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

Scherf. Fine. [2000]. First Edition. Trade paperback. 1887603042 . Book is as new. Signed by author on half-title page. Author's authentication stamp under signature. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 396 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. [2001]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670896764 . Book and DJ fine/as new. Signed by author on title page-no inscription. No ownership or other marks in or on book. DJ not price clipped and in Brodart archival sleeve. ; 1.5 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 432 pages; Signed by Author .

Lexington, Kentucky: Appaloosa Pres. Fine. [1998]. First Edition; First Printing. Trade paperback. 1889501530 . As new book inscribed and signed by author on half-title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good. [1990]. Mass Market Paperback. 0345349113 . Binding sound. No reading crease. Spine is a little tilted. Cover has light wear. The pages have some age toning. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. ; Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 3; 0.7 x 6.7 x 4 Inches; 185 pages; Signed by Author .

San Jose, CA: Writer's Club Press. Fine. [2000]. First Edition. Trade paperback. 0595092691 . Book is as new. Signed by author on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur. New in New dust jacket. [2002]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312305001 . New book in as new condition. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 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 Jenkins to his best customers and friends. Jenkins was a prominent Texas antiquarian bookseller and high stakes gambler, as well as a suspected arsonist and forger. His body was found in a river in 1989 with a gunshot wound in the back of his head. A recent biography of Jenkins by Michael Vinson, Bluffing Texas Style, has been published by the Univ. Of Oklahoma Press. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. [1997]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684829290 . Book and DJ as new. Signed by author on title page. ; 1.2 x 9.2 x 6.4 Inches; 352 pages; Signed by Author .

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1999. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0807124761 . Book and DJ as new. Signed by author on half-title page. Winner of the Pegasus Prize for Literature. ; Pegasus Prize for Literature; 0.96 x 9.31 x 6.29 Inches; 243 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good+. [1990]. First Edition; First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0671702378 . Signed by three of the four authors on the title page (all but Carter) . Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has minimal wear. Pages clean and unmarked. There is age toning on the pages. ; 1 x 6.6 x 4.1 Inches; 276 pages; Signed by Author .

Stokes, NC: Rountree Publishing. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [1984]. First Edition. Hardcover. 0934073007 . Book is as new, inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. DJ has wear at edges and a few short tears-not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages; Signed by Author .

Hamilton, N. Y.: Edmonston Publishing, Inc.. As New. [1991]. First Edition; First Printing. Trade paperback. 0962239321 . Appears brand new. Publisher's price list laid in. ; The Battle of gettysburg from Reynold's death to Lee's retreat, the retreat through Gettysburg, the fortification of Cemetery Hill, the Meade-Sickles controversy, the artillery's effect on Pickett's charge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 90 pages .

New York: PublicAffairs. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. [2001]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1586480359 . Book and DJ as new. Personal inscription signed by author on half-title page. Mr. Fitzwater was press secretary for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. This is his first novel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Signed by Author .

Paris: Gauthier-Villars. Very Good+. 1879. First Edition. Soft cover. Publisher's grey paper wraps with light toning at edges and on spine, minor wear at edges. There is a light crease on rear cover and a small rubbed area lower rear edge near spine. The text block is uncut and unopened. Includes two copper plates with protective tissues--these are clean without foxing. ; Copper plates ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxiv,156 pages .

Geneva, Switzerland: Editions Suzanne Hurter. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [1992]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 2940031029 . Book is fine/as new. Binding sound and tight. Cover is green cloth with gilt letters. Pages clean and unmarked. DJ is very good and has small tears at head of spine and top of front and other signs of minimal wear. ; Color Photographs; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 268 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. [1973]. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151338000 . Book is fine. DJ has light toning at top edge, and some light wear at edges. There is a 1/4" round red sticker near the price on the inside flap. Not clipped. Now protected in Brodart Mylar cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages .

New York: Stein & Day. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [1978]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0812824369 . Black quarter cloth with brown paper over boards. Gilt lettering on spine and front. There is a very light bump on lower back corner and a tiny dent on upper edge of front board, else fine. DJ has wear at head and tail of spine, a short closed tear at top edge of front, and a longer tear associated with a triangular chip at top of back. The DJ is price clipped. Now in Brodart archival sleeve. Inscribed "For zyg: Good Reading! John" Zyg is Zygmunt Nagorski, a Polish national who served with the French and then the British in WWII, emigrated to the US as a journalist, became a citizen and had a career in the Foreign service. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Pocket Books. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. [1992]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671733117 . Book and DJ as new. Signed by author on title page. ; 1.3 x 9.4 x 6 Inches; 320 pages; Signed by Author .

Washington, D. C.: The Gridiron Club. Fine. 1985. Hardcover. Gift inscriptions by Helen Thomas and family members on front endpapers and half-title page.. Thomas was long time Dean of the Washington Press Corps. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine and front. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 155 pages; Signed by Notable Personage, Related .

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374158150 . Book and DJ as new. DJ not price clipped. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 484 pages .