Search Results: Hobbies, How-to & Crafts from James F. Balsley, Bookseller

New York: The Ronald Press Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. Book is very good with a blue cloth cover, gilt lettering on spine. Cover has some stains and light wear. There are a few small stains (coffee, airplane glue?) on the text block edges. Binding is sound. No ownership or other marks in text. Lacking dust jacket. This book covers the state of model airplane building and flying when published. The author was with the Smithsonian Institution and prepared this book for the Playground and Recreational Association of America, which conducted local and national tournaments of flying models. The Committee which operated these tournaments included Orville Wright, Charles Lindberg, Richard Byrd and many other important aviators. The book contains detailed plans and instruction sufficient to recreate some of these early models. The Foreword includes a contribution by Orville Wright. ; Diagrams and Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;… Read More

Overland Park, Kansas: Dental Folklore Books. Near Fine. 1984. Paperback. 0930989007 . Very light wear at corners, else as new. Detailed list of dental collectibles, prices (1984), with many references. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 68 pages .

New York: Harper & Rowe, Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. [1977]. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover is clean with minimal wear, gilt lettering bright and as new. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has wear at edges, not price clipped. ; Photographs, drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. [1989]. First Edition. Hardcover. 0517571560 . Very nice clean copy in as new condition. ; Color Photographs; 10.5 x 0.75 x 10.5 Inches; 240 pages .

New York And London: Frederick Warne & Co. LTD. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1963]. Hardcover. Green cloth cover is clean, top rear corner lightly bumped, spine sunned. Binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Lacking DJ. Includes 12 color plates and numerous drawings. ; Color Plates, drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages .

Cambridge, MA: American Orchid Society. Near Fine. [1975]. Paperback. Light crease rear cover, else fine-as new. No marks in book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages .