Memoir from Turtleman Used Books

Stated first edition. Blue fabric covered boards with black signature on the front cover and gilt in a black box on the spine. Some stains on the rear cover. Fabric is worn through at two corners. Illustrated with a collection of photographs. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with age-related tanning.

First edition. A memoir about ranching life along the Snake River's Hell's Canyon, which forms the border between Idaho and Oregon. Black textured paper covered boards show wear at the edges and corners. Map of the area on the endpapers. Owner's bookplate sticker on the front pastedown. THe pages are clean, tight and unmarked, the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Book shows a small amount of shelf-wear along the lower edge. The unclipped dust jacket has some crimping and wear along the upper and lower edges. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A rather scarce book.

Trade paperback, showing very little wear. The spine is square and creaseless. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A group of four or five pages have a tiny crease at the top corner. The owner's name is embossed on the title page.

A Danish explorer's memoir of his various expeditions into the arctic, both from the Northeast and the Northwest. A map of his various journeys is printed on the endpapers (see photo). No dust jacket. The book shows very little wear, and the deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Owner's bookplate sticker on the front endpaper.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Book shows a little wear, primarily in the bent upper right front corner of the cover and the first few pages. The spine is square and creaseless, and the pages are clean tight and bright. This is the story of the last sailing ship fleet to make the arduous round trip between the markets of Europe and the grain producing… Saber más sobre este artículo

A true story of some evangelists who ran afoul of an old religious law in Greece, and the consequences of their actions. The book shows very little wear other than tanned pages. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean and tight.

First edition. Book shows just a small amount of wear at the tail of the spine. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The remains of a yellow piece of paper is glued to the front endpaper. The dust jacket is worn at the usual places, crimped over the head and tail of the spine and frayed at three of… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition. No dust jacket. Sky blue fabric covered boards, faded to tan over the spine. Silver print in a black box on the spine. Wear to the cover is mild. The pages are clean, tight and gently yellowed (mellowed?). Authored by George Bernard Shaw's long-time secretary. A rare book.

Book shows very little wear. The spine is square and creaseless and the pages are clean and tight. A promotional release ahead of the movie Julie & Julia.

Autobiography/memoir of Ruth Reichl, American chef, food writer and editor. Book shows little wear. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. This memoir covers Reichl's life after 1978, when she went from chef to restaurant critic.

Trade paperback. Very little wear. Some residual glue from a price sticker mars the front cover. The spine is square and uncreased, and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A first-hand account of living with schizophrenia.

First edition, first printing. Very little wear to book or dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked.

Stated first edition. The book and jacket have suffered a bit of abuse. The jacket has damage along the top and bottom edges, especially at the spine, with a collection of small tears and one whopping 6.5 cm tear at the upper rear corner. There is also a small skinned spot on the dust jacket near the center of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Very little wear to the book. The cover has paper covered boards, with blue fabric and gilt print over the spine. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket has a few crimps and a little wear at the top corners. Written about 22 years prior to his death at age 84, this… Saber más sobre este artículo

A memoir of the author and his brother, growing up in the American South in the 1930s, and into the era of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The book shows some wear, with chips along the edges and small creases at the corners. The Spine, while faded, is uncreased and close to square. The pages… Saber más sobre este artículo

Very little wear to book or dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A story of a dog.

"A memoir of great people and glorious times". Some stains on the cover, front and back. The spine has a couple of creases but remains square. The pages are clean, tight and somewhat tanned. Illustrated. Praised by Newsweek as "The year's best theatrical memoir". (Who'd of expected there to be more than one in… Saber más sobre este artículo

No dust jacket. Odd fading pattern on the cover, as can be seen in the photo. The top inch of the rear cover also is faded. The rest of the wear is rather mild for a 65 year-old book. The binding is solid and the pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with Thurber's own drawings.… Saber más sobre este artículo

The 2004 updated edition of this book by the former president of the United States. The book shows very little wear, other than tiny little tears (2-3 mm) at three of the corners of the spine. The spine itself is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked.