England from Turtleman Used Books

No dust jacket. Maroon fabric covered boards, showing wear at the corners (boards peeking out) and at the top and bottom of the spine. The pages are generally clean and tight, with just a little bit of penciled marginalia ending after a handful of pages. Quite a bit of writing on the front endpaper, including the owner's name, with a… Read more about this item

George Cavendish was in Cardinal Wolsey's employ from 1526 until the Cardinal's death in 1530. Cavendish then retired to write this biography, completed about 1557, but not published until 1641, credited at that time to George's brother William. This 1852 edition corrects that and other errors from earlier publications. This volume has been expertly rebound in leather. New material was added… Read more about this item

Trade paperback. A cozy mystery set in Wales. Shows very little wear. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean and tight. A rather scarce book.

A reprint of a classic biography by the famous biographer and member of the Bloomsbury group. Book and dust jacket show very little wear.

A pocket-sized book, part of a larger series by Collins' Clear-Type Press (Collins' Illustrated Pocket Classics). This is volume II of the biography, sorry I don't have volume I. Illustrated. Cover of oxblood leather with gilt on the spine. Spine has damage at the top edge and somewhat less at the lower edge. The leather is also well worn at… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. The book shows mild wear along the lower edge and a small stain at the top front. Red fabric covered boards with faded gilt print on the spine. The pages are clean and tight, with some foxing, mainly at the edges and some soiling along the top. Contains four illustrations.

Very little wear. Illustrated with eight pages of black and white photographs, located near the center of the book. The spine is square and has just one crease, corresponding to those photographs mentioned above. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Published in Great Britain.

Very little wear. A couple of slightly bumped corners. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked.

The book shows little wear to the cover. Red cloth covered boards with gilt print on the spine. Some of the pages of this book would have been joined at the lateral edge, as some of the index pages still are. The original owner would have had to cut or tear along the crease to read it, and, in a… Read more about this item

The copyright is 1965, but this is a far newer printing. They just decided not to tell us how much newer. The book shows no significant wear. The dust jacket has a bit of shelf-wear along the lower edge and a little crimping on the top edge at the spine and rear corner. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked.… Read more about this item

Very little wear. The spine is square and uncreased, the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1950, to great controversy. Contains four sets of black and white photographs.

No dust jacket. Fabric over the spine has taken its leave at some point in the past 160+ years. The remaining cover is quite worn, of an indeterminate color due to many stains. A small group of pages, including the cover page and frontispiece, has come loose. The remaining pages are tight and intact, with a lot of spotting and… Read more about this item

A highly valued book with very little wear, to book or dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Thick paper and a silk ribbon bookmark built in. Looks almost like new. The book is presented in the form of a journal or diary of the author's trip through England.

Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked; the spine is square and uncreased. Originally published in 1992.

Large trade paperback. Shows very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and bright. This is an unabridged reproduction of a work originally published in London in 1868. Appears to be quite rare and may be a print-on-demand product.

Shows some wear, mostly at the corners and edges. A thin book with many art reproductions illustrating the nature of English cities and towns, along with text describing that nature over the centuries. Cover is printed paper-covered boards; the dust jacket shows wear at all the usual places, plus a 5.5 cm tear down the middle of the… Read more about this item

Wear is minor. Red cloth covered boards with gilt print on the spine. No dust jacket. Some minor soiling to the front cover and slight fading to the spine, little shelf-wear. Pages are clean and tight. As you can see from the photographs, this book begins with a biography of the author's relatively short life… Read more about this item

Dust jacket has small spots of wear at some corners and edges, the book has less. Blue fabric covered boards with black print. A collection of humorous, perhaps satiric, essays on English history, with illustrations. Pages are clean, tight and bright, with no significant yellowing inside and some brown spotting on the top edges. This… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards show wear along the edges and at the corners but is not worn through at any place. Pages are clean, tight and intact, with illustrations scattered throughout. A few marks on the front endpaper. Within is a humorous accounting of the author's brief time living in England. Ninth… Read more about this item

Signed by author with an inscription. Very little wear. A remembrance of the author's childhood in England after 38 years in America.