Search Results: Titles starting with B from Stillman Books

This volume is the official records book for exceptional big game species native to British Columbia, based on the Boone and Crockett scoring system. Containing more than 9000 entries in 19 categories, this book lists over 1900 new entries received since the 2003 edition.

Foreword by Tamao Yoshida. 73 Puppet theatre dolls, magnificently photographed by Hisao Kawahara who used a different perspective than other photographers and produced exemplary results.

2nd printing, 2010. Illustrations by professional artist and art instructor Wendy Siemens. First book by Marion Mutala. From the back cover: "It's Christmas and Natalia misses her baba. When the wind brings her a babushka just like the one Baba used to wear, a magical adventure unfolds and Natalia discovers the traditions of her Ukrainian heritage--the greatest of which is the love of family." SIGNED on the title page by author Marion Mutala, without inscription.

Mint in original shrinkwrap. 1999. There seems to be a bit of a problem accessing the full description here. Please click on the book title or the "book box" for page 2 and the rest of the description.

Silk moire endpapers and satin bookmark. 1981. Franklin Library. A few of the other short stories are: "The Birthday Party", "Dead Man", "Brush Fire", "The Girl in the Storm" and "Joy Ride to Glory". There seems to be a bit of a problem accessing the full description here. Please click on the book title or the "book box" for page 2 and the rest of the description.

1st U.S. Edition. From the d.j.: "The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohen's imagination and creative process."

From the rear board: "Barnaby wants to be a world-famous explorer when he grows up. He loves roaming the seashore with his dog, Baxter. He loves traveling to faraway places with his parents. Now a brand-new challenge lies ahead: the first day of school. But Barnaby isn't quite sure he's ready..." Only flaw: a bang to the bottom edges

2 stickers on front board: "Autographed", and "Make your own pet eggs!" Rear board has cellophane over it to hold the instruction sheets on the inside cover. From the rear cover: "Barnaby and his friends want a class pet. But their teacher Mrs. Sealey, isn't so sure. Taking care of a pet is hard work. So Mrs. Sealey comes up with an idea. If everyone can care for a pet egg for one day, the class will be rewarded with a real pet! Barnaby's not worried. But he's about to find out that taking care of a pet on his own isn't quite as easy as he thinks."
SIGNED on the title page by "Barnaby" and "Wendy Rouillard" with no inscription.

From the d.j. flap: "During WWII, in 1942-1943, the American military worked on a project that would include millions of bats with small incendiary bombs attached to them. The plan was to release the bats into Japan and fires would flare up all over and destroy millions of wood and paper buildings. Even President Roosevelt backed the scheme. It might have worked, except that another secret weapon--something to do with atoms--was chosen to end the war."
20 pages of b/w photos. A Gift Inscription on title page from one brother to the other: "A Whole New Meaning to 'Bats in the Belfry'. Merry Christmas!

Additionally, there are 24 pages of b/w photos and a few maps. This book was initially published in Canada by Stoddart publishing under the title "Tug of War". A VG+ pictorial d.j. with some "yellowing" of the rear panel and some crinkling of the bottom of the dustjacket spine. The endpapers depict the "Operations to Clear the Scheldt Estuary and South West Holland". Blind Stamp of the previous owner on the half-title.

Interesting pictorial boards, where the front cover shows a merry-go-round with the kids riding animals, but on the rear cover, the animals are riding the kids. Some of the usual stories, featuring Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Ivy the Terrible, Baby-Face Finlayson, and General Jumbo. Opening story "A Nightmare on Bash Street". A stiff copy, perhaps only read once or twice.

Some wear to top and bottom of spine; o/w a VG+ copy.

1st U. S. edition. Originally published in Switzerland in 1988. VG+ glossy pictorial boards. Rabbit and Mouse spend the winter with Bear in his cave, telling him wonderful but untrue stories of how they can fly and the things they have seen. Black remainder mark on bottom page edges, not affecting the boards. Both the author and the illustrator live in Switzerland.

An Aldine Paperback. 20 stories Edited and Introduced by Maurice Richardson. From the back cover: "The title story is a classic horror-piece, although the twenty tales that Maurice Richardson has selected from the corpus of Harvey's writings exhibit the many facets of a writer who was a master of the uncanny. Some are ghostly, some concern the psychologically abnormal and some are just entertainingly fantastic. All are written with the quiet, effortless art which lends to Harvey's work its unfailing realism."

"Beatrix Potter and Hawkshead" last reprinted 1996, "Beatrix Potter and Hill Top" last reprinted 2000. That's what I have; there are probably more recent printings out there. Each book has a sprinkling of Potter illustrations as well as many photos of her and a few of her and her husband William Heelis.

From the front d.j. flap: "A magnificent embroidered bedspread and how it comes to be is the theme of this strongly visual picture book. Artfully, it explores in a fresh way the perennial interest of children in the "olden times" of a family. Maud and Amelia are two old sisters who live at each end of a long, long bed. Although they disagree about most things, they do agree that their plain white bedspread is the most boring feature of their boring life. So they decide to decorate it."

From the d.j.: "Meticulous, dedicated research has rediscovered the stories, the places, the people--the triumphs and the innovations, the commitment of the members of the world-famous Force. For over 120 years "Depot" has played a key role in shaping the tens of thousands of men and women of the RCMP who enforce out laws and ensure our safety." A thousand photographs resonate with a thousand stories." (A heavy book; it will require an extra $6 shipping.)

From the d.j. flap: "Alexander Graham Bell is known chiefly as the inventor of the telepohone, but his contributions to aerial flight and hydrofoil craft, although less widely known, were of great importance. In this book Dr. Parkin presents a detailed chronicle of the fascinating experiments in aerial flight and with hydrofoil craft conducted by Dr. Bell and his engineering assistant and collaborator, Frederick Walker (Casey) Baldwin. Bell was the Chairman and Baldwin the Chief Engineer of the Aerial Experiment Association (1907-1909), a group founded, inspired and financed by Mrs. Bell: the successes of the Association, it will be seen, were based largely on logical, step-by-step development under the guiding genius of Dr. Bell." Map endpapers of Nova Scotia.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1945. 8 vo. Some minor wear on gilt foredges; o/w a VG+ copy. This volume has a satin bookmark but the decorated endpapers are not satin. A few b/w illus. by Gary Kelley. Still an attractive volume. There seems to be a bit of a problem accessing the full description here. Please click on the book title or the "book box" for page 2 and the rest of the description.

This title is number 2 in the series of Aesop's Fables by Paxton and Rayevsky.