Anthology from Turtleman Used Books

A collection of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, from well over 200 authors, organized by language of origin. Hinge splits showing binding fabric have occurred inside of the endpapers in the front and rear (see photos #3 and 4). Red fabric covered boards are faded over the spine but show little other wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked,… Read more about this item

Dust jacket is badly worn and shows water stains. The book cover showed the impact of that somewhat muddy water, until I cleaned it up. Looks much better now. The water appears not to have reached the pages, which are clean, tight and unmarked. A fairly scarce book.

First American edition, first printing. Complete number line. Very little wear, almost like new. The dust jacket has some minor crimping along the top edge and there is a crease on the half title page. A collection of ten short science fictions stories, translated from the original Chinese. This is a scarce and highly valued… Read more about this item

Stated first edition. A collection of submissions from about 800 poets, most getting one page to provide 1-3 poems. Presented alphabetical by author, from Virginia C. Abbott to Jose Zakus. In a random search I found about one in eight to have published any significant other works of poetry. Vantage Press was a notorious vanity publisher, found in 1990… Read more about this item

First edition thus. A retrospective of Searle's first 20 years of exceptional cartooning. All illustrations in black and white. No dust jacket (likely as published). Very little wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with decorated endpapers.

A collection of thirteen mystery short stories, ranging from six to 74 pages in length, all sharing the qualification of being about crimes set in the world of books. This book is quite recent, moderately scarce and well valued. Most copies seem to be asking near cover price or more, but mine, with very little wear, is still… Read more about this item

This is volume four of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. Blue fabric covered boards show mild wear at the corners. Gilt on the spine has darkened to near invisibility. Binding is solid and the pages are clean and unmarked. Photo #3 shows the first of four pages of the… Read more about this item

This is volume six of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories. Green fabric covered boards with wear at the corners. Gilt on the spine and the top page edges. Contains ten short detective stories by six different authors, including two by A. Conan Doyle and one by Alexandre Dumas. … Read more about this item

Volume three of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. Blue fabric covered boards with nearly invisible gilt print on the spine. Fabric shows mild wear at the corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Photo #3 shows the first of four pages of the table of contents. Includes five poems each from Lewis… Read more about this item

Volume four of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series, The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories. Green fabric covered boards with still shiny gilt print on the spine. A partial split has formed in the front endpaper. Contains ten short detective stories, including two each by G. K. Chesterton and Agatha Christie, as well as five other authors. A chance… Read more about this item

The seventh volume of ten in Funk and Wagnall's The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories series. Shiny green fabric covered boards with equally shiny gilt print and decoration on the spine, showing only mild wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked (other than a few pencil check marks on the table of contents). Contains ten… Read more about this item

Volume five of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. Blue fabric covered boards show wear at the corners and edges and a small soiled area on the rear cover. Gilt on the spine is almost worn off. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The third photo shows the first of five pages of… Read more about this item

Volume 8 of 10 in Funk & Wagnall's series, The World's Best 100 Detective Stories. Bright green fabric covered boards with gilt print and decoration on the spine. Mild wear along the edges and at the corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Contains ten short detective stories by six different authors. I have… Read more about this item

Volume two of ten in Funk & Wagnall's 1929 series The World's One Thousand Best Poems. This volume contains poems from the Bible and 32 other poets. Photo #3 shows the first of four pages in the table of contents. If you have part of this series, here's another, or maybe you can start collecting with this one. I have… Read more about this item

Nothing worse than having an incomplete set of books. Here, I have some volumes to help you fill out your set. This is Volume IV. I also have volumes V, VIII, and IX. The fabric is faded over the spine and there is a little wear atthe corners. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Contains 10 short stories. (When you… Read more about this item

Nothing worse than having an incomplete set of books. Here, I have some volumes to help you fill out your set. This is Volume IV. I also have volumes V, VIII, and IX. This particular volume has a split in the from endpaper and both front and rear covers have creases running top to bottom. … Read more about this item

Stated first edition. Paper covers with purple cloth over the spine. Gilt decoration on the cover and gilt print on the spine. Little wear to the cover other than a bit of edgewear at the lower edge of the spine. The pages appear to be clean, tight and unmarked, and the binding is solid. Looks as if a name has… Read more about this item

A collection of twelve scifi vampire stories by Ray Bradbury, Dean Ing, Roger Zelazny and others. Little wear, with a few chips around the edges and a single crease on the square spine. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked.

Wear includes chips along the edges and a single shallow crease on the spine, which remains square. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with a bit of tanning. Page edges are dyed yellow all around. A collection of ten fantasy short stories by Parke Godwin, Tanith Lee, Jor Jennings, Michael Shea, John Kessel, Suzette Haden Elgin,… Read more about this item

25 stories of real medical work in places arouond the world. Some names and details are changed for the sake of privacy, but all are true stories. The book shows very little wear. Spine square and uncreased. Owner's name inside the front cover. Pages are clean, tight and bright.