American History from Turtleman Used Books

Green fabric with gilt on the front and spine. Very little wear. The unclipped dust jacket is enclosed in a mylar cover, but suffered some wear at the base of the spine before that happened (see photo #3). Endpapers decorated with maps of the American West (Nevada and California in front, Utah and Colorado in the rear).… Read more about this item

First edition. Very little wear to book or jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Almost like new.

Stated first edition. No dust jacket. Green fabric cover shows discoloration on the front and rear, possibly from moisture. Did not affect the spine, where the fabric and gilt print are darkened a bit. Does not look as though the pages were impacted. They remain clean, tight and unmarked. Other than the discoloration, the… Read more about this item

First edition. No dust jacket. Green fabric covered boards with two-color stamped decoration and print on the front and spine. Fabric over the spine is a bit faded and shows a little mild wear at the top and bottom. The pages are clean and tight. and there is one hinge split in the rear (see photo #5), showing binding fabric,… Read more about this item

This is one of four books where the author presents her theories about 9/11 in a fictional form. This is far from the official accounts (and seems to be further "out there" than the typical 9/11 truther). Or, if this is where you are coming from, please disregard the above. Seems to be kinda rare. The book has… Read more about this item

In 1916, two young women, bored of the society scene in Auburn, NY, went west to take teaching jobs in the wilds of Northwest Colorado. Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood sent many letters home extolling their adventures in the Wild West. This biography/history was constructed from those letters by Dorothy's granddaughter. The book shows a little wear at the corners… Read more about this item

Published as campaign material during Lincoln's campaign for his first term in 1860. Cover of stamped dark brown fabric with gilt on the spine. Spine states "Honest Old Abe" followed by The Life of Abraham Lincoln and the authors name. A gilt axe and portrait of Lincoln precedes the publisher's name at the base of the spine. The free portions… Read more about this item

Stated first edition. Little wear to book or dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Illustrated.

Dust jacket shows wear along the edges and has a 1.5 cm tear att he top of the spine. The book itself shows very mild wear for its age. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Covers all presidents up to Nixon's first term.

No dust jacket. Very little wear. Blue fabric covered boards with a waxy-feeling coating, with gilt print on the spine. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with many maps and illustrations, all in black and white. May have never been read. The tale of a Native American who made a trip similar to Lewis and Clark, with less support… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. No mention of additional printings or editions, so possibly a first. Black fabric covered boards with silver decoration on the front. Yellow/green print on the front and spine. Little wear to the exterior, other than a couple of impact marks on the top edge (see photo #3). A hinge split in the front endpaper (see photo #4)… Read more about this item

Cover looks like leather or a good imitation. Some wear at the ends of the spine and a small (1 cm) gouge taken out of the lower edge. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket has a couple of small tears on the front (one top edge, one bottom edge), and some minor wear at the corners. Not… Read more about this item

Very little wear to the book or the dust jacket. White fabric covered boards with the graphics of the dust jacket repeated on the front and spine of the book. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Many illustrations. A quite rare book.

A collection of 14 pamphlets, brochures and booklets relating to aspects of California history. I have been able to find most of these items offered for sale online, and if you were to buy the cheapest ones out there, you would end up paying $170 or more and still not have them all. I think my price is a… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt print and decoration stamped on the front and spine. Spine is darkened a little. Some mild edgewear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with many illustrations. This would be a very good book, other than one problem. The binding has split behind the endpaper, at the half-title page. Not just showing… Read more about this item

Very little wear to the book or the dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Many illustrations. The story of an American survivor from the Battle of the Alamo. First edition.

This is a package of six booklets about California, all published between 1915 and 1965. Included are the following: California's Historical Monuments published by PG&E in 1965 (48 pp.); Old Mission Tales by Kate P. Sieghold, published in 1915 (20 pp.), including two tickets to Mission San Juan Capistrano (date unknown) and a brochure about the Franciscan Missions along… 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

No dust jacket. The green fabric covered boards show little wear, mainly at the corners and the ends of the spine. Brown and gilt embossed decoration and title on the front cover and spine, with brown printed and embossed publisher's logo on the rear cover. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. There is the… Read more about this item

Exterior of the book shows some wear at the corners and the head and tail of the spine. One 8 mm tear to the fabric along the lower rear edge. The pages are, for the most part, clean, tight and unmarked. Minimal tanning. One plate near the middle has come loose, and a small group of pages (5) were torn… Read more about this item