Nan’s Book Shop

Childproof: Cartoons About Parents and Children

CHAST, ROZ · 1997

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York: Hyperion, 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Roz Chast. New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast created this clever cartoon collection, part how-to manual and part operating instructions when you find yourself sharing your home with one or more st...

County Fair

EMERY, ANNE · 1953

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Philadelphia: MacRae Smith Company, 1953. Hardcover. I don't normally list ex-library books, but this one is interesting and has a tiny stamp on the title page, with the next page listing the library name in punch out dots, which is hard to see. The sweet smell of new-mown hay...

Looneyspoons: Low-Fat Food Made Fun!

PODLESKI, JANET & GRETA · 1997

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Fairfield, IA: Granet Publishing Inc, 1997. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Illustrated by Martin, Ted. A collection of over 150 outrageously delicious low-fat recipes, the book includes humorous cartoons and plenty of good advice on how to keep losing once the novelty wears off....

Friday's Child

LAMBERT, JANET · 1947

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Hardcover. Cover is good, wear at all corners. Cover itself is printed to look like cloth, and has a necklace with locket on the front. Prior owner's name written on inside cover. A Jordon Book, dedicated to "all those girls whose letters I have been un...

Walt Disney's Donald Duck, Some Ducks Have All the Luck

1987

$5.50 (€4.99 | £4.16 | ¥878)

Western Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. #102-56. Cover is very good, slight discoloring on lower left. Pages are fine, no marks or tears, and fully illustrated. 6.5" x 7.75" high. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

MORIER, JAMES; FOREWORD BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY · 1937

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Random House, 1937. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Cyrus L Baldridge. This beautiful book is a thrilling novel of Hajji Baba's life. It is very well illustrated with full-page color illustrations, and partial page line illustrations, black & whi...

The Murderer Is a Fox

QUEEN, ELLERY · 1945

$0.01 (€0.01 | £0.01 | ¥2)

Boston: Little, Brown, 1945. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 231 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

The English Roses - Too Good to Be True

MADONNA · 2006

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York: Callaway, 2006. First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Stacy Peterson. Five girls are best friends - Amy, Binah, Charlotte, Grace, and Nicole. They do everything together; dancing, homework, ic-skating, picnicss, sleepover parties. The arrirval of a new student, D...

Frida Kahlo; the Still Lifes

GRIMBERG, SALOMON; FOREWORD BY HAYDEN HERRERA · 2008

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York: Merrill, 2008. Hardcover. Illustrated by Frida Kahlo. This is a beautiful volume of Frida Kahlo's Still Lifes. Salomon Grimberg offers original interpretations and a unique insight into the life and work of this extraordinary artist. New in shrink wrap. Likely a firs...

On Wings of Mourning: On Journey Through Grief and Recovery

ROWLEY, CAROL A. AND WILLIAM J. · 1984

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Waco, TX: Word Books Publisher, 1984. Hardcover. In this book the authors share the story of their journey through grief and recovery following the loss of their daughter to cancer. They were asking whether it was possible to find something of great value as a consequence of l...

The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination

HOBERMAN, MARY ANN; WINSTON, LINDA · 2010

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, NY: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2010. Hardcover. Ranging from the birth of the universe to the age of the dinosaurs to our own arrival on earth, this spectacular collection of poems will inspire you to praise our prehistoric past, think like a tree, and marvel at the mi...

Curious Mystery of the Eleventh Hour

BASE, GRAEME · 1989

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover, Pictorial. Illustrated by Base, Graeme. An elephant's eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour, but when the time to eat arrives, the birthday fe...

Unsafe on Any Burner: Misadventures of a Rookie Cook

GOSMAN, FRED · 1998

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Bashford & O'Neill, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fred Gosman had an old-fashioned marriage. His wife cooked, and he ate. But when his 22 year marriage ended. He was forced to fend for himself. He made a life changing decision - he would learn to cook! ...

America After Life

LAUGS, MARTHA; KLETKE, DANIEL · 2000

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Germany: Gina Kehayoff Pub, 2000. Hardcover. Illustrated by Photographs. The images assembled in this volume are photographs depicting American cemetaries and graves. They represent a spotlight collection of notes, commentary, documentation, and witness. During several trips t...

Science Fiction: Daw 30th Anniversary

VARIOUS · 2002

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Bergenfield, New Jersey, U. S. A.: Daw Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a compendium of science fiction short stories that have appeared in DAW in the last thirty years. The stories appear in chronological order, based on the first time the author was published i...

Tom Thumb

1960

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Illustrated by Izawa, T. and Hijikata, S.. No date found on this book; probably from the 1960s. People and animal puppets were used, as well as other props to tell the story. Scenes are set up and photographed; all are in brilliant color....

Pollyanna's Debt of Honor

LUMMIS SMITH, HARRIET · 1927

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1927. Hardcover, Cloth. One in a series of "Pollyana" books. The purple binding has gilt lettering. The corners and spine ends are moderately worn. The spine is a bit lightened. 332 pages, a gift inscription, written in pencil, is in the front, ot...

Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas

UTTLEY, ALISON · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

San Diego, CA: Butterscotch Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover, Pictorial. Illustrated by Tempest, Margaret. Originally published in 1939, this version has been abridged. Little grey rabbit, along with squirrel and hare all had a wonderful Christmas day. They went sledding,...

Journey for Three

HOLLAND, ISABELLE · 1974

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

Middletown, CT: Weekly Reader Books, 1974. Hardcover. Illustrated by Robinson, Charles. The story of three orphans and their attempt to find, and keep, a home that will be open to allowing all of them to live together. They aren't related and look nothing like each other, even...

Affairs at State

AFFAIRS AT STATE · 1965

$6.02 (€5.46 | £4.56 | ¥961)

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. This book is a career diplomat's candid appraisal of the U. S. Foreign Service in 1965. The writer tired of his Service being debased by the White House, congressional committees, and the American people. Thi...