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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; Signed by Jack Nicklaus to His Neighbor
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. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Best regards Jack Nicklaus." Very good in a very good dust jacket, embossed name to the front free endpaper. With drawings by Francis Golden.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146092
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First Edition of William Golding's The Spire; Signed by Him
GOLDING, William.
The Spire.
London: Faber & Faber, 1964.
First British edition. Octavo, original cloth.Signed by William Golding on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing. A very bright copy.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 3353
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First Edition of Why We Can't Wait; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
KING, Jr..
Why We Can’t Wait.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.
First edition of Dr. King's third book, including his reflections on his 1963 Birmingham campaign. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six 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.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146312
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Living with an Alcoholic: With the Help of Al-Anon; Signed by Bill and Lois Wilson
WILSON, Bill and Lois.
Living with an Alcoholic: With the Help of Al-Anon.
New York: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc, 1964.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Bill and Lois Wilson on the front free endpaper, "From Lois B. Wilson, all good wishes" and "Yours, Bill." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by both Bill and Lois Wilson.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 130675
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First edition of Vladimir's Nabokov The Defence
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
The Defence [Defense].
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964.
First edition of this early Nabokov novel, which tells the tragic story of a man destroyed by his own genius and of the hopeless efforts of the wife who loves him to save him from himself. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by John Curtis. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140004
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First Edition of What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr; Lengthily Inscribed by Lerone Bennett
KING, Martin Luther] Lerone Bennett.
What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc, 1964.
First edition of this early biography on Dr. King. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Congratulations on your leadership and success. King said, "A man who dies for something is not fit to live." For John Thanks! Lerone 12/8/15." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With an introduction by Benjamin E. Mays. Jacket design by Herbert Temple. Uncommon signed.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 144899
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First edition of Paul Scott's The Corrida at San Feliu
SCOTT, Paul.
The Corrida at San Feliu.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1964.
First edition of Paul Scott's rich, multi-layered novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Rudland.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 138733
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First Edition of What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr; Inscribed by Lerone Bennett to Singer Al Green
KING, Martin Luther] Lerone Bennett.
What Manner of Man: A Biography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, Inc, 1964.
First edition of this early biography on Dr. King. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Al Green, With good wishes Lerone Bennett, Jr." The recipient, Al Green, is a singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With an introduction by Benjamin E. Mays. Jacket design…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145770
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"A day without laughter is a day wasted": Charles Chaplin's Autobiography; Inscribed by Him
CHAPLIN, Charles.
My Autobiography.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964.
First edition, early printing of Charlie Chaplin's extraordinarily vivid autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. With a letter of provenance laid in to Bob Israel describing the legibility of Chaplin's inscription and gifting five color photographs depicting Chaplin with Oona O'Neil Chaplin and others. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145221
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"Yet this evening was an occasion and she hadn't had so many of those in her life": First edition of Angus Wilson's Late Call
WILSON, Angus.
Late Call.
London: Seeker & Warburg, 1964.
First edition of Wilson's satirical comedy. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ralph Mabey. A sharp example.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 96194
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"I am out of my mind, it's all right with me, thought Moses Herzog": First Edition of Saul Bellow's Herzog; Signed by Him and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
BELLOW, Saul.
Herzog.
New York: The Viking Press, 1964.
First edition of the author's second of three National Book Award winning novels, which was and remains an unprecedented literary accomplishment. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six 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. Signed by Saul Bellow on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142269
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"Dedicated to the millions of persons who are a part of the nonviolent revolution": First Edition, First Printing of The SCLC Story; signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and containing one of the earliest appearances of his I Have a Dream Speech
KING, Jr. Martin Luther. Editor's note by Ed Clayton.
The SCLC Story in Words and Pictures.
Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1964.
First edition, first printing of The SCLC Story containing one of the first appearances in print of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream Speech. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers as issued, illustrated with photographs including a full-page photograph of King, photographs of the officers, executive board, regional, and secretarial staffs of the SCLC. Signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. on the front panel, "Best Wishes Martin Luther King." With a letter of provenance that relays that the magazine was signed at an event where King spoke in Atlanta in 1964 and that it may have been first obtained when…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 141073
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“Intelligence work has one moral law - it is justified by results": First Edition of Le Carre's Omnibus
LE CARRE, John .
Le Carre Omnibus: Call For the Dead and A Murder of Quality.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1964.
First edition of this collection of le Carre's first two novels. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some chips and wear.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146261
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First edition of Funeral in Berlin; Inscribed by Len Deighton
DEIGHTON, Len.
Funeral In Berlin.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964.
First British edition. Octavo original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Len Deighton on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light wear.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 5053
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First edition of Marshall Loeb and William Safire's Plunging into Politics; from the library of William Safire
LOEB, Marshall and William Safire.
Plunging into Politics: How to Become or Support a Candidate of the National, State, of Local Level.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1964.
First edition of Safire and Loeb's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt. Safire's copy with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128605
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"To know Indians was to take a delight in people as people; every encounter was an adventure": First Editions of each volume in Naipaul's India Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
NAIPAUL, V.S.
An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India; India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964-1990.
First editions of each of the author's works in his acclaimed Indian Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Each volume is signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jackets.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 90453