Search Results: Authors starting with D from Turtleman Used Books

Minimal wear, no dust jacket. Owner's name inside front cover. Pages appear clean and unmarked. Translated from the original Portuguese, thought of as one of Brazil's best books. Originally published in 1907, this book tells the story of a 19th century civil war (1893-1897) in the backlands of Brazil. This translation originally published in 1944, this is the fourth printing.

Very little wear. 261 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. This is the eighth of 32 novels in the Bed-and-Breakfast Cozy Mystery series.

A collection of 38 poems about school, by a schoolteacher. Softcover, with a little bit of wear at the lower right corner. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A rather scarce book.

Little wear. Has instructions on how to use this with the internet, but can be used on its own as well.

The dust jacket has one spot of wear, with a torn spot at the front lower right corner, repaired with a piece of tape to avoid further damage. The book has black fabric covered boards with red and white print on the spine. There is a slight blemish to the fabric at the same location as the jacket tear, and the lower edge of the fabric has faded from black to brown, indicating (at least to me) that it was stored upside down near a window. It doesn't, however, look as though it has been read and would be considered near fine if not for the issues mentioned. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Some wear, especially at the edges and corners. 167 pages, all clean and tight. Originally published in 1943. Sixth of sixteen in the Henry Gamadge Mystery series. (The series was published between 1940 and 1951.) Going away on vacation to the Berkshires can't take Henry Gamadge away from murder. Now, he has to prove the murderer wasn't a ghost.

Very little wear. 288 pages are clean, tight and intact. No spine creases. The second of seven novels in the Ophelia and Abby Mystery series. Ophelia is the small-town Iowa librarian with a touch of psychic powers, Abby is her good witch granny. Two of Ophelia's friends have been murdered five years apart, and now it seems that Ophelia may be next. To top it off, she has to catch the murderer the old-fashioned way, since the psychic thing doesn't work when she needs it.

Cover is a little discolored from age, but has very little damage or wear. Pages are all clean and intact. Owner's name inside front cover. This is a small, illustrated, humorous book that goes over the basics of playing chess. Everyone has to start somewhere, right? It won't make you a Master, but for some of us, no book will ever do that. Translated from the original Swedish. A rare book.

A small book, showing very little wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked and the spine is square and uncreased. This is part (#56) of a larger series that had reached 122 volumes by this printing. A story about the importance of Black Sabbath as told through the journal of a 1985 teen locked away in a California psychiatric facility.

Minimal wear, mainly a small tear at the top of the spine, which also looks just slightly askew. Otherwise just slight shelf wear. Owner's name on title page and a very small amount of highlighting within. A bit dated, but still a good reference for ideas for the elementary PE specialist. The book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Little wear. The Huskies finished this season with an 11-1 record, the only loss coming to Oregon. They finished with a Rose Bowl voctory over Purdue and a #3 national ranking. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Little wear. The 1995 campaign ended with a loss to Iowa at the Sun Bowl, leaving the Huskies unranked after being in the poll every week of the season. Conference co-champs at 6-1-1, but with three nonconference losses.

Little wear. 8-4 season finishing with a loss at the Apple Cup and a win over Michigan State at the Aloha Bowl.

Little wear. This season ended with the Huskies in second place behind Arizona State, and a 33-21 loss to Colorado inthe Holiday Bowl.

Little wear. Although starting the season rated, and defeating the #3 Cougars in the Apple Cup, the Huskies finished the season unrated with a record of 7-6. This book will ship at nearly three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Little wear. This season saw Washington place 5th in the PAC-10 and out of the bowl picture (back in the more sane days when a 7-4 record was not an automatic bowl bid). The highlight of the season would have been the back-to-back wins over Ohio State and Miami of Florida. This book will ship at about two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Little wear, a folded corner on the front upper right. A winning season at 7-4, but no bowl game and out of the rankings. An Apple Cup victory to end the season on a high note.

Little wear. In 1997 the Huskies started the year ranked 4th but finished at 18th after losing their final three conference games. The season wrapped up with a win over Michingan State in the Aloha Bowl. This book will ship at about two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Little wear. A few chips around the edges of the cover, a faded price sticker on the back and residue from another sticker on the front. Some creasing to the spine. 329 clean, tight, intact pages. A mystery and a cookbook, all in one. Ten recipes included along with the solution to the crime.

Very little wear. 348 pages. Another culinary murder, another mystery to solve, some more recipes to try.