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"Here, at home inside a Jane Austen novel, I passed my college weekends, carving Sunday roasts and getting the station wagon serviced, explaining the double finesse in bridge, lacing up ice skates, sharing by radio the fall of Paris and the night bombings of London. . . having fallen not just in love but into a family": First Edition of Roger Angell's autobiography; Signed by Him
ANGELL, Roger.
Let Me Finish.
New York: Harcourt, 2006.
First edition of Angell's autobiography of his early years growing up in New York. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Roger Angell on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cooley Design Lab.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 7412
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First Edition of Renewing America's Purpose; Signed by President George W. Bush
BUSH, George W.
Renewing America’s Purpose: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush July 1999-July 2000.
Austin, TX: Republican National Committee / Bush for President, Inc, 2000.
First edition of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly signed by President George W. Bush in a contemporary signature on the cover. In near fine condition.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 147230
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First edition of Jack Valenti's Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches; inscribed to him by William Safire
VALENTI, Jack [William Safire].
Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1982.
First edition of Jack Valenti's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bill Safire Thanks for your embrace - with the loving good wishes of Jack Valenti." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 135441
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Limited First Edition of The Stark Reality of Responsibility; Signed by Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Additionally with Foreign Affairs Pamphlets Signed by Theodore Sorensen
STEVENSON, Adlai Ewing; Theodore C. Sorensen.
The Stark Reality of Responsibility. [WITH] Two Issues of Foreign Affairs: Loyal to a Fault? and America’s First Post-Cold War President. [AND] Theodore Sorensen Autograph Note Signed.
Chicago: Americana House, 1952.
Limited first edition of Adlai Ewing Stevenson's welcoming and acceptance addresses before the Democratic National Convention. Quarto, original publisher's three quarter blue morocco over cloth with gilt titles to the spine, front panel stamped in gilt. One of one hundred copies printed on Maidstone hand-made paper and signed by the author on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Accompanied by two Foreign Affairs pamphlets by Theodore C. Sorensen: 'America's First Post-Cold War President' (Vol. 71 No. 4, Fall 1992, autograph note signed by Sorensen on Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 'Compliments' stationary secured with a paperclip, the note…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 146701
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"Take dead aim for the pin": First Edition of Tom Kite's A Fairway to Heaven: My Lessons From Harvey Penick On Golf And Life; Inscribed by Him
KITE, Tom.
A Fairway to Heaven: My Lessons From Harvey Penick On Golf And Life.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997.
First edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Harry- Best of luck with your golf Tom Kite." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bradford Foltz. Written with Mickey Herskowitz.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 129108
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First edition of Tanya Lapointe's The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049
LAPOINTE, Tanya.
The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049.
Los Angeles: Alcon Entertainment, 2017.
First edition of the the complete behind-the-scenes story of the sequel to Blade Runner, one of the most influential science-fiction movies ever made. Oblong quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 140883
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First American Edition of Henry James' The Ivory Tower
JAMES, Henry.
The Ivory Tower.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.
First British edition of James' unfinished novel, published posthumously in 1917. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 109563
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First Special 1993 Sponsor Edition of How I Played The Game; Signed by Byron Nelson
NELSON, Byron; Arnold Palmer.
How I Played the Game.
Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993.
First special 1993 Sponsor edition of Nelson’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original publisher's full forest green leatherette with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and photographic plates. One of one thousand one hundred copies signed by Byron Nelson on the semi-transparent flyleaf, this is number 58. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Accompanied by the original gilt engraved GTE Byron Nelson Classic metal clip bookmark.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146678
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good": First Edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
First edition of Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147852
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Byron Nelson's How I Played the Game; Inscribed by Him
NELSON, Byron; Arnold Palmer.
How I Played the Game.
Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993.
First edition, second printing of Nelson's autobiography. Octavo, original forest green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with photographic plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Will Best wishes Byron Nelson 7-16-93." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Arnold Palmer.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146679
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Signed Limited First Edition of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus and other stories
ROTH, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978.
Signed limited edition of the author's first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original publisher's full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the third free endpaper. In fine condition. An excellent example.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147570
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First edition of Burr and Hinton's The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan
BURR, Frank A. and Richard J. Hinton.
The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Its Romance and Reality: How a Humble Lad Reached the Head of an Army.
Providence, R.I: J. A. & R. A. Reid, Publishers, 1888.
First edition of Burr and Hinton's work on famed Union army general Philip Sheridan. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132349
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"Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself": First Edition of My 55 Ways to Lower Your Golf Score
NICKLAUS, Jack.
My 55 Ways To Lower Your Golf Score.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964.
First edition of the Golden Bear's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. With drawings by Francis Golden. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146713
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First Edition of Thierry Rannou's La Route Du Rhum; from the library of explorer and adventurer Steve Fossett
RANNOU, Thierry.
La Route Du Rhum.
Paris: Editions du Sport, 1994.
First edition of Rannou's photographic history of the Route du Rhum. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with full-color photographs. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset was also one of sailing’s most…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112318
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First edition of Thomas P. Kettell's History of the Great Rebellion
KETTELL, Thomas P.
History of the Great Rebellion, From Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving An Account of Its Origin, The Secession of the Southern States, and the Formation of the Confederate Government.
New York: N. C. Miller, 1862.
First edition of volume I of Kettell's history of the American Civil War. Octavo, original publisher's cloth elaborately decorated in gilt, illustrated with over 125 engravings including 80 portraits. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 136514
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First edition of Alfred L. Castleman's The Army of the Potomac
CASTLEMAN, Alfred L.
The Army of the Potomac. Behind the Scenes. A Diary of Unwritten History; From the Organization of the Army, by General George B. McClellan, to the Close of the Campaign in Virginia, About the First Day of January, 1863.
Milwaukee: Published by Strickland & Co., 1863.
First edition of the Civil War memoir of Alfred L. Castleman, Surgeon of the Fifth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132705
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50th Anniversary Edition of The First Four Minutes; Signed by Roger Bannister
BANNISTER, Roger.
The First Four Minutes.
Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2004.
Limited hardback edition of this personal account of the most ground-breaking sporting achievement of the twentieth century, now with a new introduction and a substantial new chapter to mark the 50th Anniversary of the first sub-four-minute mile. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographic plates. One of two hundred and thirty-nine copies signed by the author on a limitation slip adhered to the front flyleaf, this is number 196. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146690
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First edition of The Last Man on the Moon; inscribed by Astronaut Eugene Cernan and signed by NASA Geologist Farouk El-Baz
CERNAN, Eugene and Don Davis.
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Space Race.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
First edition, early printing of this revealing and dramatic look at the inside of the American space program from one of its pioneers. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jay & Joan. Best wishes, Gene Cernan." Additionally signed by NASA Geologist Farouk El-Baz on the front free endpaper, "All good wishes Frank El-Baz." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Some bumping to the crown and foot of the spine with a publishing error that slightly extended page 181. Slight rubbing and creasing to the extremities of the…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147252
