Coming Of Age from Turtleman Used Books

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.

Small trade paperback with very little wear. Almost like new. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A recent publication with a limited number of copies offered online. The author's first novel, a coming-of-age story of a pre-teen squash player and her father's obsession making her a champion. A very recent… Read more about this item

A self-published novella about life and loss. Rather scarce. Little wear. The spine is square and uncreased, and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. One small impact mark at the rear cover is the only blemish.

First edition. Date on the cover page and the letter A on the copyright page. No dust jacket. Tan fabric covered boards with green print and decoration on the front and spine. The fabric is darkened over the spine and shows very little edge wear. Binding is solid with no hinge splits. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with… Read more about this item

First edition. No dust jacket. Cover of pale green fabric printed with green text and green and yellow decoration on the front and spine, showing little wear, other than some darkening over the spine. The book leads off with a number of decorative pages, including the endpapers. There is a hinge split after the title page, as shown in photo… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Cover shows a fair amount of wear, especially at the top and bottom of the spine, plus corner wear. Light blue fabric covered boards with dark blue stamped print on the front and spine. Spine significantly darkened. Some stains. Stains and foxing on the lateral page edges. The pages themselves appear to be tight and unmarked. Decorative… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Green fabric covered boards with gilt on black title block on the spine. Minor wear at the corners of the spine. Owner's name inside the front cover. Binding split at the final page (see photo #4), nothing coming loose. (This seemed to happen a lot in books before the 1960s. Something about the transition between the sewn… Read more about this item

Small amount of wear at the edges. Spine is uncreased and pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1899.

A very thick paperback. The story is long enough, but this volume has over 60 pages of added attractions. Some minor wear at teh edges and corners, plus a number of spine creases. Pages remain tight, clean and intact. Originally published in 1839.

Trade paperback. Little wear, one spine crease. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, other than the owner's name inside the front cover, twice. The first of five novels in the Lampitt Chronicles.

Trade paperback. Very little wear, pages are clean and tight, spine is uncreased. Set in a Montreal working-class street in 1959-60.

Very little wear, no dust jacket. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and intact.

Little wear. Pages are clean, tight and intact, and there are no spine creases.

First edition. This book has never been read. I know this because it appears to be a factory second. A tiny drop of glue landed on the bottom page ends at some point, lightly gluing some of the pages together (last 80 pages or so). Those pages are now free, albeit slightly ragged along the bottom… Read more about this item

Book has a 4 cm tear at the bottom of the front cover where it meets the spine (see photo #3). It is also a bit warped. I shall store it under a stack to see if that can be cured. 253 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1916, to no small amount… Read more about this item

Wear to the corners and rear cover. 291 pages with some underlining and margin notes. Owner's name inside front cover and on the top page ends (see photo #3). A coming of age story of two fathers and two sons, and the religion they share. Originally published in 1967.

Trade paperback. 302 pages. Some minor wear, most significant being a 1 cm tear at the lower front spine edge. Pages clean, tight and intact, and the spine is uncreased. After her "stand-in mother," a bold black woman named Rosaleen, insults the three biggest racists in town, Lily Owens joins Rosaleen on a journey to Tiburon,… Read more about this item

Some minor wear. The front endpaper has split at the spine, weakening the binding slightly and making the front cover a bit loose. Everything else seems intact. A story of a girl making her way through her senior year in high school. Portrays the idealized innocent life of the 1950s.

Book club edition. In very good condition with little sign of wear. Dust jacket a little faded, but with just a few blemishes, the largest being a 15 mm tear on the upper rear. Pages clean, bright, binding tight. 224 pages. A coming of age story about a boy growing up poor and Catholic in… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Cover has places of stains and discoloration. Owner's name inside front cover, with inscription. Pages are clean and tight. Described as a coming-of-age novel set in the Pennsylvania Dutch community, this story was made into a play titled "Erstwhile Susan". Photos from that play are included throughout the book, with the first shown in… Read more about this item