Recent Arrivals from Turtleman Used Books

This book shows very little wear. I have to admit to being quite surprised by the rarity and demand for this particular member of the franchise. I promise my price is less than most of the books that showed in my search.

A movie tie-in edition. The cover shows many rubs, chips and creases. The spine is still square, and the only tear is a 1 cm split where the front cover meets the top of the spine. The pages are clean and tight, with age-related tanning. A rare book.

No significant wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Find yourself in a forest. Filled with many full color photographs of forest scenes. A very nice book.

Really mild wear for its age. The cover has small creases at the front corners and light chips and bumps at the edges and corners. The spine has a couple of creases but remains square. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with slight yellowing. A rather rare book. Anchor book #A53.

Minor wear. The spine has a few creases but remains square. The covers show a little crimping along the lower edge and some scuffing at the corners of the spine. There is a wrinkled area and a crease at the top corner of the back cover at the spine (see photo #4). It looks like an… Read more about this item

A history of Notre Dame of Paris. Shows very little wear. I described it as a paperback, but the cover is really made of some quite stiff tagboard, much heavier than the standard paperback. The spine shows not creases and remain square. Minimal wear to the cover or to the pages. The previous owner's name inside the front cover. No… Read more about this item

Stated first edition. Lightly worn for a book over 60 years old. The cover is mildly worn and a bit discolored. The pages are tight and intact, with a scattering of check marks in the margins and a small amount of underlining, all in pencil. With an index. A scarce book.

First edition. Very little wear to the book or the dust jacket. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Remainder mark on the lower surface. Includes a bibliography and index.

Very little wear other than a few tiny scratches to the cover. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A scarce book.

First edition. A collection of six short stories. Very little wear to the book. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket has minor wear at the corners.

No significant wear. Spiral bound to lay flat. Filled with hundreds of full color photographs.

Very little wear to the book or dust jacket. The pages are clean and tight, with lots of illustrations, many (perhaps most) in color. Maps on the endpapers. Introduction by Giulio Carlo Argan, University of Rome. Art presented chronologically, by seven different authors.

A collection of 22 science fiction short stories. The book shows very little wear. The dust jacket has wear along the edges and at the corners, but very mild for a book almost 50 years old. Rather rare. Jacket art by Richard V. Corben. Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg.

Very little wear. Minor shelf wear on the lower edge and a little dusty on top. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Fifteen short stories and an introduction by Poul Anderson. Cover art by Richard V. Corben. A scarce book.

Cover shows a little wear, at the hinges, and a couple of bumped corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with green dye on the top edges and some foxing on the lateral edges. The dust jacket shows some soiling and small stains, with about a half-dozen short tears (all < 3 cm), and edge wear at… Read more about this item

Translated from the original Russian. Published in the USSR. The book shows very little wear other than one spot where the board is showing, at the top left rear corner, at the hinge. The pages are tight and intact, with some underlining, margin notes, and extracurricular embellishment of some illustrations. Additional notes at the end of the book. The dust… Read more about this item

Seventh printing, about 1961. Formerly a part of the collection of the Multnomah Country Library of Portland, OR. Doesn't look as if it was read too often, as it remains in pretty good shape. The red cloth covered boards show little wear and the pages are clean and tight with a library stamp on the upper edges.… Read more about this item

Little wear to the book. Bright red cover shows no significant wear. The deckle-edged pages are clean and tight with some foxing on the edges. The dust jacket has some mild crimping at the corners and edges of the spine, and one small tear (5 mm) at the upper edge of the rear surface. A rare… Read more about this item

Stated first edition. Little wear. The book shows some mild shelf wear at the lower corners and wear from opening at the hinge edges. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. There is a record of the purchase written on the rear pastedown, under the jacket flap. A scarce book.

Imagine what would happen to our modern world if a mutant organism developed the ability to metabolize the polymer bonds in all the ubiquitous plastics around us. These authors did that, and it isn't good for the humans. Very little wear to the book and only slightly more to the dust jacket. The jacket does have a couple of short… Read more about this item