The Naked and The Dead. Sanders produced this book of Fugs’ lyrics through his small edition press out of the Lower East Side in New York. The Fugs included: Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, Ken Weaver, Betsy Klein, Steve Weber, Peter Stampfel, Vinny Leary and Moe Mahoney.

Later editions in 1965, 1966, 1967 were published by: The Sexual Freedom League of San Francisco (second edition);  Artists’ Workshop Press, Detroit (1966 and 67). This copy has faults as seen below, but this is a fragile ephemeral item.

The front cover has a glass ring stain, pencil drawing on the right corner portion, some staining, and owner’s name.

following are some sample two page spreads

per the contents page, the issue is complete, but the last page (page 27) is loose as shown below. If there was a rear cover following this last page, I do not know, sorry.

the rear as it exists.

PRICE – $700
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1930 – THE PARADE OF THE WOODEN TOYS – The Saalfield Publ. Co. – No. 655 – Akron, Ohio

Great children’s book, and not many have survived due to the large size of this softcover, measuring about 10 1/2 inches by 13 inches with 12 pages in full color. Bumps at the top and bottom of the spine, and some paper loss on the edges of the front cover. Not so on the rear cover, which is the same illustration, if you wanted to display the cover in your collection.

Here is the front cover:

two interior spreads

and the rear cover

Price – $45 – (Order Number eb1335)
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Seldom seen, I have available some single issues of Tom Raworth’s INFOLIO, and also a complete run of the first forty issues (see below).

From the on-line site jacket2: Few magazines have exploded the periodical format like Tom Raworth’s remarkable Infolio. The magazine was published in Cambridge, UK, at three distinct intervals (daily, weekly, and biweekly) across 116 issues from the summer of 1986 until the fall of 1991. In each issue, the cover features a work of art while the interior features a spread of poetry. For both cover and interior, Raworth reproduced submissions of original manuscripts. In this way, from a media archeological perspective, the magazine records the writing tools of each of its contributors — or, as Raworth notes, “strange now to think there was a time when one could recognize a friend’s typewriting.” The covers contain editorial notes, bibliographic information, collages, and colorful cork-stamps by Raworth.

TOM RAWORTH — INFOLIO 16 — TUESDAY JULY 22nd 1986

In this issue: Front: Allan Graham – Inside: Edward Dorn — “Infolio welcomes Mr. Dorn and his family to London this morning…”  One card sheet, 8 1/4 inches by about 5 7/8 inches, then folded in half.

Price – $30 (order number 69630)

TOM RAWORTH — INFOLIO 73 — FRIDAY MAY 15th 1987

In this issue: “Front: Maurice Scully – Inside: Edward Dorn”  One card sheet, 8 1/4 inches by about 5 7/8 inches, then folded in half.

Price – $30 (order number 69631)

TOM RAWORTH — INFOLIO THIRD SERIES (Two Issues) – October 1st, 1990, and October 15th 1990

In these issues: October 1st: Front: Harry Gilonis – Inside: Steve Nelson-Raney — October 15th: Front: Jean-Luc Guerin – Inside: Rosaline Belben” – One card sheet, 8 1/4 inches by about 5 7/8 inches, then folded in half.

Price – $55 for these two issues — and, below:

INFOLIO 1 Through INFOLIO 40
July 1st, 1986 To August 25, 1986
FIRST 40 [FORTY] ISSUES COMPLETE

Uncommon Raworth item. He printed this “unique magazine” from 1986-1991. Offered here as a lot are the first forty issues. These issues are opened flat currently, but folded (as meant) measure about 4 by 5 3/4 inches.

Price – $800 (order number 70268)

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SEMI-COLON – TIBOR DE NAGY GALLERY – JOHN BERNARD MYERS – FIVE (5) ISSUES – 1953-56
A poets’ newsletter emphasizing brief prose and verse

Edited by John Bernard Myers, and published at the Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 206 East 53rd Street, New York, NY, from about 1953 to about 1956. Printed on a single sheet folded once to make four pages 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Myers (1920–1987) directed the Tibor De Nagy Gallery from its opening in about 1950 until 1970. It was established for New York School’s second generation of painters. Semi-Colon was Myers little-known poetry broadside (or “newspaper” as he called it). Ten issues were published with pieces from his “house” poets including: John Ashbery, Frank O’Hara, Kenneth Koch and James Schuyler. In some issues there were contributions from Saul Bellow, James Ingram Merrill, Wallace Stevens and others.

Offered here as a lot I have five issues:

SEMI-COLON: VOL. I, NO. 1 – 1953

SEMI-COLON: VOL. I, NO. 2 – c1954

SEMI-COLON: VOL. II, NO. 2 – c1955

SEMI-COLON: VOL. II, NO. 3 – c1955

SEMI-COLON: VOL. II, NO. 4 – 1956

Currently I have these for sale individually in my shop, but have put them here as a lot at a reduced price – about 20 percent. Once one sells in the shop I will delete this offer. Below are the front covers. Each exhibits wear, some folds/bumps, and rubbing.

Price – $950
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BAKER CHOCOLATE BOOKENDS – THE BEAUTIFUL CHOCOLATE GIRL – 1743

Iconic pair of brass bookends measuring about 5 3/4 inches high. Dr. James Baker began his chocolate company in 1765 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Walter Baker took over for his grandfather in 1820, and after the Civil War he acquired the rights to use Jean-Etienne Liotard’s 1743 painting THE BEAUTIFUL CHOCOLATE GIRL on his packages and advertisements. I bought this pair of bookends in the late 1990s in a shop in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, but I just cannot kept everything, and time for them to find a new home. Lots of images for you, keep scrolling down.

and, below is the original painting of the chambermaid serving the artist his breakfast drink.

Price – $180
Shipping –  $12 in US
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1932 – THE “POP-UP” JACK THE GIANT KILLER ILLUSTRATIONS BY HAROLD LENTZ – Including:
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK – LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD – SLEEPING BEAUTY

THE “POP-UP” JACK THE GIANT KILLER – with “Pop-Up” Illustrations in Color by Harold Lentz – Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., New York, (1932) – 96 pages on boards with B&W illustrations, with four full-color pop-up illustrations – A nice copy, but some light foxing on a few boards. A tight copy that I had a binder internally repair over twenty years ago. The cover colors are slightly faded.

I have had this book in my own collection for well over 20 years, and now it should go to the next collection.

below is the other side of the Little Red Riding Hood pop-up. As I mentioned before, the binding is tight, thus I did not want to open the pop-ups too far, but the fox is there in the bed ready to get our heroine.

PRICE – $135 – Order Number 72965
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