Historical Fiction from Turtleman Used Books

No dust jacket. Black fabric cover shows wear at all the corners, but the board is showing through only at a tiny spot on the right rear upper corner. Gilt print on the pine still shines. Owner's name and information inside the front cover. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The binding appears solid. A story of a… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. The fabric covered boards show a few small stains and a bit of wear at the head and tail of the spine. The fabric is intact at the corners and darkened over the spine. Owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover. Map on the endpapers. First condemned as "obscene" in prudish mid-20th century… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Light wear to the cover. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Map on the endpapers. A novel set during the Boer War in South Africa. A scarce book.

No dust jacket. The book shows little wear. Some discoloration to the top edge of the pages. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A small hinge split has begun forming in the front endpaper, at the top (see photo). Otherwise, the binding is solid. Some supreme court issues in this novel seem still to be relevant 60 years… Read more about this item

First edition. No dust jacket. Orange fabric shows minimal edge wear, with a couple of small stains and darkening over the spine. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover. Set in Central Africa at the time of Belgian colonization.

No dust jacket. Originally published in 1933. Blue textured paper covered boards show mild wear along the lower edge and at the spine hinges. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with yellow-dyed top edges. Maps on the endpapers. Owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover.

No dust jacket. Blue fabric with two-color decoration on the front and spine. The fabric has worn through to the boards at a couple corners and the base of the spine. There is a one centimeter tear at the top rear corner of the spine and the fabric is darkened over the spine. Map on the… Read more about this item

A novel of biblical times. Dust jacket has suffered greatly, with tears at the corners and wear at the spine. The book is a bit better, with a bit of edge wear at the base of the spine and a small water stain on the spine about 4 cm down from the top. The pages are clean,… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Brown fabric shows mild edge wear but has areas of soiling and some stains. The deckle-edged pages are age-tanned but remain clean and tight.

No dust jacket. Red fabric covered boards with gilt print on the spine. Fabric shows a small amount of wear, primarily at the corners and the edges of the hinges. The deckle-edged pages are clean and tight, with yellow dyed top edges. Pages are a bit yellowed. Owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover. … Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Green textured paper covered boards with red print on the spine and wear at the corners and spine. Map on endpapers. Owner's bookplate on the ffep. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A scarce book.

No dust jacket. Black front cover has a couple of white spots in the lower right quadrant. Gilt print on the spine. Impact mark on the upper right corner (see photo #2). One owner's name on the ffep, other's bookplate on the front pastedown. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, lightly age toned. Set during the Chinese Civil… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Gray textured paper covered boards, with minor wear mainly at the corners. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with red-dyed top edges. A scarce book.

No dust jacket. Reddish-brown fabric covered boards show light wear, with gilt print on the front and spine. Spine is a little faded and has a drop of paint. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Owner's bookplate inside the front cover. A split after the front endpaper shows the binding fabric (see photo #4.) A scarce book.

The book is slightly bent. It is currently undergoing pressure therapy to try and cure this. The cover shows a few chips around the edges and is discolored in places. There is a crease across the upper front right corner, and the spine is slightly skewed. The pages are clean, tight and somewhat yellowed.

First edition. No dust jacket. A romance of ancient India, mystical and magical. Illustrated, some in color. The exterior shows some mild wear. The interior is clean, tight and unmarked, with the owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover.

Book shows very little wear. A minor amount of shelf wear along the lower edge. The spine is a bit concave. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, other than two small stains on the lower lateral page edges, as shown in photo #3, each smaller than a dime. The stains do not impact the interior… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. No date given, as is so often the case with Grosset and Dunlap. Likely published some time between 1920 and 1950. (Or not.) Probably the most famous and popular of the five Leatherstocking Tales. Set in 1757, during the French and Indian War. This edition has illustrated endpapaers, but no illustrations… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Book club edition. A rare book that follows Jeremy Stone as he assumes the identity of an English nobleman and takes an adventurous trip to the Caribbean. The book has red fabric covered boards showing some wear at the corners. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with little tanning.

Probably a first edition. No other editions mentioned, and my research indicates that there were no hardcover reprints until 1974. The book shows moderate shelf wear on the lower edge. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket shows wear in all the places you'd expect after over 65 years, with chips and tears at all the… Read more about this item