Search Results: Birds from James F. Balsley, Bookseller

Sweet Briar, VA: Self Published. Very Good. 1976. Trade paperback. 0911882057 . Cover is clean with minimal wear, corner crease on front. Previous owner's name, place, and date of purchase on title page. One chapter (Monterrey) has check marks in front of about half the birds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 135 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. [1975]. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684143313 . Blue cloth cover is unworn and clean but has sun fading on spine. Previous owner's name on ffep, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Lacking DJ ; Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 80 pages .

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 .

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. [1980]. First Edition. Hardcover. 0816609373 . Book would be fine but for previous owner's name and place of purchase on ffep. Lacking DJ. ; Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 140 pages .

Tucson, Arizona: Tucson Audubon Society. Very Good+. 1979. Second Printing. Hardcover. Second printing 1980, professionally bound in blue cloth over boards. Original front and back covers mounted on cloth. There is light rubbing on the cover. Original owner's name and date on half-title page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 126 pages .

Austin And London: University of Texas Press. Very Good. [1973]. Hard cover. 0292707053 . Paperback original has been professionally bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated cover and back are attached to book. Previous owner's name on half-title page. There is light speckled foxing on top edge. One page has a slight amount of underlining. There is a fold out map of the park. Many color plates. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages .

Chicago: The Field Museum of Natural History. Good+. 1909. First Edition. Hard cover. Former library book. Originally published in wraps, now bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Cover has very minimal wear and is clean. Binding sound. Library stickers on spine, marks and withdrawn stamp on title page, pocket on rear endpaper. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. This would be VG+ if it were not ex-library. No DJ. ; Fields Museum of Natural History Publication 131 Zoology Series Vol. IX; Ex-Library; Drawings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 767 pages .

Poole Dorset UK: Blandford Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. [1980]. First English. Hardcover. 0713709960 . Book would be fine but for ownership signature on ffep. DJ has very light wear at edge. Translated from Swedish. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages .

Dublin: O'Brien Press. Near Fine. (1995). Trade paperback. 0862783968 . Book would be as new but for a gift note on back of front cover. ; 0.8 x 7.6 x 5.1 Inches; 160 pages .

Leesburg, VA: Potomac Press. Very Good+. 1966. Hardcover. White stapled paper cover has tanning along spine and a few small spots. Black and Red printing and illustration of cardinal on front. Pages clean and unmarked. Author was curator of birds at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This is a collection of his writings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages .

Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. 9th Revised. Hardcover. Cloth cover is clean with minimal wear. Binding sound. Previous owner gift note on ffep. There are a few small cross references in the margins, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. DJ has light wear and short tears at edges, small chips at head and tail of spine. Spine is heavily sunned. ; Color Plates, drawings, photos; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 162 pages .

London: Collins. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [1982]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002191210 . Binding sound and tight. Cover has very small dent in front bottom edge. Pages clean and unmarked. DJ very minor wear at edges. British price clipped and replaced with US distributor sticker. ; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 384 pages .

Melbourne: The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. Fine. 1971. Hardcover. As new copy of the journal professionally bound in blue cloth over boars, gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner John H. Foster, a noted ornithologist, had this bound. Notation on ffep states "obituary of my dear friend K. A. Hindewood". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. Very Good. 1965. Soft cover. Cover is toned along spine and top edge. Note on front in ink "see pages 181 and 209". Personal notes by previous owner (John Foster, a noted ornithologist) in margins on these pages. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages .

Wynnewood, PA: Livingston. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1975]. Hard cover. 0870980610 . Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Maps on endpapers. Binding sound and tight. Previous owner's name and date, place of purchase on first blank leaf. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Many color plates. Lacking DJ. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 309 pages .

Wynnewood, PA: Livingston. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. [1971]. Hard cover. 087098036x . Red cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Maps on endpapers. Binding sound and tight. Previous owner's name and date, place of purchase on half title page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Light speckled foxing on top edge of text block. Many color plates. Lacking DJ. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 428 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 .

Sweet Briar, VA: Ernest P. Edwards. Fine with no dust jacket. [1968]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Book is as new but for previous owner's name and date and place of purchase on ffep. Includes maps, color illustrations and drawings. Lacking DJ. ; Drawings, maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages .

Cape Town: Maskew Miller Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1959]. 6th Edition Revised. Hard cover. Blue cloth cover with black lettering on spine has minimal wear and is clean. Binding sound. Previous owner's name and date, place, of purchase on ffep. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked but have age tanning at edges. Includes plates. Lacking DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages .

Philadelphia: David Mckay Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. Paperback. Paper cover has creases and chip from top of back. Torn at head and tail of spine, but lettering on spine still present. Front cover has previous owner's name in ink and date 20 October 1931. Inside on half-title page there is a note: " Purchased in Detroit Michigan, 20 October 1931, W. Howard Ball $.50". Also, there is a stamp with "Library, World Nature Association, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. " Color drawing on front, with multiple BW drawings in text. ; Drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 95+index pages .