Romance from Turtleman Used Books

No dust jacket. Green textured paper covered boards with red print on the spine and wear at the corners and spine. Map on endpapers. Owner's bookplate on the ffep. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A scarce book.

No dust jacket. Black front cover has a couple of white spots in the lower right quadrant. Gilt print on the spine. Impact mark on the upper right corner (see photo #2). One owner's name on the ffep, other's bookplate on the front pastedown. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, lightly age toned. Set during the Chinese Civil… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Gray textured paper covered boards, with minor wear mainly at the corners. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with red-dyed top edges. A scarce book.

No dust jacket. Possibly a first edition, but that is not stated. The blue-grey fabric covering the boards shows little wear other than some soil and discoloration on the spine. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate inside the front cover. Fairly scarce.

Stated first edition. Green fabric covered boards show some wear at the head and tail of the spine, yet still intact at the corners. The dust jacket is badly worn and in two pieces. It has been folded inside the book for untold decades. Also within the book is a clipping of an interview with the… Read more about this item

First edition. No dust jacket. A romance of ancient India, mystical and magical. Illustrated, some in color. The exterior shows some mild wear. The interior is clean, tight and unmarked, with the owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover.

A rare paperback, it has not been treated too well. The front cover was coming loose from the bottom of the spine until someone decided to put a stop to that with a piece of clear tape. A tear from the lower edge of the back cover has also been repaired with tape that was added to the inside. The… Read more about this item

Stated first edition. No dust jacket. Black fabric covered boards with silver print on the spine. The cover shows a bit of damage, possibly from water, on the lower 5 cm of the spine (see photo #4). This water does not appear to have reached the pages. The spine is cocked slightly. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The… Read more about this item

Little wear, just a few minor chips at the edges and corners. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Set in Northern Ireland during "the troubles". Recent publication.

Translated from the original Japanese. First published in Japan in 2015. A story about a special coffee shop where some people are able to travel back in time, but only until the coffee cools. Very little wear, to book or dust jacket.

Probably a first edition. No other editions mentioned, and my research indicates that there were no hardcover reprints until 1974. The book shows moderate shelf wear on the lower edge. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket shows wear in all the places you'd expect after over 65 years, with chips and tears at all the… Read more about this item

First edition, first printing. Vary little wear to the book or dust jacket. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, other than a 5 cm black mark on the top page edges. The second of nine novels in Deveraux's Edilean series.

First edition, signed by the author on an inserted page just inside the front free endpaper. Special signed first edition. No significant wear, almost like new.

First edition. Signed by the author on the title page, with a very brief inscription. Set in Roslyn, WA in the 1930s, based in part on actual events. No significant wear. The spine is square and uncreased, the pages are clean and tight.

Stated first edition. Signed by the author on the title page, with a very brief inscription. Also includes the author's business card. Very little wear. The spine is square and uncreased; the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Set in Roslyn, WA (the town where they shot Northern Exposure) in the 1930s. Romance, murder, unionism and religious themes. A fairly… Read more about this item

Signed by the author with brief inscription, inside the front cover. Little wear. Spine has one crease. Glued binding failed at that crease and has been reglued. Pages are clean and unmarked. A rare book.

Well worn yet still readable. Hinge splits front and rear. The front split has resulted in the free endpaper to the frontispiece coming loose. Tan fabric over the boards is worn along many edges and deteriorating at the top and bottom of the spine (see photos). Pages are fairly tight and unmarked. The copyright date… Read more about this item

First edition. Green fabric covered boards, with two-color decoration and print on front and spine. Well worn at the corners and edges, as well as head and tail of the spine. Darkened over the spine. Owner's name inside the front cover. Hinge splits after the title page and in the rear endpaper. The pages are clean and unmarked, with four… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. The date on title page matches the date on the copyright page, so I presume this is likely to be a first edition. The green cloth covers show mild wear for its age, worn through only at the top and bottom of the rear spine hinge. The book is marred by hinge splits front and rear. The… Read more about this item

A small amount of wear. The covers have a few chips along the edges, the spine is skewed a little, with 3-4 creases. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1943. A rather scarce book in better than average condition. Really doesn't look 50 years old.