Search Results: Titles starting with S from Turtleman Used Books

Very little wear. Spine is square and uncreased. A little price sticker residue on the lower rear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A rare book.

No wear to speak of, but this thin book seems to have been stored badly and is bent (photo #3 shows this well). Doesn't affect the reading and straightens out nicely when shelved between larger books. Just won't stay that way. The story of a girl and her dog.

#3 of 7 in the Rainbow Fairies series. Little wear. 71 pages. For early readers. There are 71 books in the Rainbow Magic realm, this is just one of them.

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.

Trade paperback. The book shows little external wear. The spine is uncreassed but slightly cocked, and a bit faded. The pages are tight and intact, with a fairly large number of margin notes and underlinings in pencil. Originally published in 1936.

A few chips at the corners and a hinge crease on the front cover. The spine has a couple of creases and is slightly skewed. The pages are clean, tight and intact, with the owner's name inside the front cover. Page edges are dyed yellow all around. DAW #562, cover art by James Gurney, cover price $2.95, complete number line.

Very little wear. 373 pages are clean, tight and bright. This is the 27th of 53+ novels in Robb's (aka Nora Roberts) futuristic urban fantasy series. Set in 2060, Lt. Eve Dallas' crime fighting tools may be futuristic, but murder is still done the old fashioned way.

Intended for the tween set (8-12), this amusing series can be enjoyed by older folks, too. The first of four in the Sam the Cat Mystery series. Sam takes a job for a pretty female feline, but is it on the level? Very little wear, other than a slight curl to the front cover. 123 pages.

Trade paperback. Some wear, the most significant being 3.5 cm tear along the lower spine (see photo #3 for a close-up). Add a crease, the usual corner abuse and one single dog-eared page, and you've got it. Well, except for the crinkliness that come with a paperback that was stored in a humid place. Not water damaged so much as "water influenced". Sammy Keyes solves the mystery, either saving her mother, or convicting her. You will have to read it to find out which.

Very little wear, almost like new. A humorous fantasy of a boy who violates Aunt Eda's rule #9. Set in Norway, where all the forests are fantastic.

Spine has a few creases and is slightly skewed. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A fairly scarce book.

Very minor wear. Many black and white photographs. A complete discussion, with examples, of the pottery of the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico. Covers every step of the process from clay pit to market.

Very little wear to book or dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Gift card taped to the front endpaper. Filled with hundreds of beautiful photographs, almost all in full color. Ready for your coffee table.

First edition. In great condition. I see nothing wrong with the book, and the dust cover is also pristine, except for some price sticker residue on the upper right corner. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A tale of chivalry, dark magic, high adventure and courage to wrap up this trilogy. Once all the foes are defeated, they will live happily ever after, until the next trilogy starts.This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping cost is included in the list price.

A number of creases on the covers, none on the spine. Spine is skewed about 20º. Chips along the edges and at the corners. Pages are clean and tight. A phone number has been written inside the rear cover. Ace Books #74982; cover price 95¢. A rare book.

Little wear. A crease at the top right rear which looks like a small impact mark with a tiny bend at the top of a couple pages (see photo #4). A couple chips and minor wear at some corners. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Begins with a discussion of Sassone's work, followed by reproductions of a number of his pieces. At the end is a brief two-page biography from 1942 to 1984, and a bibliography. This book covers Sassone's time in Florence and Southern California. This is a scarce book.

Creases on the front and rear cover and three on the spine. Spine is square. The pages are clean, tight and slightly yellowed. Fawcett Gold Medal book M2339, cover price 95¢. A rare book.

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:P. C. Doherty:
Some writers find one muse and stick to it. Sue Grafton wrote about little else than her Kinsey Milhone character. Agatha Christie had a small party of sleuths. P. C. Doherty has 14 series (including one just started in 2018) under seven different pen names. He has published upwards of 120 different novels and has had stories appear in other people's collections as well. This is the ninth out of 21 historical mystery novels to feature Hugh Corbett, King's Clerk.Walter Satterthwait:

Satterthwait wrote about 18 books, including the Escapade trilogy, six novels… Read More

Very little wear. Price sticker residue on both the front and back covers. 324 pages are clean, tight and bright. A tale of A Tuscan villa, a mysterious garden, and two hidden murders, four centuries apart. Set in 1958.

First edition. A series of twenty four short essays on nature all around us. Topics ranging from bats, to chestnuts, to weather, to encroaching civilization, all based on Swain's personal observations. Book is in near perfect conditions, dust jacket has a collection of small chips and the remains of a bookseller's price tag on the front.