Authors starting with F from Nan's Book Shop

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Mikolaycak, Charles. Here is the story of one day inthe lifeof a young peasant girl who lived in Domremy, France in 1425. The day during which this story takes place is precious to the girl because it is her feast day, the day on which she becomes twelve years old. She has gone to mass, received a beautiful present and is minding her family's sheep with something quite extraordinary takes place. The girl of th... more information

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New York: Educational Publishing Company, 1915. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This book is very engaging because it touches upon so many subjects and has numerous photographs and drawings to illustrate the subject. The cloth binding is light green with black lettering and decoration. The corners are worn, one through to the board underneath. The spine is rounded with no lettering. The boards have some dark spots on them. The spine is tight. 240 pages, some have small spots; one has a tear that has been... more information

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Doubleday & Company, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Binding is very good with wear to the spine edges. Spine is tight. Starts with an index to the world, then a color explanation and diagram of the solar system. Beautiful full-color maps are included, with a section regarding principal l akes, oceans and seas of the world, dimenstions of the earth etc. Great for crossword puzzles! 256 pages, fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1994. No Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Farb, Nathan. This truly incredible volume is a reprint from 1985. Paul Jamieson provides an introduction to the Adirondack Park. The photographs are separated by subject, including Streams, Rivers, and Waterfalls, From the Mountain Tops, Lakes and Ponds, In the Woods, and By the Road. There is also a map of Adirondack Park. The author/photographer spent a great number of hours in these woods as a boy, and s... more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1962. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Spanfellar, James J.. Who was the strange boy that Charlotte and Emma met in the lane one morning on their way to school? Where did he come from? Why was he here? Whoever he was, he taught each of the children in the small English village to fly like birds during that wonderful, never-to-be-forgotten summer. There was an eerie and exciting moonlight flight, day-long expeditions to a remote and lovely little lake, and one daring jouney to t... more information

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Lyon, MS: Derrydale Press, 1997. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket. Hunt, Lynn Bogue. NEW - This book about Atlantic Game Fishing covers the sport from Martha's Vineyard and Cape Hatteras down to Florida, Bahamas and Bermuda, and all the way up to Nova Scotia. It also has a section on Tackle and Ethics. This Blue Water Classics collection was printed in a quantity of only 2,500. The print is delightfully large (no eyestrain here!) and is a reprint from the original published 1937 by the Kennedy Br... more information

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New York: William Morrow & Company, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The main character in this book is Frug, a giant lizard. He is young and learns about other animals and the tall animals on two legs. He has an anteater as an educator. A great book for boys! The cover has wear at the bottom and top corners, and the cloth is bent over at the spine.There are a few marks on the front of the cover, none on the back. 276 pages, no tears, a few spots on a few pages. 8vo - over 7&frac3... more information

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Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.: UXL, 1998. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Photographs. These two volumes serve as very interesting textbooks to the WWII Holocaust. They provide a comprehensive range of historical information and current commentary on the Holocaust, when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party attempted to systematically eliminate the Jews of Europe, as well as other "enemies of the state" which included gypsies and homosexuals. The set looks at Jewish life in Germany before the ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. With colorful narrative detail this book, the companion volume to The History Channel series of the same name, brings to dramatic life the extraordinary stories behind 20 groundbreaking achievements in the field of medical science. It is a field populated by the bold, eccentric, and inventive likes of Werner Forssmann, a doctor who had so much confidence in his theory of catheters being inserted into human... more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This novel was the basis for the movie of the same name, from 1929. The son and heir to a family business travels to Paris to try to stop his youth-obsessed mother from squandering the family fortune with her new husband, who has married her for her money. Eventually, she is abandoned by her gigolo husband and has lost her fortune. Her son, who had tried to save her, begins accomanying rich old women around Paris' nightlife, becomi... more information

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Switzerland: Edition Stemmle, 1997. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Fernandez, Benedict J.. As early as 1968 Benedict J. Fernandez documented the confrontation between highly vocal minorities and the "quiet majority." A number of photographs from that time have been reproduced in this book. Here was a new phenomenon, even for late-1960s America: The confrontation with minorities who saw it as a part of their constitutional right to free speech that the public would also listen to their views. M... more information

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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. The author of this memoir lived in Japan during her childhood, and her adult years in the United States. She went back to Japan in the 1990's to tend to her gravely ill grandmother; modern postwar Japan made a great impression on her, which she discusses in juxtaposition with her life in the United States. Many subjects are important to both countries including facets of how the war affected individuals, bir... more information

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New York: Atheneum Publishing. Hard Cover. Very Good. Gwyn Brown, Judith. Slight wear at the edges. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club. 74 pages, no yellowing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: B. T. Batford, Ltd., 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Various. Looking after textiles requires an infinite capacity for taking pains, whether in the prevention or treatment of damage. Both these aspects receive consideration here, but there is particular emphasis on textile care; carried out properly, it can prevent serious damage to items in good condition, and is important in maintaining what has received treatment in a stable condition. There is advice on preventive conservation - ca... more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. This is the first in a series of "Elsie Dinsmore" books. Living with her uncle’s family on a southern plantation in the mid-nineteenth century, motherless eight-year-old Elsie finds it difficult to establish a relationship with her worldy father who seems indifferent to her and her religious principles. This book is humorous as well, maybe because it was written in the 1890's; most of Elsie's problems result in her crying. ... more information

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New York: Weatherhill, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs, Drawings. This is a beautiful cloth-bound volume. During the Meiji period (1868-1912) the Japanese laid the foundations for what is now the most advanced nation in Asia. Like Victorian Britian, a potent model, Meiji Japan was characterized by faith in progress, civilization and the growth of empire. The architecture and feats of engineering described and illustrated in this volume stand as monuments to the dynamism and ambitions... more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. John Fischer believes that there are several clearly discernable reasons why the Soviet Russians behave as they do. First, the havoc wrought by the Nazi invaders has convinced them that they can never again let their security be jeopardizd by a state of affairs like that of prewar years. Other pressures - historic, economic, and political - have molded the Soviet habits of thought and action into a clearly defined pat... more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. A compilation of stories previously published in the magazine Harpers. Includes short stories by such authors as Mark Twain, E. B. White, Jean Kerr, James Thurber, A.B. Guthrie, Jr., Shirley Jackson, John Updike and many others. 304 pages including index; no marks or tears noted. The medium green cloth binding has a spot on the front that is much lighter than the rest. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Aladdin Books, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reed, Walt. This is the story of a family moving West from their tired farmland in the Ozarks to get a homestead in the Promised Land. Like many others they were going to participate in a race at the Cherokee Strip to win land, and they had a special horse named Sprinter. Their daughter, Becky, was responsible for feeding him and taking care of this special horse while they made their way very slowly (25 miles a day) toward the... more information

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Chicago, IL: Associated Authors, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Collier, Corina Melder. The bright red and yellow binding cover a book full of fun for groups of people. It includes simple rules for a successful party, ice breakers and partner finders, quiet games, active and inactive games, races and relay, and pencil and paper games. Also included are games to be played in the car, parties for special occasions and parties for each month of the year. There are pencil checks next to some... more information

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