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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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First Edition of The Golden Helix; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Arthur Kornberg
KORNBERG, Arthur.
The Golden Helix: Inside Biotech Ventures.
Dulles, Virginia: University Science Books, 1995.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "July 29, 2005 To Matthew Greetings! A Kornberg." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138915
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"You go for me and I’m taboo, But if you’re hard to get, I’ll go for you And if I do, then you are through, Oh, my baby, that’s the end of you": Collection of three musical scores from George Bizet and Oscar Hammerstein II's Carmen Jones
BIZET, George and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Carmen Jones Musical Score Collection.
New York: Williamson Music, Inc., 1943.
Collection of three musical scores from Bizet and Hammerstein's popular musical. Quarto, three volumes, original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes piano scores for Stan' Up An' Fight, Dat's Love, and My Joe. In very good to near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138564
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First Edition of Samuel Shem's The Spirit of the Place; Signed by Him
SHEM, Samuel.
The Spirit of the Place.
Kent, OH: The Kent University Press, 2008.
First edition of this ambitious novel about the complicated relationships between mothers and sons, doctors and patients, the past and the present, and love and death. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Samuel Shem on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Marc Chagall.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142499
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First Edition of Major-General Dunsterville's Stalky's Adventures
DUNSTERVILLE, Major-General L. C.
Stalky’s Adventures.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928.
First edition of this autobiography by Major-General Dunsterville. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 122198
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First edition of Anita Shreve's Resistance; inscribed by her to Kenneth Burrows
SHREVE, Anita.
Resistance: A Novel.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995.
First edition of this work by the author of The Pilot's Wife. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "March 28, 1995 For Ken, with thanks for your help in a different battle front Anita Shreve." The recipient, American litigator Kenneth David Burrows married American novelist Erica Jong in 1989. Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142738
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First edition of Agatha Christies Towards Zero: A Play in Three Acts
CHRISTIE, Agatha and Gerald Verner.
Towards Zero: A Play in Three Acts.
London: Samuel French Limited, 1957.
First edition of Christie and Verner's adaptation for the stage of Christie's classic work of detective fiction. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 128049
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First edition of Jesse Bowman Young's What A Boy Saw in the Army
YOUNG, Jesse Bowman.
What A Boy Saw in the Army: A Story of Sight-Seeing and Adventure in the War for the Union.
New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1894.
First edition of Young's account of his experiences as a soldier boy in the armies of the Union. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132397
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Quiet American
GREENE, Graham.
The Quiet American.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1955.
First edition of Greene's classic novel of exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam. Octavo, original blue cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light wear, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146235
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Signed Limited Edition of Lillian Hellman's Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time
HELLMANN, Lillian.
Three: An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1979.
Signed limited edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Lillian Hellman. Fine in a fine dust jacket in a fine slipcase. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 133292
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Never Panic Early; Signed by Astronaut Fred Haise
HAISE, Fred.
Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Books, 2022.
First edition, early printing of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper on a Smithsonian bookplate, "Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gary Tooth. Foreword by Gene Kranz.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146505
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Signed by Kai Bird
BIRD, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
New York: Vintage Books, 2006.
Later printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Kai Bird. In near fine condition. Cover design by Stephanie Kloss.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147490
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First Edition of Billie Jean King's All In: An Autobiography; Signed by Her and three times by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
KING, Billie Jean.
All In: An Autobiography.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
First edition of the tennis champion's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Billie Jean King and twice by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, on the front panel and again on the rear panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144522
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First Edition of Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles
MILES, Nelson A.
Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911.
First edition of the autobiography by the famed general. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132499
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First edition, review copy of Margaret Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer
GODDEN, Margaret Rumer.
The Greengage Summer.
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1958.
First edition, advance review copy of Margaret Rumer Godden's story of a young English woman's coming of age during a summer holiday in France. Octavo, original cloth. With the publisher's advance review copy slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 110805
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating; Signed by Her
GOODALL, Jane with Gary McAvoy and Gail Hudson.
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating.
New York: Warner Books, 2005.
First edition of "one of those rare, truly great books that can change the world" (John Robbins). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117849