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Rare Original Goldfinger Dust Jacket Design Printing Proof; signed by Dust Jacket Designer Richard Chopping and from his personal collection
CHOPPING, Richard. [Ian Fleming].
Goldfinger. [Original Richard Chopping Signed Printing Proof].
Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is a yellow and magenta ink progressive plate proof (printed using two of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 124288
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Rare Original Goldfinger Dust Jacket Design Printing Proof; signed by Dust Jacket Designer Richard Chopping and from his personal collection
CHOPPING, Richard. [Ian Fleming].
Goldfinger. [Original Richard Chopping Signed Printing Proof].
Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is the magenta ink progressive plate proof (printed using one of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 124559
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"the strategy of the golf course is the soul of the game": First Edition of Golf Architecture in America; inscribed by the author's mentor A.W. Tillinghast in the rare original dust jacket
THOMAS, George C..
Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction.
Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Press, 1927.
First edition of one of the most comprehensive books on the fundamentals of golf course construction written by one of the field's leading architects. Octavo, original green cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author's mentor A.W. Tillinghast on the second free endpaper, "To Theodore LeVino with the compliments of A.W. Tillinghast, April 13th 1941. George Thomas was one of my proteges, of whom I am proud. Too bad he had to pass on so soon." A.W. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses and was…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 95896
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First Edition of Bernard Darwin's Golf Between Two Wars; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
DARWIN, Bernard.
Golf Between Two Wars.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1944.
First edition of this golf classic. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145701
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First Edition Of John Updikes Collection of Golf Writings; Signed by Him
UPDIKE, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep .
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Paul Szep. Signed by John Updike on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141537
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First Edition Of John Updikes Collection of Golf Writings; With A Full Page Drawing by Illustrator Paul Szep
UPDIKE, John; Illustrated by Paul Szep.
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Paul Szep. Signed by the illustrator Paul Szep, who has drawn a full page sketch of John Updike. Also laid in is another illustration of Updike signed by Szep. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 7275
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"The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two": Bobby Jones' Golf Is My Game; Inscribed by Him
JONES, Robert T. [Bobby].
Golf Is My Game.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1960.
First edition, early printing of this classic golfing technique manual. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Doug Peters With best wishes Robert T. Jones Jr." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Ben Feder.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 122492
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"The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two": Bobby Jones' Golf Is My Game; Inscribed by Him
JONES, Robert T. [Bobby].
Golf Is My Game.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1960.
First edition, early printing of this classic golfing technique manual. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Earl Bottom With best wishes Bobby Jones." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Ben Feder.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 120569
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“Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation": Golf My Way; Inscribed by Jack Nicklaus
NICKLAUS, Jack.
Golf My Way.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
Early printing of this classic golf instructional. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated by Jim McQueen. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To Todd Good Luck Jack Nicklaus." In very good condition. Written with Ken Bowden. Foreword by Jack Grout.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 145729
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First Edition of Jack Nicklaus' Golf My Way; Inscribed by him
NICKLAUS, Jack.
Golf My Way.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974.
First edition of this classic golf instructional. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Jim McQueen. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, "To John Good Golfing Jack Nicklaus." Fine in a near fine jacket. Written with Ken Bowden.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 106534
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First edition of T. Henry Cotton's Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People; Signed by him and in the rare original dust jacket
COTTON, T. Henry.
Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People Who Aspire to Proficiency in the Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd, 1931.
First edition of Cotton's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Cotton. Signed by the author in the year of publication beneath his frontispiece portrait, "Henry Cotton 1931." Very good in the rare original dust jacket with a chip to the spine. Ownership inscription. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 136110
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First edition of T. Henry Cotton's Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People; inscribed by him
COTTON, T. Henry.
Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People Who Aspire to Proficiency in the Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd, 1931.
First edition of Cotton's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Cotton. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication beneath his frontispiece portrait, "F.A. Reeves with best of wishes most sincerely Henry Cotton 1931." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 135277
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"The pleasures of golf are not measured by successes but by the love of the player for the game": First Edition of Golfing Legend J.H. Taylor's Golf: My Life's Work
TAYLOR, J.H. (John Henry); Introduction by Bernard Darwin.
Golf: My Life’s Work.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943.
First edition of Taylor's classic autobiography, who is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time and a pioneer of modern golf. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 48095
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"It is the constant and undying hope for improvement that makes golf so exquisitely worth playing": First Edition of Bernard Darwin's Golf: Pleasures of Life Series
DARWIN, Bernard.
Golf: Pleasures of Life Series.
London: Burke, 1954.
First edition of this work by the award-winning writer. Octavo, original cloth. Bookplate, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 43063
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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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First edition of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind; Inscribed by Her
MITCHELL, Margaret.
Gone With the Wind.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.
First edition of Margaret Mitchell's masterpiece which remains one of the fastest selling novels in the history of American publishing, with 50,000 copies sold in a single day. Octavo, original cloth. First printing, with “Published May 1936” on the copyright page and no mention of other printings. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Elizabeth S. Harsh from Margaret Mitchell." Near fine in a very good completely unrestored price-clipped first issue dust jacket with Gone with the Wind listed in second column of booklist on back panel and the $3.00 cost on front flap. Eicher…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 139819