Essays from Turtleman Used Books

Large trade paperback. A little wear at the corners and not much else. The spine is square and creaseless, and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally pubished in 1929. Edited by David Ray Griffin and Donald W. Sherburne. Consists of a series of lectures.

A collection of essays by students at IUPUFW who are the first person in their families to go to college. A scarce book. Little wear.

A periodical of limited distribution. Very nicely produced. Very little wear, may have never been read. Not many copies on the market at this time. Photo #3 shows the first of five pages of the table of contents. A lot packed into this journal.

A hardbound periodical, labeled "Gift Edition". This journal was only published between 1930 and 1932. This particular issue was dedicated to the concept of Immortality and contains 15 essays on the subject. The thin cover material shows wear at the corners and edges. The pages are tight, clean and a bit yellowed. A rare item.

The tooled leather cover has deteriorated substantially, with the two layers of the front cover having separated (photo #5) and the leather beginning to pull away from the spine (photo #6). Loss of leather has occurred along many edges. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The bookmark ribbon is still present, but no longer attached. An interesting… Read more about this item

A rare book. A collection of short essays about the couple's experiences while living in Prague. Originally published in an eZine, then accumulated into this little book. In excellent condition after 20 years.

First edition. Book has dark blue paper covered boards with light blue fabric over the spine. Shiny red print on the spine. Little wear. Dust jacket also shows little wear, just minor crimps at the corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A collection of essays by various past members of the United States Equestrian Team, recounting their experiences.… Read more about this item

This book is a collection of humorous essays written by a 10-year-old young lady in 1904. After fifty years in a scrapbook, they were copied by by the author's daughter, who then found a publisher, with the book being released in 1962. It went on to spend 66 weeks on the New York Times best seller list. … Read more about this item

A two-violume set, with ten essays in each volume. Cover has marbled paper and leather at the corners and the spine. Most of the wear is to the leather, which is now well over 100 years old. Pictured is a split in the leather along the spine hinge at the top rear of Volume I. A… Read more about this item

The book shows very little wear. The dust jacket is price clipped but otherwise shows little wear, as it is encased in a homemade plastic cover. Owner's nameplate inside the front cover. Endpapers are stsained from the tape used to make the bookcover. This book contains the work of three pervious volumes (see subtitle). Pages… Read more about this item

Minor wear at the corners and edges. A collection of essays on the author's observations of nature as it relates to the seasons. Although this is prose, Lampman was the Poet Laureate of Oregon for the last 3 years of his life. This collection was published posthumously, as Lampman passed away in 1954. Edited by V. S. Hidy. This is… Read more about this item

Very little wear. Spine is square and uncreased and there are no rubs or creases on the cover. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A stamp from the state fisheries department is on the first page. This is a rather rare and highly valued book.

A collection of columns orginally published in a variety of magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, The Readers Digest, and Good Housekeeping. These essays were originally published between 1930 and 1943. Book shows some wear at the corners and along the edges. Most significantly is a tear in the spine along the back edge from the top and… Read more about this item

A #1 nonficiton best seller in 1934. This is a collection of essays, often humorous, first published in the New Yorker magazine or elsewhere. This volume, published in 1936, was part ofthe 18th printing. Red cloth cover shows wear at the corners, top and bottom of the spine and all along the lower edges. No dust jacket. Deckle-edged pages are… Read more about this item

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 massive book on the Celts. Covers the time from the earliest archaeological evidence up to the early post-Roman period. This consists of 41 chapters written by a variety of authors, with many illustrations (the list of illustrations runs almost six pages). Book shows almost no wear, the dust jacket just a little more. Pages are… Read more about this item

No dust jacket, likely as issued. Complete number line. Very little wear to cover or pages. A small amount of Highlighting that seems to end by page 100. Each chapter (there are 65) is an essay on issues related to the book topic, by a large variety of authors. Comes with a sizeable literature cited… Read more about this item

Dust jacket has small spots of wear at some corners and edges, the book has less. Blue fabric covered boards with black print. A collection of humorous, perhaps satiric, essays on English history, with illustrations. Pages are clean, tight and bright, with no significant yellowing inside and some brown spotting on the top edges. This… Read more about this item

Little wear to the book. Deep red fabric is a bit darkened over the spine. Pages are tight and clean, with only a small mark on the front endpaper. No dust jacket. The book consists of an accounting of Kipling's travels across the North American continent from west to east, undertaken in 1889, following his travels… Read more about this item

The date on the title page indicates this to be a first edition. Additional copyright dates are given relative to the various works excerpted herein. This is a collection of selected passages from other Wolfe works. An image of the first page of the table of contents can be found in photo #5, the full table runs… Read more about this item