Search Results: Authors and Writers from James F. Balsley, Bookseller

New York: Oxford University Press. Fine+. (1999). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0195122623 . This appears to be a brand new book without signs of wear or markings. Binding tight. No remainder mark. Issued without dust jacket. ; Oxford Portraits; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages .

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1984). Second Printing. Hardcover. 0374107165 . Book is as new. DJ has store price sticker on back, else fine. Not price clipped. DJ now in Brodart archival sleeve. Not a remainder. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 449 pages; Signed by Author .

London: George Allen & Unwin LTD. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth cover is clean and unworn. Lower rear corner lightly bumped. Faint sunning at top edge of boards. Binding sound. No ownership or other marks in text. DJ has wear at edges, a few short tears, and wrinkling on the top one inch of the spine. ; Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 268 pages; Red cloth cover with bright gilt lettering is clean without wear. Both lower corners are bumped. Binding is sound and straight. Top edge of text block tinted pink. No ownership or other marks in book. Unclipped DJ has wear, some creasing in corners, and two one inch tears near head and tail of spine. Previous owner had had the DJ laminated in document protection film. Not a remainder. .

New York: Basic Books. Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket. (1985). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0465007112 . Book is as new. Binding sound, tight, straight. Black cloth cover is clean and unworn. Corners sharp. No ownership or other marks. DJ is not price clipped and has only very minor wear at bottom of spine. Not a remainder. DJ now in Brodart archival sleeve. Appears to be a brand new book.; 9.2 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches; 360 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. Paper over boards with red cloth spine. Back strip with gilt lettering attached to spine. Front hinge cracked. Two ownership signatures on endpapers. Pages unmarked. No DJ. Includes literary biographies and bibliographies of noted writers of 1897 including H. G. Wells, who was then a relatively new writer. Includes illustrations. ; Drawings, photographs.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 263 pages .

Boston: The Bibliophile Society. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Full calf with gilt lettering on spine and gillt border on top and bottom cover. The leather is a lighter brown on spine and along top inch of boards due to sunning. There is a small amount of scuffing on spine and along the edges. Corners are sharp. The endpapers are toned along the edges due to the transfer from the leather cover. Binding is sound, but the front endpaper is cracked about 1 inch at the top and bottom of the hinge (board is not at all loose). The limitation page has a copperplate engraving with a glassine cover. The glassine has foxing and some of this has transferred to the page opposite the engraving, but has not affected the engraving. (the glassine should be removed to prevent furthe foxing, but this should be done by the buyer, if desired). No ownership or other marks. Lacks slipcase and original glassine DJ. This is a first and limited edition of 425 copies. ;… Read More

Athens Ohio and London: Ohio University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. [1981]. Hard cover. 0821406566 . Book is almost as new, there are a few random marks with ball point on bottom edge of text block. Lacking DJ. ; Mundus artium; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 410 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. (1998). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684834650 . Book and unclipped DJ as new. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. DJ in protective sleeve. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

London: Collins. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002165465 . Cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine is clean and unworn. Corners sharp. Spine has tilt. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Unclipped DJ has minimal wear at edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages .

Stockholm: Trevi. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1976). First Swedish Edition. Hardcover. 9171602119 . Translation into Swedish of Anaïs Nin's Diary book 2. Book is as new with previous owner's name in light pencil on ffep. DJ has some wear at edges and a few very small chips. DJ is laminated in document protection film. Very nice copy. I ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages .

Stockholm: Trevi. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1983). First Swedish Edition. Hardcover. 9171606416 . Translation into Swedish of Anaïs Nin's Diary book 7. Book is as new with previous owner's name in light pencil on ffep. DJ has light soiling to back and very light rubbing at edges. DJ is laminated in document protection film. Very nice copy. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1977). First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151255970 . Book is in Fine condition and would be as new but for a remainder mark on the top edge of the text block. First American Edition, First printing. Unclipped DJ is clean with tanning on the upper edge of the interior and very minor wear at the tail of spine. Now in Brodart archival sleeve. No ownership or other marks in book. Not ex-library. ; 1977; 9.4 X 6.2 X 1.6 inches; 356 pages .

New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Upper corners bumped. No ownership or other marks. DJ has light wear at edges and light soiling on back, not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 484 pages .

New York: Twayne Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. (1969). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover is clean, bright gilt lettering and design on front and spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked other than previous owner's name opposite title page. Errata sheet laid in. DJ has wear at edges with some chipping and short closed tears. Not a former library book. ; Twayne's United States Authors Series No. 141; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .

New York: Arbor House. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1985). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0877957665 . Book is as new. DJ as new but laminated in mylar. Previous owner's name in light pencil on half-title page, otherwise unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages .

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth cover is unworn. Corners sharp. There are two small dull areas on the front cover, probably from water spots. Very small coffee (?) splatter on the fore edge. splaBinding sound and tight with slight tilt. No ownership or other marks in book. DJ is missing. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages .

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket. (1995). Hardcover. 0747524092 . Appears to be new book in as new condition. DJ as new but has been laminated in document protection film. Not price clipped. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 320 pages .

New York: New Directions. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [1957]. Hardcover. Grey cloth with white lettering on spine. Binding sound. No ownership or other marks. DJ is clipped at bottom of front flap (price?) and has wear at head and tail of spine, and sunning along top edge and spine. DJ in Brodart archival sleeve; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 145 pages .

London: Bernard Quaritch. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth over boards has minimal wear and light bump upper corners. Spine is sunned to dark brown. Gilt lettering on spine bright. Binding sound. Top edge gilt. Pages clean and unmarked. Very light pencil previous owner's name on ffep. Very nice clean copy. Lacking DJ. Frontis in color and several black and white plates. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 135 pages .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1933]. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with silver lettering and bands on spine is clean with very minimal wear. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name in ink on ffep. Pages and endpapers have light toning. Lacking DJ. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages .