Stanley E Sears (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Press Photographs by Thomas-Photos, Oxford Eng. 38 beautiful black and white glossy photos (6 1/4 x 8 1/4") of vintage automobiles or closeups of different features with full description, including history, for each car. White plastic comb binding with black paper covers. Lower corner of back cover bumped. Gilt printing on front.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 314 pages ; OCLC 927145016 (online version); art nouveau design with sunflowers and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Selections include: The American Boy -- The Light That Is Felt -- The Tiger The Brahman, And The Jackal -- A Kind Word -- Little Brown Hands -- The Lame Man And The Blind Man -- The Owl And The Pussy-cat -- September -- The Arab And His Camel -- The Shepherd Boy And The Wolf -- Needless Pain -- Because He Loves Us -- Marjorie's Almanac -- The Brown Thrush -- Truth -- God Bless Our Flag -- The Quails -- The Discontented Stonecutter -- The Cloud -- All Things Beautiful -- Labor -- The Matsuyama Mirror -- Work While You Work -- The Pen -- The Quest -- God Bless The Commonplace -- A Bright Chinese Boy -- The Grapevine Swing -- Beautiful Joe -- Forget-me-not -- October's Bright Blue Weather -- Daisies -- So Much Of Goodness -- The Breaking In Of Black Beauty -- The Children's Hour -- The Magic Mill -- The Corn Song -- Daniel Webster's First Case -- The Day Is Done -- The Image And The Treasure -- Somebody's Mother -- Look For Goodness -- The Code Barbarian -- The Discontented Pendulum -- True Success -- Which Loved Best? -- Hope -- The Story Of King Midas -- T Is The Last Rose Of Summer -- Home, Sweet Home -- The Fight -- A Simple Recipe -- The Angels Song -- A Visit From St, Nicholas -- Ring Out, Wild Bells! -- Beauty In Common Things -- Letters Of Recommendation -- A Song For Flag Day -- The Stone In The Road -- Answer To A Child's Question -- Paul Revere's Ride -- The Dream Of Home -- The Choice Of Hercules -- Thomas Jefferson's Ten Rules -- After The Shipwreck -- The Lost Camel -- The Planting Of The Apple Tree -- We Should Smile -- The Humbug -- Sky-born Music -- The Pebble And The Acorn -- The Tree -- Service -- The Sleeping Beauty -- A Wholesome Tongue -- The Village Blacksmith -- Genuine Heroism -- The Legend Of Indian Corn -- Robert E. Lee -- The City Mouse And The Country Mouse -- Our Birth--The First Roses -- A Little Sermon -- Four-leaf Clover -- Love's Nobility -- A Prayer -- Casabianca -- Be What Thou Seemest -- Thor And The Giants -- The Spider And The Fly -- The Mouse And The Moonbeam -- The Schoolhouse And The Flag -- The Snow-image -- Index Of Authors ; Numerous Biblical references appear in Searson's Studies in Reading (1923), but the movement is toward secular stories with a moral emphasizing social values. This reader, published after World War I, begins with a poem, "The American Boy." It is a dialogue between a father and son about patriotism. According to the author of this reader, the influence of the story "The Poor Little Match Girl" "founded many an orphan home and organized hundreds of societies for relief of the worthy poor," which indicates an emphasis on philanthropy and social work during the era of the Social Gospel.80% of selections taught traditional values."-- Sharon Vincz Andrews ; signature of a youthful Gerald Grout, later a Kansas Ophthalmologist ; GOOD. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. THOMAS PHOTOS (illustrator). 1st Edition. SIGNED Copy.Textured Card covers with white plastic sprung comb spine. 160 x 225 mm approx (Landscape format) Undated Circa 1960. 49 black and white real photographs with 19 pp of text giving technical data of the vehicles with brief history. A photographic record of the famed collection of Stanley Sears affectionately known as "Gentleman Jim". Contains 5 photos of the reconstructed 1905 Rolls Royce; 6 of the1927 Rolls Royce Phantom I with a Louis XIV interior and upholstery built for C.W. Gasque of Hampstead; etc etc. An item difficult to source and which rarely becomes available to purchase. The copy offered by us is a more extensive record of the collection and has the added attribute of being inscribed and signed by Sears. VG (Book- light shelf rubbing to covers and mild crease to top front cover. Edge rubbing mainly to text pages due to landscape format and the nature of the binding and very minor soiling to some leaves including the reverse of some of the photos. Ink inscription :- " to . with best wishes from Stanley Sears" to initial page). Please see our images of the actual item offered for sale. Inscribed by Author(s).

Oblong 8vo. 8.26 x 6.5 in. 16 printed leaves, 40 silver gelatin photographs, sized 6.5 x 8 in. (very minor edgewear, slight toning to fore-edges, minor creasing & toning to couple of the printed leaves). Original printed textured green front cover, gilt lettering stamped, preserved in green cloth portfolio case. These original photos document many famed motors from the famed automobile collection of Stanley E. Sears (1903-1989), President of the Veteran Car Club in the UK, former president of the Rolls Royce Ghost 20 Club. He was noted for his famed collection of Brass Era automobiles, and other vintage cars and machines, including a massive Wallis & Steevens Steam Tractor which he converted to propane. At the end of 1959, Sears commissioned Thomas Photos in Oxford to photograph his cars outdoors with excellent lighting to emphasize the details, which he subsequently had bound in plastic-comb bindings, or sent as portfolios with assortments from the collection for friends and fellow enthusiasts. Although Gerald Gauld notes in Gentleman Jack that the 1905 Rolls-Royce was not photographed initially, this collection does include images of that vehicle. These images document such famed autos as the stylish 1927 Rolls Royce Phantom I with a Louis XIV interior and upholstery built for C.W. Gasque of Hampstead; as well as a 1932 Rolls Royce 20/25, 1934 Rolls Royce Phantom II, 1938 Rolls Royce Phantom III, and 1939 Rolls Royce Wraith. Sears' 1901 Mors which was the oldest in the collection, featured a 2.4 litre 4-cylinder engine and was initially owned by M. Fernand of Nancy, France; the 1903 Clement Talbot which he considered the cornerstone of his collection as he saved it from the scrap metal drives during World War II; a 1904 Mercedes which was originally raced at Brooklands during 1906/1908 racing season by Tom Faulkner, and later restored and rebuilt by C.R. Abbott in 1947; a 1914 Tourist Trophy Sunbeam, which was one of the original team cars for the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man in 1914 driven by Dario Resta; the 1914 Grand Prix Opel which originally competed in the 1914 Lyons French Grand Pris driven by Carl Joerns; a 1905 Rolls Royce 20 H.P. reconstructed from two identical chassis No. 40520 and No. 26350 replicating the Tourist Trophy Car driven by Percy Northey in the Isle of Man event in 1905; 1912 Rolls Royce; along with the 1923 Rolls Royce 20 H.P.; 1929 Supercharged 4 1/2 litre Bentley, which was the original number 2 car of the Henry Birkin/Dorothy Paget team of road racing cars. Sears personally rebuilt the car after purchasing it in 1955, and covered a mile at an average speed of 125.676 mph in 1959 proving the successful rebuild. Worldcat locates 1 similar copy (REVS Institute, FL (dated 1965)); See: Graham Gauld, Gentleman Jack: The Official Biography of Jack Sears (2008), pp. 121-147.