Search Results: Biography from James F. Balsley, Bookseller

Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. [1969]. Hardcover. 0828901031 . Teal cloth cover with gilt lettering is clean with minimal wear. Binding sound. Previous owner's name stamp on edges and blind stamp seal on title page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. DJ has some short tears and small chips from edges. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine with no dust jacket. [1939]. Book Club Edition; Fourteenth Printing. Hardcover. Four volume set in as new condition. Fourteenth printing 1960. This is identifiable as a Book of the Month Club edition by a small impressed dot on the lower back covers, otherwise identical to the trade edition. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spines. Top edges tinted yellow. Illustrated. Lacking DJ's. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Random House. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. (1992). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679400664 . Book and unclipped DJ as new. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. Appears to be a brand new book. ; 9.2 X 6.0 X 1.2 inches; 339 pages .

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. Fine. (1996). Trade paperback. 0890967628 . Book is as new. There is a personal inscription on the half-title page which begins with "To another student and admirer of Samaroff...." and signed by Jean Mainous. Mainous was a concert pianist who studied with Samaroff at Juliard. No other writing or marks in book. ; 0.8 x 9.04 x 6.1 Inches; 306 pages .

Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with printed paper label on spine is clean and unworn. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Lacking DJ. Biography of Empress Yang. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 123 pages .

New York: Stein and Day. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. [1985]. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0812830210 . Book and DJ as new. DJ not price clipped. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. [1940]. Later Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering is clean and unworn. Endpapers are green maps. Small bookstore sticker on front paste down (The Personal Book Shop Boston) . Pages clean and unmarked, but have light toning due to use of acid paper. DJ has soiling, tears and chipping. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 495 pages .

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. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1969). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0049210106 . As new in a very good DJ. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine is clean and unworn. Corners sharp. Bindin is straight and tight. No ownership or other mark in or on book other than a tiny brown speck on the bottom edge. Not a remainder. DJ has light wear at edges, a crease on the front flap, and a crease on the front at the upper corner. Previous owner has had the DJ laminated in document protection film. ; B&W Photographs; 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 232 pages .

Austin: University of Texas Press. Fine+ with no dust jacket. (1989). Trade paperback. 0292755384 . Book is as new. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder.; American Studies; 8.90 X 5.90 X 0.70 inches; 250 pages .

San Francisco: Book Club of California. Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edtion of 600. Green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Printed by the Grace Hoper Press. Plain paper DJ included. Book is as new. DJ has very minor rubbing. ; Book Club of California Publication 176; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages .

Jonathan Horne Publications. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. (1995). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 095121408X . Book and DJ as new. DJ in Brodart archival sleeve. Signed and dated on ffep by editor Jonathan Horne. ; 0.79 x 9.76 x 7.56 Inches; 196 pages; Signed by Editor .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. (2013). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 141654786X . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 928 pages .

London: Burke's Peerage Limited. Near Fine. 1975. First Special Limited. Leather. 0850110173 . Full navy blue crushed morocco leather cover. Five raised spine bands. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Binding by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England. Care instructions laid in. This is number 055 of 450 copies. Signed on limitation page by two officials of Burke's Peerage Ltd., including the general editor Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd. Includes detailed genealogy of all US Presidents from Washington to Ford. Heavily illustrated with portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies. Appendix includes Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, and the Vice Presidents of the United States. No ownership or other marks. Cover is unworn other than light rubbing on bottom edge of spine and boards. . Binding sound and tight. No ownership or other marks. The spine is lightly sunned with the blue dye faded to green. The front board is lightly bowed. A near fine copy. ;… Read More

New York: Twayne Publishers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1957). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book is Fine/as new. Unclipped DJ has wear at edges, a few short tears and light soiling. Pages clean and unmarked. No ownership marks. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages .

The Journal Company. Very Good-. [1968]. Hard cover. Illustrated cover is clean and fresh, but lower corners bumped and frayed. Binding sound and tight. Pages clean and unmarked . No DJ. ; "A 38 year slice of history (1929-1967) as seen by a gifted satirist and draftsman in some of the political and humorous cartoons which made him internationally famous. " --from the cover. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 122 pages .

New York And London: Thomas Yoseloff. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. [1957]. Hardcover. Cloth cover is clean with minimal wear, light sunning along top edge. Previous owner's name on ffep. And a note in pencil on rear free endpaper. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. DJ has wear at edges, light soiling and the lower corner (with price in pounds) clipped, upper corner with price in dollars not clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages .

Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith. Very Good+. (1988). Trade paperback. 0879053291 . Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has minimal wear. Pages clean and unmarked. ; 0.2 x 7.8 x 5.7 Inches; 96 pages .

New York: AMS Press, Inc.. New. (1970). Reprint. Hardcover. 040401139X . This is a two volume set. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Not a remainder. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Issued without DJ. This is a reprint of the 1869 edition published by Hurst and Blackett in 1869 under the pseudonym Matthew Browne. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .