Humorous Fiction from Turtleman Used Books

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. Very little wear to book or dust jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked. A humorous tale of a family living in a four-star New York hotel: mother, kids, cat and pig. Shhh, the pig is a secret.

The second of three novels in the Drive In series. Rubs and chips at the corners and along the edges, with a corner crease at the lower left rear. Spine is uncreased and almost square. The pages are clean, tight, unmarked and somewhat tanned from age. Lansdale, 72, is a British author with over 150 titles… Read more about this item

A fairly rare title from Gene Stratton-Porter. Dust jacket shows a fair amount of wear and a water stain on the rear. To prevent further damage, a previous owner encased it in a mylar bookcover. The book has light blue fabric covered boards, with darker blue print on the front and spine. There is some wear… Read more about this item

Illustrated. One of a series of novels about the amusing adventures of Mrs. 'Arris from the 1950s and 60s. First edition. Little wear to the book other than a dampstain at the lower portion of the spine. The stain shows on the lower 5 cm of the dust jacket, about 3.5 cm of the spine itself, and 2.5 cm or… Read more about this item

Little wear to the book. Minor crimping to the dust jacket at the corners and head and tail of the spine. Set in Spokane, WA during the 1980 election. Reading this book brought Elmore Leonard to mind, some similarities in style and characters. Signed by the author on the title page.

Little wear, mainly at the head and tail of the spine. Cover is blue-gray fabric with stamped text and decoration on the front and spine, the front in two colors. Owner's name and date inside the front cover (Christmas 1910). Bookseller's sticker inside the back cover (Brentano's, Washington, D. C.). The deckle-edged pages are clean and… Read more about this item

Book shows little wear. Pale green boards with dark green print on the spine. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A couple of owner's names inside the front cover. The dust jacket shows a fair amount of wear and tear, mainly at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. Not price clipped.… Read more about this item

The book's cover shows chips and rubs at the edges and corners. The spine is uncreased. Pages are tight, intact and unmarked, with a couple of small spots of discoloration. To quote from a review, "Readers who can shiver and laugh at the same time will thoroughly enjoy the batlike swoops in and out of this modern… Read more about this item

Book shows very little wear. Black fabric with gilt print on the spine. The dust jacket is missing. The third of fife books in the Wilt series. Appears to be a rare book, with most still in the Eastern hemisphere.

Some wear, mainly at the corners. Red fabric may be a little faded, can't be sure. Pages are clean and tight, with no marks other than a name inside the front cover. Wilson is best known for his book Ruggles of Red Gap, which was made into a movie. This book is his first published novel.… Read more about this item

Large print edition. Little wear to the book, a number of mostly small tears to the perimeter of the dust jacket, most significant a 2.5 cm tear along the bottom edge of the rear over, visible in photo #2.

Little wear to the book, some mild shelf-wear to the dust jacket. A darkly humorous tale of a man who is writing a monograph on the Book of Job, while his wife seems to be giving him his own version of that same book, Pages are clean and tight.

First edition. Very little wear. Pages clean, tight and intact.

Trade paperback. Small amount of wear at the edges and corners. Spine is uncreased and the pages are clean and tight. Moore's irreverent take on Shakespeare's King Lear, as told by the jester.

Trade paperback. Minor wear along some of the edges. Spine is uncreased and the pages are clean and tight. A little bit of price sticker residue at the upper right of the front cover.

Trade paperback. Little wear, just some minor rubs and chips along the edges and at the corners. No creases on the spine and the pages are clean and tight. The first book of three in the Bloodsucking Love Story series.

Trade paperback. Some minor wear at the edges and corners. Pages are clean and tight, and the spine is uncreased. A phone number has been written inside the front cover.

Trade paperback. Little wear. One creased corner on the lower right front cover, and a tiny bit of shelf-wear to the lower edges. Pages are clean, tight and intact, and the spine has just one mild crease.

First edition. Very little wear to book or jacket. The fifteenth of twenty-nine novels in the Stephanie Plum series.