Search Results: memoir from Turtleman Used Books

A biography of the author's wife, a main character in his many humorous writings of family life. No significant wear. A couple of the pages are wrinkled, possibly an artifact of the manufacturing process.

First edition. Very little wear. The cover is unblemished, the spine is square and the pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket has some minor crimping along the lower edge. The story of Danish convert to Islam who became a double agent for western intelligence from within al-Qaeda itself.

First edition. No significant wear to the book, almost like new. The dust jacket has very little wear, mainly at the corners and upper edge.

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.

Book shows a little wear at the corners, with one significant crease at the lower right front (should be visible in the photos). Spine is square and uncreased; pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A memoir of the author's journey through weight-loss surgery and advice for anyone thinking about the same. Includes 135 recipes for life after surgery.

A humorous memoir of a military wife in the early 1940s. Set largely in the Puget Sound area of Washington. Illustrated. Looks to be a former library book. The book has been exposed to some water, but remains tight and readable. Water stains on the pages begin to show up about page 100 (see photo #6). Hinge spit at the rear endpaper shows binding fabric. The gray fabric cover shows the tracks of long-removed tape and has worn through at the corners and some edges. The top rear edge shows where the water was, too. There is no indication of past mildew issues. This is a rare book.

A memoir of the author and his brother, growing up in the American South in the 1930s, and into the era of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The book shows some wear, with chips along the edges and small creases at the corners. The Spine, while faded, is uncreased and close to square. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked.

Trade paperback. Very little wear. Some residual glue from a price sticker mars the front cover. The spine is square and uncreased, and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A first-hand account of living with schizophrenia.

Deep red cloth covered boards with gilt print, showing a minor amount of shelf wear. Owners' names inside front cover. Pages are clean, tight and intact. Dust jacket shows wear, mainly at the edges and vertices. A few tears, all under 1 cm. John Mortimer was a barrister, screenwriter and author who wrote the 'Brideshead' and 'Rumpole' novels.

Autobiography/memoir of Ruth Reichl, American chef, food writer and editor. Book shows little wear. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. This memoir covers Reichl's life after 1978, when she went from chef to restaurant critic.

First edition. No dust jacket. A account of a young Englishwoman in a French colony in Africa. Set in the years prior to WWII. Green fabric covered boards show very light wear, mainly at the head and tail of the spine, plus some fading over the spine. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover.

First edition. MIld wear, including a bit of shelf-wear along the lower edge of the book and mild edgewear (top and bottom) to the dust jacket. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A memoir from the daughter of author J. D. Salinger.

The 2004 updated edition of this book by the former president of the United States. The book shows very little wear, other than tiny little tears (2-3 mm) at three of the corners of the spine. The spine itself is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked.

Very little wear to book or dust jacket. The binding is solid, the pages clean and tight. Signed by the author on the title page. It may have never been read. A memoir of a thrid generation English farmer.

First edition. Book shows a little wear, with minor crimping at the base of the spine, a bit of pencil on the front endpaper and some writing on the top page edges ("H•" to the left and "OMG Hi" to the right). The pages themselves are clean tight and unmarked. The dust jacket has a 2.5 cm tear at the front top right and is a bit chewed all along the top edge. The bottom edge is much less worn, and the rest has a few scattered small marks and stains. This is the account of the author's "gap year" between college and grad school, spent playing semi-pro basketball in the Czech Republic. A fairly rare book.

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.

No dust jacket. Image of a dogsled team on the front cover. Orange fabric is lightly worn at the corners and spine, with some fading over the spine. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplaet sticker is inside the front cover. Illustrated. The narrator went to Alaska in 1899 to make his fortune, not in gold, but as a barkeeper.

No dust jacket. A rather famous account of the author's time in East Africa. The author has a definitely colonial attitude as might be expected in the 1930s. The book has some wear along the top and bottom edges. The green fabric does not look faded, and the spine is solid. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and intact, with many black and white photographs. Originally published in 1941. This appears to be a rare book.

A self-published book, signed by the authors and their golden eagle (ok, that last one is actually a rubber stamp made from a footprint). This is the memoir of a pair of animal rescue professionals and their work with eagles and other animals. Illustrated with many color photographs. Included is a brochure from their animal rescue agency (see photos). Little wear other than a bumped corner. Spine is square and creasless. The corners seem prone to curling a little.

Stated first edition, complete number line. No significant wear that I can find, pretty much like new. A gift-quality book.