Short Stories from Turtleman Used Books

A collection of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, from well over 200 authors, organized by language of origin. Hinge splits showing binding fabric have occurred inside of the endpapers in the front and rear (see photos #3 and 4). Red fabric covered boards are faded over the spine but show little other wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked,… Read more about this item

First American edition, first printing. Complete number line. Very little wear, almost like new. The dust jacket has some minor crimping along the top edge and there is a crease on the half title page. A collection of ten short science fictions stories, translated from the original Chinese. This is a scarce and highly valued… Read more about this item

A pristine copy of this classic edition from the Heritage Club. The book shows no wear that I can find other than some fading over the spine. Comes in a black slipcover which also shows no obvious wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with speckled edges. The boards are covered with patterned paper and… Read more about this item

A collection of short stories set in East Asia, with a western feel. Faux leather covers, showing just the tiniest of shelf wear on the lower edge. No other wear that I can find. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Somewhat rare.

A collection of thirteen mystery short stories, ranging from six to 74 pages in length, all sharing the qualification of being about crimes set in the world of books. This book is quite recent, moderately scarce and well valued. Most copies seem to be asking near cover price or more, but mine, with very little wear, is still… Read more about this item

This is volume six of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories. Green fabric covered boards with wear at the corners. Gilt on the spine and the top page edges. Contains ten short detective stories by six different authors, including two by A. Conan Doyle and one by Alexandre Dumas. … Read more about this item

Volume four of ten in Funk & Wagnall's series, The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories. Green fabric covered boards with still shiny gilt print on the spine. A partial split has formed in the front endpaper. Contains ten short detective stories, including two each by G. K. Chesterton and Agatha Christie, as well as five other authors. A chance… Read more about this item

The seventh volume of ten in Funk and Wagnall's The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories series. Shiny green fabric covered boards with equally shiny gilt print and decoration on the spine, showing only mild wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked (other than a few pencil check marks on the table of contents). Contains ten… Read more about this item

Volume 8 of 10 in Funk & Wagnall's series, The World's Best 100 Detective Stories. Bright green fabric covered boards with gilt print and decoration on the spine. Mild wear along the edges and at the corners. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Contains ten short detective stories by six different authors. I have… Read more about this item

Signed by the author on the title page. A book of short folktales from around the world, to be read by or told to children of any age. The author has been officially proclaimed as "Seattle's Resident Storyteller". Little wear. The spine is uncreased and the pages are clean and tight. Mild wear at the corners. A rare book made… Read more about this item

The tenth volume of ten in Funk & Wagnall's The World's Best 100 Detective Stories. This volume offers eleven stories from four authors: Herbert Jenkins, Harvey O'Higgins, Baroness Orczy, and Karl W. Detzer. Here is a chance to add to a partial collection or start a new collection. Green fabric covered boards show mild wear. Gilt print and decoration on… Read more about this item

A rare copy of Encore magazine from 1945. Mild wear for a magazine almost 80 years old. Just a few illustrations. Note the list of authors on the photo of the front cover. An interesting collection of short stories and essays from an ecclectic group of authors.

The ninth volume of ten in Funk & Wagnall's The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories. The theme for this volume is ghost stories. Here is a chance to add to a partial collection or start a new collection. Red fabric covered boards show mild wear. Color a bit faded over the spine and the gilt… Read more about this item

The eighth volume of ten in Funk & Wagnall's The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories with the theme of stories about Men. If you have a partial set or want to collect a set, this could be a good place to start. Red fabric covers show mild wear at the edges and corners. The rear cover… Read more about this item

The fifth of ten volumes in Funk & Wagnall's series The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories. These ten stories are on the theme of drama. If you have part of this set, or you want to start collecting, here's a good beginning. The red fabric is stained in a couple places, faded a little over the spine, and worn… Read more about this item

Tan fabric covered boards show some wear along the edges and a bit of staining front and back, but generally not too bad for its age. Front and rear free endpapers have been removed. The frontispiece has been decorated with crayon (see photo #4), as has been one of the many illustrations within. Some stories have been graced with pencil… Read more about this item

Nothing worse than having an incomplete set of books. Here, I have some volumes to help you fill out your set. This is Volume IV. I also have volumes V, VIII, and IX. The fabric is faded over the spine and there is a little wear atthe corners. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Contains 10 short stories. (When you… Read more about this item

Nothing worse than having an incomplete set of books. Here, I have some volumes to help you fill out your set. This is Volume IV. I also have volumes V, VIII, and IX. This particular volume has a split in the from endpaper and both front and rear covers have creases running top to bottom. … Read more about this item

Blue fabric, discolored at the top and the spine. Gilt text on the front, can't say what the original color printing on the spine. Fabric is worn at the corners and the extremes of the spine, with a small piece peeling off near the top of the spine (see photos). Contains eight short stories of Little Nannette of Brittany, with… Read more about this item

First American edition. Translated from the original Italian. Dust jacket shows significant wear, with tears at all the corners and along the edges, and a piece missing from the rear lower right (see photos). Light green fabric covered boards with an embossed image on the front and gilt print and decoration stamped on the spine. The fabric is darkened along… Read more about this item