1936 – THREE CENTURIES ON WINNIPESAUKEE by PAUL L. BLAISDELL – NEW HAMPSHIRE – NH
Privately published 1936, Concord, NH, 77pages, black and white illustrations – Contents include: Foreword; Introduction–Physical Features of the Lake; The Beginnings of Boating in Fact and Legend; The Early Steamboats; The Great Railroad Rivalry; The Battle Is Won; Many Boats–A Few Accidents; Speed Rears Its Ugly Head and Stormy Seas Arise; The Pleasure Boats; Contrasts.
PLEASE NOTE: at some time in its life this book got damp along the boards and lower edge, thus SPOTTING AND STAINING TO CLOTH – INTERIOR some pages show very faint “waerweave” BUT the glossy plates retained some corner staining – not all plates, and usually not much on image – fold-out map has some lower staining.
Thirty years ago I sold about 12 amazing NANCY DREW first editions, mainly in dustjackets, and about fifteen years ago I sold a one owner run of over twenty NANCY DREWs from the 1940s in dustjacket. And, put away for over 25 years I have had another 23 early NANCY DREW editions. This last week I began cataloguing them, and created a page on RAYBOASBOOKSELLER.COM with them for sale. Posted two days ago, one book has already been sold.
So, thought I would share my new page of NANCY DREW — EARLY EDITIONS — FOR SALE – Click the link just above, or the image below. Enjoy and thank you, yours, RAY
FOR SALE — This is a hard decision, but it is time for LADYRABIII to join a “new family” to be used more as designed for. Sadly my back is not cooperating for my mobility. This FAN model (an iconic “canned ham”) was made in a limited number for just a few years. Even though UNCOMMON and RARE MODEL – reduced in price 29 July for your summer enjoyment.
Restored, spare tire, cover, and new “vintage style” awning I had made last year, she is ready to go. Bed to the rear, (3/4 full size) kitchen area in center (with drop floor), and table and seats forward that can also be made into a bed. Small (14 foot), compact, and a breeze to tow (weight 1400 per factory booklet). NO BATHROOM in this small uncommon model.
Some details:
15 amp power Converter to operate off a battery while “boon-docking” Interior redone with original styling wood Hot Water Tank New retro-style fridge Cover for the entire trailer New red and white awning with poles (sorry I never took a picture when it was up) All cables, jack stands, kitchen utensils included
Brought out of winter storage two blocks from me in Walpole, NH, in mid-June. Reasonably priced at $8,450. Contact me at rayboas@comcast.net — 29 July 2023 – reduced to $7900. — SORRY SOLD – AUGUST 21, 2023
you may click on these images for a larger size.
Easy to tow — this is my early Ford F-150 I bought for my Airstream, and it is like nothing is behind me while towing.
And here are images of the original booklet I found on line for this Vintage camper, to provide you with the details from the factory.
1933 — KIDDEE MOOVEE – THIS PICTURE – THE STORY OF CINDERELLA UNCOMMON AND RARE
As an out-of-print bookseller for now over 43 years, I have always been told that something you may see only once in a lifetime is “rare.” Here is an item I have not only never seen before (until I found it in an antique shop), but in researching it I can find no bibliographic references or for sale or sold listings. All I can find is reference to the Library of Congress deposit notices. I can find nothing on the publisher, the additional series they did (Tiny Tot Theatre) – nothing.
KIDDEE MOOVEE – THIS PICTURE -THE STORY OF CINDERELLA – published by The Alan Mfg. Co., Mansfield, Mass. in 1933, printed by University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Measuring about 9 inches square, the movie theater opens to two interior pages. On the left are “Incidents in this story illustrated by turning the disc on the opposite page.” The Story of Cinderella is then told in eight pictures, one passage for each turn of the wheel. The wheel works fine. Enjoy the images below.
The rear cover lists the KIDDEE MOOVEE SERIES including: The Story of Cinderella Jack and the Beanstalk Little Red Riding Hood Puss in Boots The Little Red Hen The Three Bears
below that is MOTHER GOOSE SERIES – TINY TOT THEATRE for very small children. A novel arrangement of popular Mother Goose rhymes with movable pictures in rich colors – 4 rhymes – 16 illustrations in each series.
1938 – FIRST EDITION – THE NAZI PRIMER – TRANSLATED BY HARWOOD L. CHILDS
“OFFICIAL HANDBOOK FOR SCHOOLING THE HITLER YOUTH” – translated from the Original German with a Preface by Harwood L. Childs; with a commentary by William E. Dodd.
Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1938 on title page, 1938 on copyright page with bottom two lines 8/8 and G-N — Per publisher’s statement in Zemple, G-N indicates printing in July 1938. Further in that statement, not all instances is First Edition printed, but usually later editions do have a statement of edition. On the rear pastedown in small handwriting is 10/30/38 Exeter, NH, indicating someone purchased this copy at that time. On the verso of the front free endpaper there is a bookplate, and on the front free endpaper a school library stamp at the bottom, and “German History” at the top. Extremely faint are call numbers in white at the top of the spine.
A book review in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency – August 16, 1938, is titled — Nazi Primer Published Here in English Translation
Americans were given an opportunity today of reading the type of literature that is fed Germany’s 7,000,000 young when Harper and Bros. published an English translation of “The Handbook of the Hitler Youth” under the title “The Nazi Primer.”
The book, translated by Prof. Harwood L. Childs of the Princeton politics department and with a preface by former Ambassador to Germany William E. Dodd, teaches German boys and girls from 14 to 18 Nazi ideas on race, history and national ambitions. As summarized by Dr. Dodd, it instructs the youth in “how sacred was their Aryan race, how great their ancestors had been and how much of Europe properly belonged to the Fuehrer and his followers.”
Three days later, on August 19, 1938, the Detroit Jewish News carried a much longer review of the book. These early reviews further show the July printing to be the first.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ECHOES – THE GRANITE STATE DIGEST 18 [Eighteen] ISSUES SPANNING 1970 TO 1975
Published by Village Press Publications, Concord, NH, Andrew Heath and Brenda Joziatis (editors). A “reverberation” of the old publication “New Hampshire Troubadour,” but under private rather than state auspices. In the first issue, Andrew Heath states, “… The publishers have attempted to corral some of the elements which made New Hampshire so appealing, both to residents and two visitors.”
Offered as a lot I have eighteen issues from 1970 through 1975 – not a complete run, but a fine representation of a now seldom seen publication. Lots of ideas for travel explorations and past events and history. Softcover (issues measure 6×9 inches), very good condition Included (with at least one or two articles mentioned, but much more in each issue) are:
Volume 1 – Number 1 – Spring 1970: 48 pages – START A COLLECTION OF WATERFALLS Volume 1 – Number 2 – Summer 1970: 48 pages – THE FOUNDATION AT CHARLESTOWN also interesting is – START A COLLECTION OF ROCK PROFILES Volume 2 – Number 2 – May-June 1971: 48 pages – STRAWBERY BANKE Volume 2 – Number 3 – July-August 1971: 48 pages – THE NISSITISSIT also HAMPTON BEACH Volume 2 – Number 4 – September-October 1971: 48 pages – THOSE WONDERFUL STONE BRIDGES Volume 2 – Number 5 – November-December 1971: 56 pages – THE EARLY ARMSMAKERS also GREAT SKI COUNTRY
Volume 2 – Number 6 – January-February 1972: 56 pages – THE MODERN ARMSMAKERS Volume 3 – Number 4 – September-October 1972: 54 pages – SANDWICH FAIR – COLLECTING COVERED BRIDGES Volume 4 – Number 1 – March-April 1973: 64 pages – MISTER MAPLE SUGAR also EARLY WOOD STOVES Volume 4 – Number 2 – May-June 1973: 64 pages – CLANG, CLANG WENT THE TROLLEY also TILTON’S ANIMAL VILLAGE Volume 4 – Number 4 – September-October 1973: 64 pages – HERMIT OF CRAWFORD NOTCH and HERMIT OF EAST SULLIVAN Volume 4 – Number 6 – January-February 1974: 64 pages – MOUNTAIN FLYER also GLOBE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Volume 5 – Number 1 – March-April 1974: 48 pages – SPRING MADNESS ON MAD RIVER also JOHN STARK, PATRIOT Volume 5 – Number 2 – May-June 1974: 56 pages – OLD GRANITE STATE SUPERSTITIONS Volume 5 – Number 3 – August 1974: 64 pages – THE YEAR OF FORT WILLIAM AND MARY also A LITTLE TOWN CALLED BETHLEHEM Volume 5 – Number 4 – October 1974: 64 pages – GENERAL MOULTON’S HAUNTED HOUSE also TORNADO OF 1821 Volume 5 – Number 5 – December 1974: 64 pages – HOMESTEADING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE and N.H.’S ANSWER TO GRANDMA MOSES Volume 5 – Number 6 – February 1975: 48 pages – TWO LEGENDS OF OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE also JACKSON: A N.H. SKI VILLAGE
PRICE FOR THE LOT OF 18 MAGAZINES – $175 Order Number 73199 Ordering Information
GUN DOGS AT WORK — EDWIN MEGARGEE — 1945 — TWO DOG PRINTS
S. Edwin Megargee Jr. (1883-1958) was an American animal painter, illustrator and author. He did portraits of dogs, horses and cattle. In 1945, Field and Stream, NewYork, published a folio of six paintings of his dogs along with “History of the Breeds” by Freeman Lloyd.
Offered here is the folder and TWO of the color prints ONLY – no booklet. Included are: THE ENGLISH SETTER and THE CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER. Each sheet measures about 12/ 3/4 inches by about 16 1/8 with the images about 10 inches by about 12 3/8 inches. Suitable for framing. Not sure if paper stock was originally off-white, or has yellowed over time. Sorry, colors off a tad with my photography and lighting.
GAME BIRDS OF AMERICA – TWELVE (12) PAINTINGS BY LYNN BOGUE HUNT
Lynn Bogue Hunt (1878–1960) was an American wildlife artist, and illustrator of magazines and books. GAME BIRDS OF AMERICA was published by Field & Stream Publishing Company (Magazine), New York, in 1944. The folio of twelve prints included a separate booklet, written by Ray P, Holland that had information on Lynn Bogue Hunt, and descriptions of each of the 12 game birds depicted in the accompanying portfolio. LACKING is this booklet, and the portfolio folder itself. This offering is for the twelve prints only (each exhibits thumb tack holes in the corners – easily matted out).
Each sheet measures about 12 7/8 inches by about 16 inches – with each image about 10 inches by about 12 3/4 inches. The Game Birds represented in the prints are not labeled, but include; Ring-Necked Pheasant, Dove, Pinnated and Sharptailed Grouse, Hungarian Partridge, Quails, Grouse, Ducks, Geese and others. Not sure if paper stock was originally off-white, or has yellowed over time. Sorry, colors off a tad with my photography and lighting.
c1963 – PICTORIAL MAP OF VERMONT HERITAGE – THE NATIONAL SURVEY – CHESTER, VT – VERMONT
Reproduction, measuring about 24 by 36 inches. I fell in love with this map having seen it displayed in Landmark Trust USA properties – I wanted one. I found this reproduction on Amazon for $59.99 – BUT, before I framed it I found an original which I now have on the wall as I enter my home, just as happens at the Trust’s properties. Not only bringing me memories of my stays, but to plan “shunpiking” adventures in neighboring Vermont. In the original tube as purchased, this is excess to my needs having now the original, which other than minor dimensions is a perfect reproduction.
About 100 sites of historic or natural interest are featured in boxes around the state – perfect for planning trips. There is on the right side a box of “Little Known Vermont Firsts & Facts.” If you love Vermont, and Vermont history and explorations, you will enjoy this map as I do. Marking down from what I paid for this unused example – ENJOY.
Price – $35 — Mailing $6 in original mailing tube and with tracking information
POSTAL MARKINGS POSTAL COVER PUBLICATION 26 ISSUES 1932-1939
Publication and House Organ of the International Postal Marking Society (1912-1930) and later published by the West Essex Philatelic Society of Verona, New Jersey (NJ) finally published by William R. Stewart in Winnetka, Illinois
At one time the US Philatelic Classics Society Website had a history of these organizations and their publication
The earliest organized study of US Postal Markings occurred in 1912 with the founding of the International Postmark Society (IPS) which later became (in 1930) the International Postal Marking Society to “promote interest and research, and to encourage the study and collection of all postal impressions placed on mail matter by authorized government employees.”
Editorship changed in early 1933, and Harry M. Konwiser and Stephen G. Rich became editors with POSTAL MARKINGS becoming the “Official Organ” of the West Essex Philatelic Society, Inc. at Verona, New Jersey. When Konwiser’s stamp business grew, editorship again changed.
Extremely hard to find, I have only seen four issues for sale over time at over $12 each. Offered here as a lot is a unique collection, including:
POSTAL MARKINGS – Vol 2. No. 5, Whole Number 17 – February, 1932 (a tad larger in size from the later publications, this measures about 8 3/8 inches by about 11 3/4 inches. The balance of the issues in this collection are 8 1/2 by 11 inches.
Ray Boas, Bookseller 