Search Results: Adventure from Turtleman Used Books

Stated first edition (in this series). A reprint from the original (ca. 1920), translated from the original Swedish by F. H. Lyon. The author was the husband of author Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Green textured paper covered boards with gilt print on the spine. Book shows little wear other than some spotting on the top page edges (only on the half adjacent to the spine). The dust jacket has two tears (1 cm each) along the lower edge and additional edge and corner wear throughout. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with 22 photos in black and white. A rather rare book. Part of a larger series of reprinted African hunting books from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The publishers included a disclaimer about their use of the original language and attitudes, much of which may be offensive by today's standards (see photo #5).

First edition. Book shows very little wear. Gray paper covered boards with red fabric at the spine, with gilt print. The dust jacket shows a little wear, mostly along the upper and lower edges of the back cover. The dust jacket is plastic over paper, and in a few places the plastic has started to peel, allowing atmospheric moisture to discolor the dyes used on the underlying paper. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, and loaded with black-and-white illustrations. The author of the Amelia Peabody mysteries, Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Mertz) held a PhD in Egyptology, so was well versed in the history of exploration in the time that those mysteries were set. A rare book. This book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Gently worn. Small chips at the corners and edges. Spine has a single crease but remains square. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, other than a few scattered spots on the page edges. Two sections of photographs. A fairly rare book. A memoir of Lois and Herb Crisler's time in the Alaskan wild, photographing caribou migrations for Disney. This is the story of their survival in a very unforgiving climate.

Signed by the author with brief inscription, inside the front cover. Little wear. Spine has one crease. Glued binding failed at that crease and has been reglued. Pages are clean and unmarked. A rare book.

Printed like a pulp magazine of the 1950s, complete with the Charles Atlas ad in the back. A science fiction action adventure on a secret science installation. Almost like new, no significant wear. 91 pages. A rather rare book.

The second book of six in the series. Our hero, Will Burrows, has to thwart the evil plans of a subterranean madman intent on wiping out all the unsuspecting people who live above ground. No appreciable wear, almost like new. You might be the first person to read this copy. (Or I will, but I'm very careful.)

Some minor shelf wear at the corners. One corner has a impact bend. A guide to over 60 outdoor adventures in Oregon, from Saddle Mountain in the Northwest to Owyhee River in the Southeast.

Little wear, mainly at the corners. Note inside front cover. 260 pages, full color illustrations, with highlighting and notes. Learn to Scuba.

Little wear other than some creases on the spine, which is slightly skewed as well. I had to look twice to be sure this rather short book was actually written by Michener. A story about the Canadian gold rush of 1897. Owner's name inside front cover.

A small amount of wear, primarily some spine creases and a bent corner on the front cover. 451 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The third of eight books in the Philip Mercer series. A satellite discovers to location of the lost mines of Solomon and a deadly gold rush ensues.

First edition, in this format. Green textured paper covered boards with gilt print on the spine. Minor edge wear to book and dust jacket. Little else. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with a few black and white photographs. The publisher included a disclaimer on the copyright page related to their use of the original language and attitudes, which many will find offensive today (see photo #5). Part of a larger library of books reprinting classic accounts of hunting in Africa in the 19th and early 20th century. A rare book.

If you are looking for a rare book, this just might be it. This is a novel from a writer who is not known for writing novels. Creswicke is mainly known for writing an eight-volume accounting of the Transvaal War.in South Africa. He also wrote a biography of some dude named Joseph Chamberlain, which itself runs to four volumes. I can find no indication that Creswicke ever wrote another novel, and very little information of this one. This novel does predate the works mentioned above. As far as I can tell, there are no other copies of this novel on the market today. The fabric of this book shows the wear of its 123 years, and a small tear at the upper edge of the spine can be seen in the second photo. The pages are all intact, although cut crudely, which may have been the technology of the time. A former nursing home library copy.

Book one (of two) in the Saratine Mosaic series. Little wear, mainly at the corners, with one spine crease. 546 clean, tight pages.. A world of intrigue, violence and magic.

Very little wear to book or dust jacket. Dust jacket does have the remains of a circular sticker on the front cover. First edition.

Front cover has seen some wear, but the back cover is mostly missing. Owner's name and brief inscription inside front cover. Pages are all present and accounted for, unmarked and intact. A boy goes off to perform in a circus. A classic from the mid 20th century. If you want to read the story rather than have it add to your décor, this book is priced appropriately.

Story of a girl travelling unchaperoned on a sailing ship with a tyrannical captain and a mutinous crew. Set in the early 19th century. Very little wear, 221 pages.

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. A rather scarce book. Translated from the original Danish by Johan Hambro.