Search Results: Life Advice from Turtleman Used Books

No noticeable wear, almost like new. Time to get organized.

Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, spine is creaseless. Owner's name inside front cover and a small sticker on the lower spine. I've always wondered about this title, because i really need to know how to drive and do my taxes, and neither one was taught in kindergarten back in the 1950s.

Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Contents divided into seven chapters on Home Care, Kitchen, Healthy Body and Exercise, Yard and Garden, Car Care, Travel, and Personal Finance. This book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Very little wear. Spine is square and uncreased, the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Two owners' signatures inside the front cover.

Very little wear to this very large book. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket shows minimal crimping at the edges. Owner's name inside rear cover. This book tells you how to do all sorts of stuff, with chapters on business, cars, electronics, health, homecare, games, parenting, pets, travel, and many more. Being 22 years old, some of the electronic and car information may be a little dated, but most is still quite current. This book will ship at about three poundsw. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Minimal wear. Almost like new. Owner's name inside front cover. What to do when what you do isn't what you want to do anymore. (I retired and started selling books.)

Signed by the author, on the front endpaper, with a brief inscription. A religion/spirituality-based self-help book with sections on health, wealth, spiritual, vocational, familial and personal improvement. A fairly rare book, perhaps the only signed copy on the market right now.

Very little wear, although the cover has come a little unglued from the packet, as shown in photo #3. A magazine-sized book about how to organize, beautify and simplify your home. From Better Home and Gardens.

First American Edition. Off-white paper covered boards with red fabric over the spine. Title and author embossed on the front and in gilt on the spine. Very little wear to the book or the dust jacket. A very slight odor of smoke remains after all my efforts to deodorize (which has also left a slight additional, yet less unpleasant, aroma).

Very little wear. 88 pages of Dave Barry's best advice. No, really, this is the stuff to base your love life on. I mean it, really!

Very little wear to book or jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, witht he owner's name embossed on the title page. No remainder mark, minimal shelf-wear. What do YOU want to be when you grow up? Let this book help.

A small pocket-sized book all about that lost art of writing letters. The cover (paper covered boards) shows some mild staining and discoloration. Looks mostly yellowish now, bbut probably was a pale blue when new. The binding is solid and the pages are tight and unmarked. A rare book.

There is a spine break between the title page and the Table of Contents (fabric showing). No pages are loose or missing. The remainder of the book shows little wear. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Trade paperback. Very little wear. 267 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Doesn't look as if it has ever been read.

No dust jacket. A dryly humorous, while serious look into what people should do with all of their new-found leisure time. Considering that this book was published in the midst of the Great Depression, there's probably some subtle irony as well, as many people found themselves with far more loafing time than they might have desired. A quite rare book. Book shows some wear at the corners. Owner's name inside the front cover. Pages clean and tight. Black fabric covered boards with gilt print on front and spine.

Very little wear. 270 pages are clean, tight and bright. This is not June Cleaver's mothering advice. You don't know who June Cleaver is? Harriett Nelson? Oh, my.....

First edition. Trade paperback. Very little wear. Signed by the author, with an inscription, inside the front cover. 284 pages are clean, tight and bright. Illustrated with B&W photographs.

Very little wear. A book full of one-liners, advice style. Here's a small sampling:40...Never refuse homemade brownies, 60...Admit your mistakes, 157...Take time to smell the roses, 423...Don't tailgate. 511 of these. Take them all and you will be a better, happier person.

Trade paperback. Very little wear, almost like new. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, and the spine is square and uncreased. A scarce book, priced below market.

A short book on bringing up a deaf or hearing-impaired child. Signed by the author with an inscription on the front endpaper. Books shows little wear, while the jacket has suffered a number of tears, some fading and a water spot at the bottom of the spine. A very rare book. (The author passed away in 2013.)