Search Results: Titles starting with S from Stillman Books

From the Preface by the author, and including input from husband Gordon: "To both of us it seems important to set down the events of this small space in time (our childhoods--approximately 1943 to the 1960's), for our children, grandchildren and their children, so that perhaps some day this small link with their past heritage will be interesting and meaningful to them in establishing their roots and identity, recalling through these jottings the way things were for us in an era about very little has been written. While I will endeavor to include excerpts of Gordon's heritage and memories from time to time, this journal will, for the most part, encompass the recollections of this writer."
Author Carol has signed the front endpaper: 'Enjoy the Memories', Carol Schroeder

From the d.j.: "In S is for Story: A Writer's Alphabet, an A to Z journey through a writer's life and process, author Esther Hershenhorn masterfully connects the reader and the writer. All facets of being and becoming a writer at any level are introduced in rhyme and explained in simple espository text. Imaginative, colorful illustrations by artist Zachary Pullen vividly bring the poetry and prose to life."

2nd printing. From the front flap: "This book is not another child's garden of verse. Sally go round the sun is a new kind of song and games book, a generous collection of sandlot, street-corner, playroom poetry that will delight youngsters and tickle an adult's nostalgia. It presents, for the first time, three hundred singing games, skipping and ball-bouncing rhymes, taunts, teases and silly songs, culled from the innocent vernacular of Canadian children by Edith Fowke, one of Canada's foremost authorities on the country's folklore.
The book is ideal for children's parties: there are simple directions for playing the games; tunes and guitar chords are provided for seventy-nine items; full piano accompaniments are given for twenty-five songs."
Colourful d.j. but with chipping and rubbing of edges.

From the d.j. front flap: "The Strasburg Manuscript was the oldest surviving manual on painting techniques in the German language, and dated possibly from the fifteenth century. It was destroyed when the Strasburg City Library was burned down in 1875. Fortunately, a copy of it had been made in the 1840's by Sir Charles Eastlake who used some parts of it in his own book. This copy was bequeathed to the National Gallery, London, and hitherto there has been no complete English translation nor systematic study of the document. This want is now filled by the present complete translation which Viola and Rosamund Borradaile have prepared from the National Gallery copy. Thus the valuable source material of this famous treatise will be readily available to students of medieval painting including as it does the early recipes and techniques followed in late medieval times. The translation also includes comments and notes."
NOTE: The text is in German and English. With a Foreword by John Harthan.

"This Limited First Edition of The Safety Net by Heinrich Boll has been privately printed exclusively for Members of the First Edition Society." The binding is very tight so possibly never read. The usual silk endpapers, gold foredges and satin bookmark. Some minor rubbing on foredges but still a NF copy.

From the d.j.: "Under Canadian Pacific's red-and-white-chequered flag, the company's founders, George Stephen and William C Van Horne, created a rail-sea service from Liverpool to Hong Kong. In both world wars the entire fleet served gallantly as Allied troop carriers. "

1st U.S. Edition. 1984. Cover has some rubbing at corners and the puncture on the front board, which of course affects the d.j. as well...obvious but not a major flaw. "Captain Joshua Slocum, in his 'Spray', was the first man ever to sail around the world alone." This edition is beautifully illustrated with 42 brilliant black-and-white drawings by internationally acclaimed marine artist James E. Mitchell.

Illustrated in colour by Michael McCurdy. The text is one of many variations of a forecastle chantey created about 1837 by an unknown sailor and named after the bow section of the ship where sailors sometimes bunked or relaxed. Illustrated with scratch-board drawings by American artist Michael McCurdy.

Rebus was retired, but now he's back and on the Cold Case Unit, a bunch of old hands still itching for answers.

Stated first edition bound in black cloth with gold lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Interior art by H.E. Fassl. One of just 1000 copies.

Designed and produced by Martin Green. Illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz who has had a major impact on the field of comic books and graphic novels with his innovative use of collage, illustration, and storytelling techniques. He has been honored with many major awards. 1st Edition Thus.

From the d.j.: "For every artistic soul who has been obliged to settle for less, "Sarah May and the New Red Dress" is a joyful story of hope and patience rewarded."

1st Edition copy. Partial loss of Red lettering at top of spine, as well as some loss to "Houghton Mifflin Co." in Red at bottom of spine. Some wrinkling of spine covering as well, but no loss to the Black portion of the spine nor to the front and rear boards. Title and author on the front board with no loss of the Red lettering, very clean and bright. Corners slightly bumped but very little loss. Paper throughout a little yellowed but standing up well for its 93 years of age. Fans of Sabatini would be happy with this original volume.

Special Illustrated Edition. "When invited to write a preface for this special edition of Screwtape my mind was carried back to the inexpressibly happy period that I spent as C. Lewis's private secretary. Though Lewis was quite ill at this time, he always, after his housekeeper had cooked the meal, sent her home to be with her husband. It hadn't occurred to me who might be washing the dishes, till, on the evening I moved into his house, I followed him into the kitchen and found him in the scullery up to his arms in soap-suds. He, sensing that I was astounded to discover that the author of The Screwtape Letters also washed dishes, said, laughing, "If ever you tell others what it is like in this house, you must say that not only are the servants soft underfoot but invisible as well."

The Sea Is At Our Gates recounts, for the first time, the story of Canada's navy, gale-driven and becalmed, from its colonial roots through the twentieth-century wars to the close of the Cold War era in 1990. With perspectives, from the messdecks, quarter-decks, and high command, this is a rousing story of Canadian ships and those who have sailed and fought in them on the oceans of the world. " (From the d.j.) Many b/w photos. Illustrated endpapers.
A previous owner has attached 3 of his library stickers in the book. Really?

From the back cover: "The Sea Was In Their Blood" explores two key questions: who were the men aboard the Miss Ally, and why were they battered and sunk by a storm forecasted days in advance? Through interviews with the crew's families and friends, rescue personnel, and members of the tight-knit fishing communities of Woods Harbour and Cape Sable Island, award-winning journalist Quentin Casey pieces together the tragic sinking--including important case details not previously reported--and weaves in the backstories of the Miss Ally's crew and the lingering effects of their disappearance."

From the back jacket flap: "Great poetry transcends the boundaries of places, time, gender and race. Although there was no intention to be representative, half the poems were written by Americans and half by English, Welsh, Scottish and Canadian poets. There are, too, translations from Middle English, Sanskrit, Russian, and Japanese. And this anthology is modern: a third of the poems were written in the last fifty years and a third were written between 1900 and 1945."

SIGNED by Author. 1990. Illustrations by Jill Bauman. The usual Easton Press attributes with silk moire endpapers, satin ribbon bookmark and gilt edges.

A Canadian classic, first published in 1961. Illustrations by Patsy Berton starting in 1974. About this book: "Of the thirty-six books he has produced, Pierre Berton insists that this is his favourite, possibly because its five human characters bear a suspicious resemblance to his own children."

From the d.j. flap: "Errol Mason has condensed a life's work of hunting, observing and researching sambar and in plain language describes and demystifies sambar ecology and behaviour. This book provides a base for hunters to be able to safely, successfully and humanely hunt and take sambar. It is a testament to Errol's passion for sambar and it is a fitting tribute to a magnificent game animal whose future in this country depends on conservation hunters and hunting associations working with land managers to ensure that sambar populations are managed properly."
This copy INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, thanking the recipient for her (or his) insights and experiences while hunting the mighty sambar in India. "Best Wishes, Your Good Friend, ERROL"
Bairnsdale, Australia 10 December, 2006