Search Results: British Literature from James F. Balsley, Bookseller

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 .

London: Sebastian Kelly. Fine+. (1999). Hardcover. 1840813555 . Appears to be brand new in as new conditions. Issued without DJ. No ownership or other marks in or on book. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 446 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: Dodd, Mead & Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. Paper over boards with red cloth spine. Back strip with gilt lettering attached to spine. Front hinge cracked. Two ownership signatures on endpapers. Pages unmarked. No DJ. Includes literary biographies and bibliographies of noted writers of 1897 including H. G. Wells, who was then a relatively new writer. Includes illustrations. ; Drawings, photographs.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 263 pages .

Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California. Near Fine. 1971. Paperback. Tan textured paper with dark brown lettering, French flaps. Would be F+ other than old price in pencil has been erased from ffep. ; 99 pages .

New York: P. F. Collier & Sons. Fine+. (1937). Registered Edition. Hardcover. Book is as new. Simulated dark green leather cover with gilt lettering on spine, gilt decoration and shield on top cover. No ownership or other marks. Appears brand new. No statement of printing. Issued without DJ. ; Harvard Classics; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages .

Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1892). First American Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. White endpapers. Cover has very minor rubbing at corners. Binding sound and straight. Neat bookplate on front pastedown. No marks in text. Light tanning to top edge of text block and a little darkening of spine. BAL 7362 ; B&W frontis; 7" x 4 5/8"; <i-iv>, <1-283> pages .

New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fine+. (1988). Trade Paperback. 0195043979 . Appears to be brand new. No ownership or other marks. Cover clean and undamaged. Binding sound. Not a remainder.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 672 pages .

Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1898]. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with black lettering on spine and front has minimal wear. Previous ower's name on ffep. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. There is occasional toning. Binding sound. No DJ. ; The Academy Series of English Classics; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xiv, 174 pages .

Boston: Bibliophile Society. Very Good+. 1912. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 469 copies. Full brown calf leather with double ruled gilt borders on top and back, gilt lettering on spine. Leather is darkened Lion spine but gilt lettering clean and bright. Slight scuffing at bottom of spine and lower corners.Book is free of foxing. Copperplate engravings by H. W. Bicknell are signed by him in pencil. Pages are clean and unmarked. The tissue guard over the first engraving has a tear at top edge near gutter. Lacking slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1977). First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151255970 . Book is in Fine condition and would be as new but for a remainder mark on the top edge of the text block. First American Edition, First printing. Unclipped DJ is clean with tanning on the upper edge of the interior and very minor wear at the tail of spine. Now in Brodart archival sleeve. No ownership or other marks in book. Not ex-library. ; 1977; 9.4 X 6.2 X 1.6 inches; 356 pages .

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1963. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has minimal wear. Previous owner's name on inside cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Age toning at page edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation. Very Good. (1969). Registered Edition; Sixty-Second Printing. Hardcover. Full dark green faux leather with bright gilt decoration on top cover and spine, gilt lettering on spine. Binding sound and tight. Minimal spatter to the top page block that does not intrude into the pages. Title page has two small smudges under the title that does not obscure any text. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Registered Edition/Deluxe Edition. 62nd printing of the 1937 edition. No DJ as issued. ; The Harvard Classics ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 463 pages .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Near Fine. (1938). Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Book is as new. Simulated dark green leather cover with gilt lettering on spine, gilt decoration and shield on top cover. Volume 2 in ink at top of ffep, no other marks. Appears brand new. No fading of cover or tanning of pages. No statement of printing. Issued without DJ. ; Harvard Classics; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 463 pages .

Cambridge, England: The Cambridge University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0521065844 . Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine is clean and unworn with sharp corners. Binding sound. No ownership or other marks. DJ is clean with only very minor wear at head and tail of spine. Now in mylar archival sleeve. DJ has UK price 18s 6p on lower corner. ; The Clark Lectures 1956; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages .

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Fine. [1970]. Reprint; Later Printing. Hardcover. 0837129842 . No DJ as issued. Book is as new. Page X in the introduction has a few surface creases that appear to be a printing defect. Text is ok. Maroon cloth cover with gilt lettering. . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

New York: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation. Very Good+. (1969). Registered Edition; Sixty-Second Printing. Hardcover. Full dark green faux leather with bright gilt decoration on top cover and spine, gilt lettering on spine. Binding sound and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Registered Edition/Deluxe Edition. One page has corner crease. 62nd printing of the 1937 edition. No DJ as issued. ; The Harvard Classics ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 470 pages .

New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1976). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151334870 . VG+ Book in unclipped VG DJ. Book would be as new but for a few tiny black spots and light soiling (see photo's). There is one small spot on the top edge of the text block. No ownership or other marks in book. Not a remainder. The DJ has sunning along top and bottom edges, and a few small wrinkles at edges. ; Photograph, drawings; 8.4 X 3.8 X 0.6 inches; 76 pages .

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. Fine. (1979). Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. A fine copy. Book is as new other than publisher's bookplate with previous owner's signature neatly placed on verso of front free endcloth. Full black leather with gilt decoration on both covers and spine. Gilt edges unblemished. Moire pattern endcloths. Four raised spine bands. All edges gilt. Bookmark sewn in. ; The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written; Drawings ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 462 pages .

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth cover is unworn. Corners sharp. There are two small dull areas on the front cover, probably from water spots. Very small coffee (?) splatter on the fore edge. splaBinding sound and tight with slight tilt. No ownership or other marks in book. DJ is missing. ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages .