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First Edition of Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Tommie.
Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007.
First edition of this powerful autobiography by the Olympic gold medalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Michelle- Enjoy Life, it's divine Tommie Smith 1968 Olympics." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kate Nichols. Written with David Steele.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 117701
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First Edition of The Education of A Tennis Player; Inscribed by Tennis Legend Rod Laver
LAVER, Rod with Bud Collins.
The Education of a Tennis Player.
London: Pelham Books, 1971.
First edition of the tennis great's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Andy Best Wishes Rod Laver." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Written with Bud Collins.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 140060
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First edition of Herbert Manchester's The Diamond Match Company: A Century of Service, of Progress, and of Growth 1835-1935
MANCHESTER, Herbert.
The Diamond Match Company: A Century of Service, of Progress, and of Growth 1835-1935.
New York: The Diamond Match Company, 1935.
First edition of Manchester's history of the Diamond Match Company. Octavo, original stiff paper wrappers, illustrated. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138319
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First Edition of Marcella Cucina; Inscribed by Marcella Hazan
HAZAN, Marcella.
Marcella Cucina.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997.
First edition of this collection of recipes by Hazan. Quarto, original glossy boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Alison Harris. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Doris best wishes! Marcella Hazan." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Joel Avirom.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143511
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Marcella's Italian Kitchen; Signed by Her
HAZAN, Marcella.
Marcella’s Italian Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes! Marcella Hazan." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Front-of-jacket photograph by David Massey. Jacket design by Karen Katz.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 143529
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"You must play boldly to win": First Edition of Go For Broke; Inscribed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold.
Go for Broke: My Philosophy of Winning Golf.
London: William Kimber and Co. Limited, 1974.
First British edition of this autobiographical golf instruction book from 'The King' of golf. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fly leaf, "To Nora Best Regards Arnold Palmer." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Braren.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145496
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Burnaby's On Horseback Through Asia Minor
BURNABY, Frederick Gustavus.
On Horseback Through Asia Minor.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877.
Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in original publisher's green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, spine vignettes in black, illustrated with 3 folding maps and a mounted photographic portrait frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 105843
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Nine Bad Shots of Golf and What To Do About Them; Warmly Inscribed by Jim Dante
DANTE, Jim and Leo Diegel with Collaboration with Len Elliot .
Nine Bad Shots of Golf and What To Do About Them.
New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947.
First edition, later printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To: Julian Lovitt Here's hoping you improve your game. Golfingly Jim Dante 4/24/48." Light rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 38032
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"Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated": First Edition of Arnold Palmer's My Game and Yours; Inscribed by Him
PALMER, Arnold.
My Game and Yours.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965.
First edition of Palmer's second book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Adrienne Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 38997
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First Edition of 99 Stories of the Game; Signed by the Great One Wayne Gretzky
GRETZKY, Wayne; Kirstie McLellan Day.
99 Stories of the Game.
Canada: Viking, 2016.
First edition of the history of the National Hockey League from the point of view of the greatest hockey player of all-time to mark the league's ninety-nine year anniversary. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Boldly signed by the author "Wayne Gretzky 99" on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Brayda. Jacket photograph Bruce Bennett and Getty Images.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147808
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First Edition of Travers and Rice's The Winning Shot; From the library of Golf Course Architect Albert W. Tillinghast
TRAVERS, Jerome D. and Grantland Rice.
The Winning Shot.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1915.
First edition of this early work by Travers and Rice, "one of the first golf books to carry Mr. Rice's name" (Murdoch 784). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of Albert W. Tillinghast, with his handwritten inventory card laid in. Tillinghast was a golf course architect and one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. A nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 87998
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“Motion is tranquillity": First Edition of Second Book of Motor Sport; Warmly Inscribed by Stirling Moss
MOSS, Stirling.
Stirling Moss’s Second Book of Motor Sport.
London: Cassell, 1958.
First edition of Moss' sequel to his first Book of Motor Sport. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Nick A friend, from a friend, Stirling Moss" Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Maxwell Boyd.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146061
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First Edition of Ken Purdy's Wonderful World of the Automobile; Inscribed by Him
PURDY, Ken.
Wonderful World of the Automobile.
London: Macgibbon and Kee, 1961.
First edition of this work by legendary automobile writer Ken Purdy. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Jesse, with best wishes, Ken Hawlchurst, Kent 2 1962." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jozef Gross.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 129763
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First Edition of Theodore Pratt's That Was Palm Beach; signed by him
PRATT, Theodore.
That Was Palm Beach.
St. Petersburg, Florida: Great Outdoors, 1968.
First edition of Pratt's history of Flagler era of Palm Beach, Florida. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. In very good condition. Front cover photograph of "the great Royal Poinciana Hotel which once stood in Palm Beach, the grandest hotel of all time, the largest wooded building ever built in the history of the world."
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138405
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First Edition of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Cross Creek Cookery; Signed by Her
RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan.
Cross Creek Cookery.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943.
First edition of Rawlings’ heartwarming cookbook. Octavo, original pictorial calico-textured cloth. Boldly signed by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings on the front free endpaper. In good condition. Illustrations by Robert Camp.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138178
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“WHY THE BUSINESS MAN SHOULD PLAY GOLF”: FIRST EDITION OF TRAVERS’ GOLF BOOK
TRAVERS, Jerome D.
Travers’ Golf Book.
New York: Macmillan Company, 1913.
First edition of this four-time U.S. amateur champion’s first book. Octavo, original green cloth gilt, photographic cover portrait to the front panel, with forty eight stop-action illustrations. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 115871
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First Edition of Aline Bernstein's Masterpieces of Women's Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries; From the library of Vivien Leigh
BERNSTEIN, Aline.
Masterpieces of Women’s Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1959.
First edition of Aline Bernstein's great work on the history of costume design, published posthumously. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with 32 color plates and 51 correlated line drawings. In fine condition. From the library of actress Vivien Leigh.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 110285
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First Edition of The World Cup Murder; Signed by Pele and Herbert Resnicow
PELE,.
The World Cup Murder.
New York: Wynwood Press, 1988.
First edition of this fictional work by one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both authors on the half-title page, "All the best Pele" and "Herbert Resnicow." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket cover illustration by Edward C. Carenza. Written with Herbert Resnicow.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144205
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"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been": First Edition of Gretzky: An Autobiography; Signed by The Great One
GRETZKY, Wayne.
Gretzky: An Autobiography.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1990.
First edition of the autobiography of the greatest hockey player of all-time. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Wayne Gretzky 99." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 148183
