Authors starting with Y from Stillman Books

Chicago, N.Y.: Laidlaw Bros.. Abt. 6 x 8" tall, 48 pp. 1947. A pre-primer with just 34 words. Featuring Father, Mother, Nancy, Jack, Baby, Tippy the dog and Boots the cat. Numerous colourful illus. by Milo Winter and others. Heavy card pictorial wraps. Minor chipping and rubbing; stamp on front cover indicating this was the copy of the "Supervisor of Teacher Service Bureau, Department of Education, Edmonton, Alberta". A G+ or better clean copy. . ... more information

Offered by Stillman Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

San Diego, N.Y., Lon.: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. Tall 4 to., 32 pp. 1st Ed. (1987) A collection of 15 delightful poems that celebrate the everyday life of a famous foursome, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, through the eyes of the Baby Bear. Parades and parties and baths and bedtime stories. Soft, exquisite illus. by Jane Dyer. Mauve paper-on-boards with Dk. Mauve cloth spine. Minor edgewear; o/w VG+ in VG pictorial d.j. that is price-clipped and has some chips and scratches.. ... more information

Offered by Stillman Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

New York: Ariel Books/Alfred A. Knopf. 4 to., unpaginated (32 pp.). 1st Edition Thus. 1986. A beautiful new telling by Jane Yolen of the romantic classic by Charles Perrault. Rich, exquisite illustrations by Ruth Sanderson on every page. Decorated Grey cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Slight edgewear; minor loss of colour on f.e.p. where a price has been erased; minor crease on f.e.p.; o/w VG+ in VG+ price-clipped, pictorial d.j.. ... more information

Offered by Stillman Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

London: Rupert Hart-Davis. 8 vo., 320 pp. plus several maps and b/w photos. 1953. 5th printing. The story of the British submarine service through the eyes of the author, who captained H.M. Submarine "Storm" during WWII. Detailed diagram of the "Storm" on endpapers. Green cloth. Slight edgewear; two corners bumped; o/w VG.. ... more information

Offered by Stillman Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

London: E. Grant Richards. 12 mo., 298 pp. 1st Ed. 1907. Frontispiece of Richard Wagner from a portrait by Franz von Lenbach. The author tells the stories of Wagner's works, including "The Trilogy of the Niebelung's Ring", "Parsifal", and the 5 Operas: The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. The author notes that Wagner himself deprecated the priming of his hearers beforehand; he only insisted that they should be in posse... more information

Offered by Stillman Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

New York: Berkley. Standard-size paperback,245 pp. 1st Berkley p.b. ed. 1979. Meant to provide non-technical, understandable information for users, abusers, experimenters and non-users alike. A wide gamut from cola drinks and ginseng to cocaine and heroine. Glossy card covers. Minor chipping; two creases in spine; paper somewhat discoloured; about G+.. ... more information

Offered by Stillman Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

N.Y.: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1974. Oblong 4 to., unpaginated (32 pp.). Every page has either 1-colour or 3-colour illustrations by Quackenbush. In this fun-filled book, a child dreams up some ingenious uses for dinosaurs, if they were still around. Pictorial Blue paper-on-boards. Slight edgewear; slightly cocked binding; o/w VG+ in a G+ d.j. that's price-clipped, chipped and rubbed. . 1st Ed.. Illus. by Robert Quackenbush. ... more information

Offered by Stillman Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

Dayton: U.S. Air Force Museum Foundation . Tall 4 to., 199 pp. plus 4-pp. colour section. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. 1983. A tribute to the Wright Brothers with a detailed account of their lives and flying careers. Many historic photos. Pictorial cloth binding. 2 aviation stamps, from Antigua and Romania, honoring the Wright Brothers are lightly affixed to the title page. Moderate edgewear; corners bumped; o/w VG in VG pictorial d.j. with some chipping and rubbing.. ... more information

Offered by Stillman Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-