Search Results: Authors starting with C from Stillman Books

The usual silk endpapers and satin bookmark. Gilt edges. Fine copy. 1971. Easton Press. 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.

Laid-in is an interesting article from the Toronto Star, April 10, 1982 by Joan McGrath who reviews the new book. "Callaghan has the rare ability of expressing the feelings of the inarticulate majority, the wordless ones who suffer, rage, love and hate intensely, but can only express pent-up emotion in often inappropriate action, as in "A Terrible Discontent":, where the frustrations of years explode in one violent and unpremeditated act." You may want to look up Joan's 1982 article to read the rest of Joan's analysis.

In these frank and accessible memoirs Kim Campbell has written a book that she describes as "controversial but not scandalous, personal but not indiscreet, and acerbic but not mean-spirited." It is the story of an innovator who tried to do politics differently, but was arguably a fraction ahead of her time. SIGNED on title page without inscription.

From the back cover: "Lying just east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Burke Mountain overlooks the confluence of the Pitt, Coquitlam and Fraser Rivers. In an easy conversational style, "Mountain Memories" traces the story of the mountain through early Indian relics and through historical records and old maps of the first explorations; it gives voice to the drama and humour of the hardy few originals who first made the mountain their home; it traces the beginnings of industry and commerce, the founding of the city of Port Coquitlam and its struggle for recovery from flood devastation and from the near ruin of overly optimistic boom-time spending; it tells how it came about that the Municipality of Coquitlam encompasses its present far-flung area; it looks at the wave of development surging up the mountainside today--this book tells it all in a style which combines careful research with warmth and affection."

BONUS: Before the rear endpapers, there is a large Pioneer Survey Map of the Peace River District that unfolds to 21-3/4" wide and 15" tall. "Sixty years ago, the Peace Country was beginning to open up and the topographical surveys branch of the Department of the Interior sent in a crew to map the region. The cross-hatched areas are the earliest lands opened up for settlement, complete with descriptions of the type of land, the height of riverbank slopes, river flow speed, tree varieties and the like. The main routes into the north at the time were the Edson Trail coming in from south of Sturgeon Lake, and the overland and water route via Lesser Slave Lake and on into Peace River."
Bonus 16-page section at the back of the book addressing "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Peace River Country".
Illustration on front and rear endpapers show the "Mail stage crossing The Little Smokey in 1911".
Well ove 200 b/w photos to enjoy.

1st Edition. SIGNED by Callaghan on the title page beneath "Edited with an introduction by Barry Callaghan". Long list of Canadian poets. Uncommon. Some nicks and fading to spine.

Mint in original shrinkwrap. Signed by author. 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.

Illustrated in b/w by David Frampton from his woodcuts. Front d.j. flap: "With a freshness and originality pleasing to the ear, noted author Natalie Savage Carlson spins eight fascinating tales about the legendary creatures of Breton folklore. The author presents the stories as told by an old woman, Mam Marig, who is relating them to her granddaughter."

With a preface by Doris Shadbolt and an introduction to the 1930 speech by the late Ira Dilworth. From the Preface by Shadbolt:
"Not only are these the only two public talks on art Emily Carr ever gave, one feels they were the only talks she had in her to give. She was not verbal or analytical about her art. And we know, from her journals and from the first-hand reports of friends and acquaintances, that she could become very impatient with those who were, or wanted to be. In fact, she felt she should not be giving the talk at all because she was only a worker, "and workers should work and talkers should talk, and both has best stick to their own jobs and avoid getting mixed up."
Dust jacket has some wear to top and bottom of spine and the front flap has a clipped corner, but the price and ISBN number are at the bottom of the rear flap.

Wonderful brightly coloured illustrations by Sheldon Cohen. Inscribed to " Thomas" by the author. Text in French.

17 pages of text about Glenn Gould and several dozen b/w candid photos. In the summer of 1982, having largely exhausted the piano literature that interested him, he made his first recording as a conductor, and he had ambitious plans for several years' worth of conducting projects but, shortly after his 50th birthday, Gould suffered a massive stroke.

An interesting book. On the copyright page (Roman numerals for 1969), it says "Made and printed in Great Britain by Purnell & Sons with an SBN (see above)", but "McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto and Montreal" is on the title page and also on the front board and the spine. 1st Canadian Edition thus. There are many amusing illustrations throughout the book, both b/w and colour by artist Rosemary Honeybourne. Although sticking to the storyline of Alice in Wonderland, the illustrations are refreshingly different.

A wonderful reprint of this ageless story and Arthur Rackham's amazing illustrations: 13 full-page examples in colour, as well as many in-text b/w drawings as well. Glossy paper. Marker ribbon included. Missing d.j. Uncommon in this edition.

Another of the several hundred editions of Alice in Wonderland and featuring yet another artist, Tove Jansson, who contributes yet another form of illustration for the many characters who appear in Alice in Wonderland. She was born in Helsinki in 1914 but wrote in Swedish. Her picture books about the Finn family Moomintroll have been published all over the world. In Sweden, she was awarded the two highest awards in children's literature: the Nils Holgersson Plaque for her writing and the Elsa Beskow Plaque for her illustrations.
This Jansson-illustrated "Alice" is seemingly scarce and even without the jacket, commands a good price.

11 full-page colour illustrations by Charles Folkard. Songs from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and Songs from "Through the Looking-Glass" set to music by Don Harper. 1st Edition Thus.
Interestingly, this copy went from England to Australia and ended up in British Columbia. Sold by a music shop in Australia.

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."

Inside covers with drawings of planes in colour, plus a 2-page centre spread in colour showing "Consolidated PBY-2 of U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron Eleven (VP-11), Patrol Wing One; N.S.S. San Diego, California, summer 1938." All other pages with b/w photos.

Front board slightly sprung; o/w a VG binding. Box has some taping and some wear on Castro's photo.

Also published by Rodale Books in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. From the Foreword: "Thomas Cather's journal records a journey to America made in the company of his friend Henry Tyler, between February and December 1836. The present volume covers the first three months of the expedition. The journey was the result of a decision taken on the spur of the moment only ten days before the two young men set sail. They returned to Limavady eleven months later having travelled a distance of about 12,000 miles at a cost of a little over 200 pounds apiece. During their ten months in America Cather and Tyler covered the greater part of the United States from Chicago to New Orleans. They travelled on horseback, in wagons and by river steamer; and they found time to include a voyage to Havana, a visit to Canada and an expedition into Indian territory.
The opening pages of the Journal published here are concerned with American society, some American cities and the main figures of the time--Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren… Read More