Satire from Turtleman Used Books

A full set of the Lemony Snicket masterpiece. Perhaps not quite a masterpiece like the Mona Lisa, or the Roman aqueducts, or a really well-prepared filet mignon, but the best he's ever done (or so it's been said, perhaps even by Daniel Handler). Anyway, volumes six through thirteen are first editions with complete number lines. Some volumes… Saber más sobre este artículo

Red fabric covered boards with gilt print on the spine, showing very little wear and one small stain on the front. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, except for the owner's name on the front endpaper. The endpapers are decorated with more of Searle's drawings, featuring Little Buttercup on the front and the Major General on the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Little wear. The spine has a pair of creases, but remains square. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Observations from the consummate blockhead, Nigel Molesworth, on life in the English boarding school of the 1950s. Magnificently illustrated by the brilliantly comic artist Richard Searle.

Very little wear. Looks to be a print-on-demand edition of a story in the public domain. "Set in the fictional countries of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, the story revolves around the lives and fortunes of four young royal cousins, Princesses Angelica and Rosalba, and Princes Bulbo and Giglio." (Taken from the back cover.) Contains some of the illustrations from… Saber más sobre este artículo

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.… Saber más sobre este artículo

This book shows very little wear, the dust jacket has a few minor blemishes at the corners. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1942, this reprint was issued in 1977.

No noticeable signs of wear other than a tiny bit of shelf wear at the lower front right corner. Plain gray dust jacket over equally plain gray paperback cover. A very nice book that appears to be unread. Persephone Books # 43. If you are afraid of Virginia Woolf, give her hubby Leonard a try. … Saber más sobre este artículo

No dust jacket, no wear. Looks almost like new. Originally published in 1950, this 1977 reprint was limited to 300 copies. A collection of humorous and satirical short stories first published elsewhere. It's all explained in the first chapter. As you can imagine from a print run of just 300 copies, this is a rare… Saber más sobre este artículo

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, this is a scholarly work offering background and criticism. The text of the satire Candide runs the first 80 pages of this 194-page text. Voltaire's satire skewers religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers. Edited by Robert M. Adams, this is a stated first edition. The original story was first published in 1759. There are chips… Saber más sobre este artículo

Little wear. Originally published in 1934. Described as parts tragedy, comedy and irony, with a major dose of cynicism. The breakdown of a marriage equates to the breakdown of society and expresses Waugh's feeling about the breakdown of his own marriage. Pages are clean tight and unmarked.

Movie tie-in release. Little wear. A single spine crease corresponds to the section of photos from the movie. A small piece (1 cm x 0.5 cm) missing from the edge of the back cover. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1811.

Very little wear. Owner's name inside front cover. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and intact. A Barnes and Noble reprint of a novel first published in 1848. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Matthew Barber is a toy company executive by day, and an acerbic, womanizing restaurant critic by night. Described as a "...wickedly nasty parody of reviewing and the motives of reviewers..."

Little wear. Pages are clean and tight and the spine has just one crease. Originally published in 1934, this edition was released in conjunction with the release of a movie based upon the book. A satire on upper class British life where the characters all seem to have money, but little else.

Very little wear, no spine crease. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1889. From the 21st printing, so published much more recently than 1963.

Trade paperback. Cover is well worn, with creases, rubs and a tear, yet the spine lacks creases. Pages are soft yet intact, with a very small amount of underlining and margin notes.

Little wear. One shallow spine crease. Pages are tight and bright, with a scattering of highlighting and margin notes. Originally published in 1778, and popular ever since. This book carries a date of 1965, but is the 8th printing and has an ISBN, so obviously was printed somewhat later than that.

Trade paperback. Very little wear. 144 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. No spine creases. A satirical look at what you should know when dealing with someone else's pregnancy, like, say, your wife's. Just so there is no confusion, the covers are clearly marked, in a red banner, as "A Parody".

Very little wear. 269 pages are clean, tight and bright, although a few have been dog-eared. Originally published in 1907. Described as a "black satire on English society", "ironic" and as "darkly comic". My first reaction (and my daughter's, almost simultaneously) was "so he DID write something other than Heart of Darkness. (Turns out, quite… Saber más sobre este artículo