Halloween Retrospect V2
The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 2:
NEW! Volume 2 of The Halloween Retrospect is anticipated for release December 2023!Content for the return of THR book series for vintage Halloween collectors is complete, and the author is finishing up the final steps toward offering the new book together with poster and timeline card inserts. Availability will be announced on the THR website in the near future.
In the new edition, the library’s archivist is excited to announce a feature article working with an incredible archive of material located at Framingham History Center. In that very town of Massachusetts, home to Dennison's historic operations, the archive houses a treasure trove of company material (that were gifted back to the organization from Avery). The resulting article (with THR’s typical detail) discusses the mysteries surrounding Dennison’s long line of autumn-themed publications (with some amazing revelations provided by documents of the archive). And all of this ties together with Volume 2's addition of a full-color 11″x17″ fold-out poster (see below) rich with imagery from Dennison's Halloween titles of 1909-1935.
Here are a sneak peek at the poster:
The Halloween Retrospect Vol 2, with Dennison's Halloween publications.
The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 2 also contains some shorter articles with image-driven pieces about B. Shackman & Company (w/extra insert cards - see below), E. Rosen Company, and also a quick look at the German couple (and their imported kinfolk) on the cover. For current information on the table of contents see either this blog entry or publications section of The Halloween Retrospect website.
The Halloween Retrospect Vol 2, shown with 2 timeline cards included.
To review - content of THR volumes are for those obsessed with details of the vintage Halloween market, so content is short research-emphasis articles for puzzlers who enjoy hearing more about the past. The low-cost editions cram a 6"x9" 32-page booklet with text (for word lovers), visuals (for image lovers), and sources (as main point of the series) so readers get transparent unbiased results. And THR refers to 515+ catalogs in its own archive library, so that editions may companion other sources.
Cover art for The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 2
I hope as author, editor, collector, archivist, librarian, artist, designer, publisher, and seller of The Halloween Retrospect that you too enjoy the type of publication I wanted to see and share. To learn more about The Halloween Retrospect see this About page, and keep an eye on the THR website, particularly the Publications page.