Search Results: May Sale from Turtleman Used Books

Book shows very little wear. Dust jacket has a couple of chips on the bottom edge. Harry Bosch #6. A body on a funicular railway. Can't say that every day.

First edition. Very little wear to book or dust jacket. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and bright. The third of four books in the Heritage of Shannara series.

Little wear. Underlining and margin notes in the preface, but none found in the main text. 319 pages, all clean and tight. First published in 1742. Appears to be a very rare book.

Trade paperback. Cover shows quite a bit of wear, most visible in the photos; it is also coming detached from the rest of the book. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Only a few of these on the market today.

Large trade paperback. Small amount of wear at the corners of the cover. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. (If you want to read some of James' novels, I will be listing them soon.) This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess postage cost is included in the list price.

No dust jacket. A small amount of wear at the base of the spine. Some spotting to the page edges. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Many black and white illustrations and a scattering of color plates as well. Some notes on the front glued endpaper. This book will ship at about two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price. This is a rare book, especially the 1971 printing. Although unstated, this is likely the first edition.

First edition, complete number line. Paper covered boards with gilt print on the spine, showing very little wear, other than oe bumped corner (front, top right). The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket shows some chips, crimps and rubs at the edges and corners, but with no tears. There is a crease on the rear of the jacket that appears to be an artifact of the manufacturing process.

First edition. The book shows little wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket shows some crimping and wear along the top edge and there is the remains of a couple of stickers on the back.

Originally published in 1992. No dust jacket. Very little wear other than a couple of small soiled spots on the upper page edges. The pages are otherwise clean, tight and unmarked.

First edition, complete number line. Book in sturdy, near new slip cover. The book looks near new itself, except for some wear and soiling to the rear cover. A notation on the front pastedown are the only marks within the book.

Mild wear. Cover has some chips and rubs. Spine is uncreased but slightly skewed. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked.

Very little wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The spine is square and uncreased. One corner of the cover has a small crease. And that's it.

If you are looking for a rare book, this just might be it. This is a novel from a writer who is not known for writing novels. Creswicke is mainly known for writing an eight-volume accounting of the Transvaal War.in South Africa. He also wrote a biography of some dude named Joseph Chamberlain, which itself runs to four volumes. I can find no indication that Creswicke ever wrote another novel, and very little information of this one. This novel does predate the works mentioned above. As far as I can tell, there are no other copies of this novel on the market today. The fabric of this book shows the wear of its 123 years, and a small tear at the upper edge of the spine can be seen in the second photo. The pages are all intact, although cut crudely, which may have been the technology of the time. A former nursing home library copy.

Very little wear, looks as though it has never been read. Other than age-related discoloration to the cover, one might be able to call it almost like new. However, I remember the role of computers in the early 1970s, and today is a whole different world. This book is probably of more use as a historical reference and might provide some interest in determining just how close they got with their predictions. The very first sentence, "...the number of computers in use in the United States has increased from around 100 in 1955 to close to 60,000 today,...", is almost comedic when looked at from today's standards where there are dozens of computers per household, in such mundane things as televisions, smart speakers, fit bits, refrigerators, and doorbells. If you want a historical perspective on how far computers have gone in just fifty years, this may be the book for you. This appears to be a rather rare book.

No dust jacket. Blue cloth cover shows wear at the corners and edges. Binding is solid. Owner's name inside front cover. Pages are clean and tight, with light pencil underlining and notes in places. Seems quite rare.

Worn all over the exterior, especially along the lower edges. Pages are tight and intact, with substantial underlining. History as it was up until the end of the Second World War. The book will ship at over three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

No dust jacket. Book shows wear at the corners and at the extremities of the spine, where the fabric is somewhat worn through. The pages are clean, tight and still rather bright. The only damage to the pages is shown in Photo #8. That little notch (about 3mm) is at the bottom edge of the pages and runs from page 31 to page 84, with the largest impact (shown) near the middle of that set of pages. Illustrated endpapers (photo #3), plus many illustrations throughout, some in color. A rare book. Part of the Rainbow Classics series from The World Publishing Company.

No dust jacket. Deep red cloth covers with gilt print on front and spine. Book has the expected wear along the edges and at the corners. Owner's name stamped inside the front cover. Pages are clean and tight, but the rear endpaper is split, and the spine is gaping there (see photo #4). The rear free side ot the endpaper is loose. This is a rare first edition.

Very little wear. Signed by the author on the title page. Very rare. Spine square and uncreased, pages clean and tight. A collection of essays, often whimsical.

A bit of wear, including a crease across the front cover, a few chips at the corners and edges and a number of spine creases. The spine remains square. Pages are clean and tight. Cover art by Ken Kelly. Number line is complete. Not rare, but not common, either.