Search Results: First Editions, Signed, & Collectible from James F. Balsley, Bookseller

New York: Oxford University Press. Fine+ with no dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Full brown leather binding with gilt decoration and panelling on front and spine, raised bands on spine. Endpapers are moire pattern cloth. All edges gilt. Yellow silk book marker in place. No ownership marks, pages clean and unmarked. Full number line on copyright page. Includes numerous maps in color, black and white photographs, and drawings. This book appears to be new. No DJ as issued. ; Maps, drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 248 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679450904 . Book and DJ as new. DJ not price clipped and protected by archival mylar sleeve. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages .

London: William Heinemann. Very Good. 1930. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. This is number 324 of a limited edition of 1025 for sale in Great Britain and Ireland. Numbered and signed by the author on the limitation page. Tan cloth cover with beveled boards. There is light rubbing at tail of spine, a little fraying at head. Cover is clean but spine has significant tanning. Binding is sound. No ownership or other marks in book. Book has never been read, as the fore edge folds remain unopened. Top edge gilt with a little tarnishing. No DJ. ; frontis portrait; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 539 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hard cover. 0618143327 . Hardcover. Book is fine-as new. DJ has very tiny scrape at upper left corner, else as new. Signed by author on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages; Signed by Author .

Ontario: Mira Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. [1996]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1551661233 . Book and DJ as new. Signed by author on half-title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine. [1999]. Trade paperback. 0312206348 . Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has minimal wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Signed by author on title page. ; Tom & Scott Mysteries; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Signed by Author .

Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385097891 . Binding sound and tight. Cover has some edge wear particularly at head and tail of spine. Pages clean and unmarked. The DJ is complete, but has a tape reinforced tear at back top, a crease lower back flap, and some minor edge wear. DJ now in mylar. ; Photographs, maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 249 pages .

Stirling, Scotland: Eneas Mackay. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [1936]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Binding sound. Cover is blue cloth with slightly faded gilt lettering. Cover has corner bumps and other signs of wear. Black and white maps on endpapers. Front map has owners name in ink. There are a few pencil marks in the text, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. DJ is missing. ; Black and white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

Takoma Park, MD: Dryad Press. Very Good. [1986]. Trade paperback. 0931848725 . Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has minimal wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Signed by author on half-title page. Foreword by Elie Wiesel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261 pages; Signed by Author .

Hopewell, New Jersey: The Ecco Press. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket. [1996]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0880015152 . Book as new. The head and tail of spine and the corners of DJ are reinforced by small pieces of clear tape although there is no underlying damage. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Author's first novel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Riverhead Books. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hard cover. 1573222267 . Book and dust jacket as new. Signed by author on title page. "Signed by Author" sticker (removable) from Politics and Prose Bookstore on front. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Griffin. Fine+. (1999). Trade paperback. 031220132x . Book is as new. Signed by author on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. (2007). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0393065030 . Book and DJ as new. Inscribed and signed by author on title page--signed in my presence. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Washington Square Press. Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket. [2001]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743411935 . Book is as new. DJ has signed sticker on front. Signed by author on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages; Signed by Author .

Chestertown, MD: The Literary House Press/Washington College. New. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Trade paperback. 0937692174 . New book, signed by illustrator (Mary Rhinelander) on title page. ; "For any reader who has ever plunged joyously headlong into a book--or a roomful of them, or an entire library--this one will be a special treat. John Barth's Browsing takes us on a literary ramble through the history of libraries (both real and imagined) and of his own lifelong encounters with books." from the back cover. ; Linoleum cuts; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 40 pages; Signed by Illustrator .

San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Fine dust jacket. [1992]. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151257434 . Book is fine. ; DJ protected in Mylar, price not clipped. ; 8.5 x 0.75 x 5.75 Inches; 248 pages .

Dillon, Montana: Unconventional Press. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition. Trade paperback. 1885916213 . As new book signed by author on title page. "Montana Writer autographed copy" sticker on front cover. Remainder mark on bottom edge. ; Centennial Valley series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; Signed by Author .

London: William Jackson (Books), Ltd.. Near Fine. 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine and top cover. Cover has very light rubbin on lower edges at corners. Corners are sharp. Binding sound. Top edge gilt and lightly tarnished. This is copy no 97 of 550 copies, of which 500 were for sale. Signed by author on limitation page. Pages remain unopened at fore edge folds. Woodcut frontis by Clare Leighton. Publisher correction slip tipped in (Joiner and Steele Ltd publised the later numbered Furnival Books with the William Jackson imprint). There are light pencilled bookseller marks on the front endpapers, otherwise book is unmarked. Issued without DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 67 pages .

Seattle, Washington: Romar Books, Ltd.. Fine+. [1989]. Second Printing. Trade paperback. 0945265042 . As new book signed by author on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. (1990). First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374128863 . Book and DJ as new. DJ not price clipped. No ownership or other marks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages .