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Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait to Humorist Harry Hershfield
BARUCH, Bernard M.
Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait.
A portrait of Bernard Baruch signed to humorist Harry Hershfield. It reads, "For Harry Hershfield who radiates sunshine and good feeling wherever he goes with appreciation and best wishes from one who has basked in that sunshine BM Baruch 1952." Hershfield was an American cartoonist, humor writer and radio personality. He was known as "the Jewish Will Rogers". He also was a columnist for the New York Daily Mirror. His books include Laugh Louder, Live Longer and Now I'll Tell One. As a comics artist he is best remembered for his newspaper comic Abie the Agent. The image measures 7.75 inches by 10.75 inches. Double…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 71053
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Frank Herbert's Children of Dune; Inscribed by Him
HERBERT, Frank.
Children of Dune.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.
Early printing of the third book in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "For Don 11/6/76 Frank Herbert." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 148014
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"THE PAIN OF PARTING IS NOTHING TO THE JOY OF MEETING AGAIN": Charles Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; elaborately bound in full crushed blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Oxford University Press, 1968.
Elaborately bound Oxford illustrated edition of one of Dickens' most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full crushed blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With thirty-nine illustrations by 'Phiz' and and Introduction by Dame Sybil Thorndike. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 129073
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First collected edition of Aldous Huxley's Grey Eminence; finely bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
HUXLEY, Aldous.
Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956.
First collected edition of Huxley's biography of French monk François Leclerc du Tremblay. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 130128
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Photograph of President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan; Signed by Them
REAGAN, Ronald.
Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.
1987.
Signed photograph of President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan seated outside on a garden bench. Color satin-finish photograph of the Reagans seated outside on a garden bench, inscribed in black felt tip on the border, "To Joe McManno, Best wishes, Nancy & Ronald Reagan." In near fine condition with a couple of light creases to the border. The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 145403
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First Edition of Ronald Reagan's The March of Freedom
REAGAN, Ronald.
The March of Freedom: The Westminster Speech.
Washington, D.C: The Heritage Foundation, 1996.
First edition of this lecture by President Reagan. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition. Foreword by Edwin J. Fuelner, Jr. Although not marked, this if from the library of William Safire. Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 141529
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"All over the ship, all through the convoy there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead": First Edition of The 50th Anniversary Edition of The Naked and the Dead; Lengthily Inscribed by Norman Mailer
MAILER, Norman.
The Naked and the Dead.
New York: Henry Holt, 2005.
First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of the author's classic first novel. Thick octavo, original boards. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, who has transcribed the first line of this title as follows, "All over the ship, all through the convoy there was a knowledge that in a few hours some of them were going to be dead. Norman Mailer." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 842
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; with 12 remarkably intricate full color plates illustrated by Edmund Dulac
FITZGERALD, Edward. With illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1920.
Magnificent edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, title page on Japanese vellum, with 12 full color plates tipped with tissue guards. In fine condition. A nice presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 126161
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Rare signed photograph World War I fighter ace Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker; with the original transmittal letter additionally signed by him
RICKENBACKER, Edward [Eddie].
Edward Rickenbacker Signed Photograph.
Rare black and white photograph of American in World War I fighter ace Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker. Inscribed by Rickenbacker, "With best wishes to Jerome Miller Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker.” With the original typed transmittal letter also signed by Rickenbacker on his Cadillac Motor Company letterhead dated May 6, 1929 which reads, 'My dear Mr. Miller:- As requested in yours of recent date, you will find enclosed autographed photograph of myself in uniform. Note your interest in my hobby, both past and present, and would say that in boyhood my favorite one was to play hookey from school and skating. Following…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 109853
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Signed Photograph of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA,.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Signed Photograph.
Color photograph of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Glossy color photograph of the Dalai Lama standing in his traditional robes with his hands folded. Boldly signed in black felt tip at the lower right hand corner. In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147468
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"How doth the little crocodile improve its shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale": First Edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Under Ground
CARROL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1886.
First edition being a facsimile of the original manuscript which was later expanded and published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Octavo, original scarlet cloth, elaborate gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt vignette to the rear panel, triple gilt ruled, all edges gilt, text printed in the author's handwriting including thirty-seven illustrations in facsimile, advertisements at rear. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 145905
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First Edition of Alice's Restaurant Cookbook; Signed by Alice May Brock and Arlo Guthrie
BROCK, Alice May and Arlo Guthrie.
Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition of this classic cookbook. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with numerous pages of photographs. Signed by both Arlo Guthrie and Alice Brock on the title page with numbers on the title page. In good condition. Introduction by Arlo Guthrie. Rare and desirable signed by both Guthrie and Brock.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140091
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Turgenev's Favorite work by Tolstoy; First Edition of Tolstoy's The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in 1852
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in 1852.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878.
First edition in English of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Eugene Schuyler. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 123937
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"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased": First edition of Me: Stories of My Life; Signed by Katharine Hepburn and Signed Three Times by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
HEPBURN, Katharine .
Me: Stories of My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.
First edition of Katharine Hepburn's revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 165 photographs. Boldly signed by Katharine Hepburn on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson and Chip Kidd.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147701
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Margaret Mead's Male and Female; Inscribed by Her in the year of publication
MEAD, Margaret.
Male and Female: A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1949.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Harry Shapiro from Margaret Mead September 1949." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With the compliments of Margaret Mead laid in. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 122351
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First Edition of Leonard Cohen’s First Novel; Inscribed by Him
COHEN, Leonard.
The Favourite Game.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1963.
First printing of this edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Abbott all the best Leonard Cohen London 1988." Near fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Hall.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140854
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First edition of The Living White House; Warmly Inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson; With an original Bronzini Tie
AIKMAN, Lionelle. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Bruce Catton.
The Living White House.
Washington, D.C: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society Special Publications Division, 1966.
First edition of this beautiful pictorial history of the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with numerous full page color photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the President Johnson, "To Edward Dahut-with appreciation Lyndon B. Johnson." The recipient, Edward Dahut was the CEO of Bronzini Ltd., a prestigious men’s fashion house. Because President Johnson was a tall man, and wore Bronzini ties, the White House requested new ties cut to order. Dahut would send books of color swatches of designs for the line, normally given to Bronzini salesmen across the…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140981
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Rare Stock Certificate for American Express; Signed by American Bussinessman William Fargo
FARGO, William.
William Fargo Signed Stock Certificate for American Express Company.
New York: American Express Company, 1873.
Rare American Express Company stock certificate signed by American businessman William Fargo. Imperial octavo, one page with the "Safety & Dispatch" vignette of the dog (mascot of American Express) at the center. The certificate is dated March 29, 1873 and issues fifty shares of Capital Stock to Rev. William Bliss Ashley. Partially printed document signed by "Wm G. Fargo" as President, "Alex Holland" as Treasurer, and "J. N. Knapp" as Secretary. In very good condition with cancellation stamp and cancel cuts on the front, light toning. Transfer information present on verso. The piece measures 11.25 inches by 8 inches.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 147775
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First Edition of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
MEAD, Shepherd.
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard’s Guide to Fame and Fortune.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrations by Claude. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146086
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FIRST EDITION OF RAYMOND CARVER’S CATHEDRAL; Inscribed by Raymond Carver to fellow writer Thom Jones
CARVER, Raymond [Thom Jones].
Cathedral. Stories.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
First edition of Carver’s award-winning collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Thom Jones with good wishes Ray Carver May 4, 1984." The recipient, Thom Jones was an esteemed short story writer. His first book, published in 1993, was the short-story collection The Pugilist at Rest. The stories deal with common themes of mortality and pain, with characters who often find a kind of solace in the rather pessimistic philosophy of Schopenhauer. Boxing, absent or mentally ill fathers, physical trauma, and the Vietnam War are also recurring motifs. The collection was a National Book Award…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146006
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"... fortune holds some gifts in store for those who try": First Edition of Percy Fitzpatrick's Classic Work Jock of the Bushveld
FITZPATRICK, Percy.
Jock of the Bushveld.
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1907.
First edition, first issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt topstain, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 64984
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"What if it should turn out eternity was but the steeple on our house of life": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION of Robert Frost's Steeple Bush; one of only 751 copies SIGNED BY ROBERT FROST
FROST, Robert.
Steeple Bush.
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1947.
First edition, first printing of this spiritually-themed Frost collection. Octavo, original half cloth over boards, front panel decorated in gilt. One of 751 copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 167. Fine in the rare original glassine which is in very good condition and slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 110271
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"Enter the wild wood and view the haunts of nature": William Cullen Bryant's A Forest Hymn bound with In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting
BRYANT, William Cullen.
A Forest Hymn [Bound with] In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck. [Fore-edge Painting].
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1860-1862.
Finely bound collection of two classic American poems; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting. Quarto, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous engravings by John A. Nums and John A. Hows, all edges gilt with a concealed double fore-edge painting which reveals a hunting scene and a scene of figure skaters. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139346
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"Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between": First Edition, First Issue of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
ANGELOU, Maya.
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
New York: Random House, 1969.
First edition with the topstain red of Angelou's critically acclaimed first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 144542
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Ronald Reagan's 1985 inauguration Program; Signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
BURGER, Warren E.; Ronald Reagan.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Signed 1985 Inauguration Program.
Official program for Ronald Reagan's 1985 inauguration and has a First Day Cancellation at the top. Signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger at the bottom. Burger administered the oath of office to President Reagan on that day. The entire framed piece measures 9.25 inches by 12.25 inches.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 47021
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"There had been a heavy shower of rain, but the sun was already shining through the breaks in the clouds and throwing swiftly changing shadows on the streets, the houses, and the gardens of the city of Laurania": First edition of Churchill's only full-length work of fiction: Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900.
First American edition (which precedes the British first) of Churchill's singular attempt at full-length fiction. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable in this condition, Churchill's only work of literature.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 129733
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First Edition of Of Flight And Life; Inscribed by Charles Lindbergh
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
Of Flight and Life.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.
First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Elizabeth Bartky with much affection, and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August 1948." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An excellent association.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 144539
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"Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?": Exodus; Inscribed by Leon Uris to Historian Arnold Krammer
URIS, Leon.
Exodus: A Novel of Israel.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958.
First edition, early printing of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to historian Arnold Krammer, "For Dr. Arnold Krammer Shalom Leon Uris." The recipient, Arnold Krammer was a historian who specialized in German and United States history and a professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He was twice a Fulbright scholar in Germany in 1992-1993 and 2002-2003. He was the author of seven books, the most recent of which was War Crimes, Genocide, and the Law: Historical Perspective, published in 2009. He is…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 115423
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith; finely bound and decorated with a fore-edge painting
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. and Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of the Arts. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.
Finely bound example of Goldsmith's complete poetical works, decorated with a fore-edge painting of a golfing scene. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt scrolling and fleuron cornerpeices to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, illustrated with wood engravings, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a golfing scene. Ownership inscription. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140226
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Typed Letter Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as New York Governor
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.
Albany: State of New York Executive Chamber, 1930.
Rare 20th century typed letter signed by President Roosevelt as New York Governor. One page, typescript on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary, the letter is dated August 11, 1930 and reads, 'Mr. Edwin T. Thayer, Brook Bend Tavern, Monterey, Mass. Dear Mr. Thayer: Thanks much for your delightful letter of August seventh. I am glad to know that you are carrying on such a fine work for the boys. I deeply regret it will be impossible for me to visit the farm at Canaan after the exercises at New Lebanon as I have already made arrangements to go…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146749
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, Seamus.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142996
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"I dwell in a lonely house I know, that vanished many summer ago": Robert Frost's A Boy's Will; signed and dated by him
FROST, Robert.
A Boy’s Will.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1934.
Second American edition of Frost's first published work. Octavo, original beige linen cloth, engraved title page. Signed and dated by the poet on the title page, "Robert Frost February 25 1936." In very good condition. Small ownership name.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 130124
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First Edition of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl; Signed by Her and Ben Affleck
FLYNN, Gillian.
Gone Girl.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2012.
First edition of this "instant classic" (Vanity Fair), basis for the film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gillian Flynn and Academy Award-winning actor Ben Affleck. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 131752
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"People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power": Signed Limited Edition Of President Clinton’s Autobiography My Life; In the Original Shrink Wrap
CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson Clinton].
My Life.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Signed limited edition of President William Jefferson Clinton's Autobiography. Thick octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, original slipcase, illustrated. Fine in a fine slipcase. Signed by Bill Clinton, one of 1500 numbered examples. In the original shrink wrap.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 133520
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"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body": First Edition of Margaret Sanger's An Autobiography; Inscribed by Her
SANGER, Margaret.
Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938.
First edition of Sanger's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Sanger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Franklin M. Watts Margaret Sanger." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 60034
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“There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield": First Edition of Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels
SHAARA, Michael.
The Killer Angels.
New York: David Mckay, 1974.
First edition of Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, maps by Don Pitcher. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140272
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First Edition of Thomas Berger's Crazy in Berlin; Signed by Him
BERGER, Thomas .
Crazy In Berlin.
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1958.
First edition of Berger's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Berger on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142436
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Rare autograph poem sent by William Cullen Bryant to his publisher George R. Graham
BRYANT, William Cullen.
William Cullen Bryant Autograph “The Voice of Autumn” Poem Signed.
November 21, 1853: .
Rare autograph poem in the hand of William Cullen Bryant sent by him to magazine publisher George R. Graham for inclusion in his literary periodical Graham's Magazine with the accompanying transmittal letter from Bryant to Graham. Quarto, two pages. Addressed to George R. Graham, the letter reads in part, "New York Monday Nov. 21, 1853 My dear Sir, I send you on the other leaf a poem for Graham's Magazine. I hope it will reach you for your purpose. I am Sir very truly yours W. C. Bryant." The first stanzas of the poem read, "The Voice of Autumn by…
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142753
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“The drowning and devastation of the city took just about ten minutes": First Edition of the author's First Book The Johnstown Flood; Inscribed by David McCullough in the Year of Publication
MCCULLOUGH, David.
The Johnstown Flood.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's first book. Octavo, original brown cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page prior to the publication date, "For Donna and Gordon in friendship. David March 1, 1968." The recipients were close friends of the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Publication date of The Johnstown Flood was March 18, 1968. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 59021
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“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated”: First edition of Arnold Palmer’s Golf Book "Hit It Hard"; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
PALMER, Arnold.
Arnold Palmer’s Golf Book “Hit It Hard!”
New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1961.
First edition of Arnold Palmer’s first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 144210