Sylvester Helen (7 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Meet a little rowboat and his friends who work and play on the coast of Maine. Told by Helen Sylvester, with wonderful illustrations in watercolor by Chris Gray, which show Yellow Boatie's friends and workmates, including seals, mackies, seagulls, a family of mice, and their barn cat friend Haylee. The book takes you through the Maine seasons, as well as a rescue mission with John and his lobsterboat Magic Carpet. The watercolors bring out some of the everyday details of Maine life. the lobster buoys hanging in the barn, the grand old retired dory, Dorgan, how seagulls open mussel shells, the running of the mackerel, the call of the loons, and the all-important first signs of spring. Gray, Chris (illustrator). …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Meet a little rowboat and his friends who work and play on the coast of Maine. Told by Helen Sylvester, with wonderful illustrations in watercolor by Chris Gray, which show Yellow Boatie's friends and workmates, including seals, mackies, seagulls, a family of mice, and their barn cat friend Haylee. The book takes you through the Maine seasons, as well as a rescue mission with John and his lobsterboat Magic Carpet. The watercolors bring out some of the everyday details of Maine life. the lobster buoys hanging in the barn, the grand old retired dory, Dorgan, how seagulls open mussel shells, the running of the mackerel, the call of the loons, and the all-important first signs of spring. Gray, Chris (illustrator). …

Condition: very_good. Gray, Chris (illustrator).

Plastic comb binding. Condition: Very Good+. Book is in excellent condition. Scarce copy of the historical group who originally met around 1886 in homes to socialize and create handwork to sell to sustain their existence. They became incorporated in 1901. Recipes are signed (attributed) by contributors. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pages. Illustrated by Helen and John Sylvester (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Gray, Chris (illustrator).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 40pp. Newsprint [43cm x 27.5cm / 17" x 11"]. Ten bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form forty pages). Lightly and sporadically age-toned, a bit more so around edges and folds. Some very light and sporadic staining, creasing, toning. Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980, founded by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar, among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt, which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new, bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice. No compromise in the defense of Mother Earth!" (Dave Foreman, Editor). Rear cover half-page illustration by Brush Wolf is untitled and depicts two howling wolves standing atop an upside down bulldozer. Cover articles: "El Tigre: Doesn't Live Here Anymore" by Dan Dagget and "Undeveloped Lands In New England For Sale, Cheap" by Jamie Sayen. Other articles include "Connecticut River of Salmon Return" by Zapus Sylvester, "Quebec Ski Area Slides Over Local and Environmental Concerns" by Roger Sansterre, "Idaho Wilderness Gets the Axe!" by Somerset, "Deep Ecology and the New Civil Rights Movement" by Mike Roselle, "Conservation Biology and the Greater North Cascades Ecosystem" by Mitch Friedman, "The Neanderthal Gene" by Dave Foreman, and "Of Corporate Scum and Dirty Fingernails" by Jamie Sayen, amongst others. The "Nerthus" supplement insert on pages 19-22 focuses on the theme of paganism. Edward Abbey's book review of Richard Kazis and Richard L. Grossman's "Fear At Work: Job Blackmail, Labor, and the Environment" appears on page 25. The "Armed With Vision" poetry page is on page 35. "Earth First! Trinkets & Snake Oil" on page 36. Many illustrations throughout. Advertisements at the rear. …

Condition: Good. Folio. 125 pp. Very good with marginal staining and creasing along dustjacket. Hard covers with grey cloth boards. Dustjacket. 63 illustrations including 40 color plates. Inscribed and dated by photographer Dan Budnik on March 15, 2007. Includes essays by Irving Sandler, James Enyeart and David Sylvester and introduction by Rachael Blackburn Cozad and Helen A. Harrison. Published on occasion of traveling exhibit "Picturing Artists (1950s - 1960s): Photographs by Dan Budnik. Printed in Italy.…