Search Results: Australia & New Zealand from James F. Balsley, Bookseller

Melbourne: The Bird Observers Club. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hard cover. Blue cloth cover with silver lettering. Binding sound and tight. Date received by previous owner on ffep. Gift inscription by author on half-title page. Eleven plates in color. Lacking DJ. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 147 pages; Signed by Author .

Noble Park Victoria, Australia: Five Mile Press. Fine+. (2001). Trade paper. 1865034908 . Appears to be brand new book. No remainder mark. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 287 pages .

Washington, D. C.: The Carnegie Institution of Washington. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine has rubbing at edges of boards and spine ends. The corners are bumped. There are no tears or frayed areas. Gilt lettering on spine is faded and darkened. Binding is sound with the exception that several inches of the lower end of the glue line of the first four tipped in plates has loosened (could easily be repaired). There are no ownership or other markings in the book. All plates are present, including one in color. Scarce. ; Publication No. 255; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 173 pages .

Sydney: Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union. Near Fine. [2000]. First Edition; First Printing. Trade paperback. Book appears as new but for gift inscription on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 143 pages .

Melbourne: The Bird Observers Club. Near Fine. 1965. Third Revised Edition. Paperback. Would be fine but for some minor creasing to the cover and age spotting to the endpapers. This booklet is a field guide to Waders found in Australia and Tasmania. ; Drawings, color frontis.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 44 pages .

Melbourne: The Bird Observers Club. Very Good+. 1960. Second Revised Edition. Hard cover. Red leather binding with gilt lettering on spine and front has some wear at corners and on spine. Inscribed by McGill to previous owner on title page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Three letters regarding birding in Australia, two from McGill, are laid in. ; Drawings, color frontis.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 44 pages; Signed by One Author .

Perth, W. Australia: Paterson Brokensha Pty. Ltd.. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. Binding sound. Light green cloth binding with black printing on spine has minimal wear at head and tail of spine. The corners are lightly bumped. The pages are clean and unmarked. No DJ. ; Eight Color Plates, drawings, BW photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pages .

Optima Press. Near Fine. [1991]. First Edition; First Printing. Trade paperback. 0646070436 . Book would be as new except for some very minor creasing to the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 217 pages .

Sydney: Australis. Near Fine. 1959. Second Printing. Hardcover. Professionally bound in red buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Original paper wraps bound in. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages .

Sydney & London: Bay Books Pty.Lt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hard cover. 0858359138 . Book and DJ have minimal wear. Binding sound and tight, pages clean and unmarked. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 279 pages .

Adelaide, Australia: Libraries Board of South Australia. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. Facsimile. Hardcover. Facsimile edition of the 1832 edition printed in Calcutta. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Tiny bumps on corners. Binding sound, No ownership or other marks other than a date stamp on rear free endpaper. No evidence of library markings. No DJ (as issued?). Very nice almost like new copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages .

Auckland, New Zealand: Angus & Robertson Publishers. Very Good. [1990]. Trade paperback. 0207162999 . Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has minimal wear. Gift inscription on half-title page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. ; Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 238 pages .

Sydney, Melbourne, And Brisbane: John Sands PTY. LTD.. Very Good. N.D.. Board book. Illustrated paper over boards with one rock wallaby on front panel and two on back. There is wear at edges, corners bumped. Rubbing along spine and chip from tail of spine. Light soiling from handling. There is light foxing on the pages, particularly along fore edge. Includes 7 full page color illustrations. No marks or writing in book. ; 44 pages .

Melbourne, Australia: Text Publishing. Near Fine. [2000]. First Edition; First Printing. Trade paperback. 1876485574 . Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has light creases to the front bottom corner and to the back right corner. Pages clean and unmarked. Book appears to be new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages .