Search Results: Titles starting with D from Stillman Books

From the d.j.: "David Redfern is one of those rare people who makes a living out of combining his favourite pastimes: listening to jazz and photographing people. A self-taught photographer, he began his career in the twilight jazz clubs of London." "By the mid-sixties he realized that if he wanted to break fully into the commercial world, and at the same time broaden his own jazz education, he had to chase the big names who came mostly from the States. To this end, he became a regular visitor at jazz festivals in Antibes, Montreux, and Newport--where he got to know many of the musicians he had photographed. People like Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich." "He can now fairly claim to be the premier jazz photographer of today." (1980)
From Google:
David Redfern was an English photographer specialising in music photography. He worked as a photographer for 45 years and had over 10,000 pictures in his collection including photos of the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. In 1999 he published a book about… Read More

Glossy pages throughout with many b/w photos and 10 colour drawings in the centre spread of various Douglas DC-10 models. An order sheet is laid in for ordering "Airline publications colour photos--5" x 3-1/2"." (Remarkable that it is still with the book.)

Illustrations by Johnstone, Janet Grahame & Anne Grahame Johnstone. Originally published as: Gift Book of Nursery Rhymes; New Gift Book of Nursery Rhymes; and Gift Book of Pussy & Puppy Nursery Rhymes.

1st edition thus (1987) with six masterpieces of the imagination by Daphne du Maurier, illustrated in glowing colour by prize-winning artist, Michael Foreman. "Don't Look Now", a classic story of the macabre, opens the collection, followed by "The Apple Tree", "The Blue Lenses", "The Birds", "The Alibi" and "Not After Midnight". Bump to bottom of spine, o/w a VG+ copy tin VG+ d.j.
Daphne du Maurier was still alive when this book was published but she died in April, 1989, shortly before she would have been 83.

From the d.j. flap: "In this intensely suspenseful novel, nothing is as it first seems, nor even as it subsequently appears. And the answers to the mysteries lie not in the details of forensic evidence, but in the dark, passionate recesses of the mind." SIGNED by the author on the title page without inscription.

(Dickens, Charles). David Copperfield, retold for children
by Alice F. Jackson. 12 mo., 157 pp. plus 8 colour plates by an
uncredited artist. Published by George W. Jacobs & Co., Phil.
n.d. (circa 1911). Green paper-on-boards with Black lettering on
spine and paste-on illus. on front panel. Minor edgewear; some
fading of spine; two corners bumped; binding a little loose; some
minor foxing to endpapers; cover illus. somewhat chipped and
lightly soiled but still attractive; abt. a G+ copy of a charming
edition of one of Dickens' best-loved stories.

Un essai par Francois-Marc Gagnon et six essais traduits de l'anglais par Vanina Katz-Lahaige et Andrea Rankin. Glossy paper.

From the front flap: "David Nichol will receive a great deal of coverage, as will the other members of his family. As space will not allow me to include every decoy maker who lived along this historic water route I will limit my coverage to makers that fashioned gunning decoys that are now cherished by discriminating collectors. Included in this section are the more noteworthy carvers who lived in close proximity to the waterway and turned out decoys that either show a strong Nichol influence or filled the needs of hunters who resided along the canal system. I also hope to create a pictorial record of the outstanding decoys created along the Rideau Canal Waterway, thus numerous photographs are devoted to this purpose. I hope that the information and photographs contained within this book convey my fascination and appreciation of the creativity of the carvers of the Rideau Canal Waterway."
Inscribed to cousin Dick by Larry Lunman.

Probable 1st Edition. Silhouettes of dogs and cats on endpapers. Many wonderful illustrations of cats, dogs, mice, and a few other animals and birds. More wonderful illustrations by the Grahame Johnstone sisters. Many humorous rhymes such as this one:
"Six little mice sat down to spin; Pussy passed by and she peeped in, What are you doing, my little men? Weaving coats for gentlemen.
Shall I come in and cut off your threads? No, no, Mistress Pussy, you'd bite off our heads. Oh, no, I'll not; I'll help you to spin. That may be so, but you don't come in." Six little mice and their spinning wheels plus a large cat's head at there barred window.

Probable 1st Edition (1965). Illustrated by the usual artists "Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone" sisters, who illustrated several Dean & Son titles.

The Johnstone sisters did the text and the illustrations. Alternate text and illustrations for cowboys and indians information every few pages. First combined edition.

Probable 1st Edition (1971). Illustrated by the usual artists "Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone" sisters, who illustrated several Dean & Son titles.

From the back cover: "Daniel Holland's memoir of his days as a draft resister in the late 1960's offers a step-by-step account of ordinary bravery in the face of unconscionable lies by the U.S. government. Men like Holland faced prison sentences as the price of their resistance. Filled with an improbable combination of sweetness, good humor, and fear, Holland's story reads like a letter from the frontlines of the anti-war movement." (R.M. Ryan) An Inscribed copy. Includes a few b/w photos.

In his 60's, Degas' sight began to diminish. This change meant a change in his future paintings. He adapted and some critics maintain that some of his later paintings were amongst his best work.

Book has an extra drawing by Chaplin, an original "chicken and egg" on the front endpapers. Not stated, but assumed First Edition.

A 2-page Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut. Illustrations by Vincent DiFate. From the Collector's Notes (laid-in): "The Demolished Man", with all its pyrotechnical stylistic devices, broke over the science-fiction world like a skyrocket announcing a brilliant new writer when it was serialized in Galaxy Magazine in 1952.
The disappointment with this Easton Press volume is that it has ordinary paper (and not too attractive) endpapers, rather than the silk moire endpapers we are used to.

A souvenir history , printed to commemorte the presentation of the Squadron Standard by the Honourable Walter Owen Q.C. L.L.D. Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia on 28 June 1975 and dedicated to all serving and former members of the squadron.

Some inserts, some photos. A rare SIGNED edition of poems of love by author Paul Eluard.
Front top corner and rear top corner bumped. Ribbon marker is present. Clear protective d.j.

A story about life in the northern prairies of Canada. "It is a true account of pioneering in the bush country of Manitoba, north of 53. Tom Lamb, the author's father, came to Canada from Yorkshire in 1891. In northern Manitoba he met and married a girl from Portsmouth, they raised eleven children. It is a heart-warming story of their trials, tears and happiness and their struggle to hew out a living in the wilds of an unsettled land. Written into it is the deep understanding and tolerance that grew between the family and the native Indian, the help they gave one another as equal friends facing and overcoming common problems." From the d.j. Map endpapers. Very nice signature of the author on the half-title. Numerous b/w photographs.

From the d.j. flap: "...aviation history is about the people as well as the planes and 'Diamonds in the Sky' is about the passengers who for sixty years have taken their courage in both hands and decided to fly. This is a highly readable and entertaining account of the ways in which flying has ministered to human needs, whims and follies. Profusely illustrated with sixteen pages in full colour and many black and white photographs, this book is based on a major BBC television series which Julian Pettifer presented."
Ex-owner's stamp on f.e.p.