Books & Book Collecting from James F. Balsley, Bookseller

New York: Carroll & Graf Pub. Fine+. (2005). First trade paperback. Trade Paperback. 0786716525 . Book is fine/as new. No ownership or other marks. Clean and unworn. Appears to be brand new. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 405 pages .

Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. Fine+ with no dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0198125569 . Book appears to be brand new. Not a remainder. No ownership or other marks. Quarter tan cloth with paper over boards. Dark brown endpapers. Book is without wear or other damage. ; "Reproduced in facsimile from … Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1966. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0140211446 . Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Cover is unworn. Binding sound, square, and tight. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. There are occasional light pencil markings in the margins, without which the book would… Read more about this item

Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket. (2001). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0875171141 . Book is as new, DJ is as new other than crease upper corner of front flap and a tiny scrape over the front hinge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages .

Austin, Texas: Pemberton Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book is Fine/As new other than small marginal note by antiquarian book specialist Michael Ginsberg on p. 110. Ginsberg figures in the book as a friend who helped Jenkins with one of his Capers. Near Fine DJ has a 3/16" light… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Near Fine with no dust jacket. (1955). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book is would be as new but for very minor wear at corners. Lacking DJ. Binding sound, straight, and tight. No ownership or other marks. ; BW and Color; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages .

Austin, Texas: Jenkins Publishing Company. Fine+. 1980. Limited Edition. Stapled Wraps. Fine+/Like new. Orange card stock cover with black lettering. Issued by Jenkins Publishing Company in December 1980 in a limited edition of 450 copies. Includes matching bookmarks with note "Seasons Greetings from John and Maureen Jenkins" printed in blank ink. The item was sent by John… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Arion Press. Fine+. 1992. Stapled wraps. As new catalog of the Arion Press listing all of its publications with detailed descriptions beginning with Number 1 in 1975 and through Number 36 in 1991. Also included are six, approximately 5"x71/2", photographs of some of the products. No ownership or other marks. … Read more about this item

New York: Three Rivers Press. Fine+. (2001). Trade paperback. 0812931130 . Book is as new. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. Appears to be brand new.; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches; 384 pages .

New York: The MacMillan Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. Cloth cover worn at head and tail of spine. No dust jacket The spine is browned but legible, some browning around edges. No DJ. Front and rear pastedown endpapers heavily foxed, free endpapers less so. Binding… Read more about this item

Tarrytown, NY: Booksellers House. New. (1992). Paperback. 1879923025 . New book in as new condition. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Book Manufacturers' Institute, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine and top cover.There is fading on the top edge of the cover and the top 1/4" of the spine. Corners sharp, very little wear. Binding sound. Some discoloring on the… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover is clean and unworn, however spine is darkened else would be fine. Binding sound. Prev owner's name in pencil has been erased from ffep, light pencil booksellers mark. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Scribner's… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1946). Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with glit lettering on spine is clean with minimal wear. Corners sharp. Top edge of text block tinted grey. No ownership or other marks. DJ is price clipped and has wear at edges and a little… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1927. Second Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover is clean with minimal wear. Gilt lettering on spine faded. Lacking DJ. Binding sound. No ownership or other marks in book other than old price in pencil on front free endpaper. ; Color frontis, … Read more about this item

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Co.. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1962). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book is as new. Cover clean and unworn, corners sharp. Binding sound and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. No ownership mark. DJ has wear at edges and a one inch tear at top of back with associated creasing.… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Texas, (1970). Near Fine. (1970). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book as new but for slight fading of spine from light. Acetate DJ has tear at top edge. One of a limited edition of 500 copies. First Annual Lew David Feldman Lectureship in Bibliography. ; Bibliographic Monograph Series No. 3; 8vo … Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Acropolis Books Ltd. Near Fine. (1973). Reprinted and revised. Trade Paperback. 087491146X . Book has very minor rubbing from shelf, else fine. No ownership or other marks. ; Wood engravings; 8.43 X 5.85 X 0.73 inches; 16 pages .

New York: Association of Book Travelers. Fine. (1984). First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. As new. No.238 of 750 numbered copies. Inscription on half-title page signed "Bev". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages; Signed by Author .

Mitchell Beazley. Fine+. (2006). First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Trade paperback. 1845332423 . 10.87 X 9.29 X 0.47 inches; 144 pages .