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“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon, or not at all": First Edition of The Way to Cook; Signed by Julia Child
CHILD, Julia.
The Way To Cook.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
First edition of this classic cookbook by Julia Child. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs by Brian Leatart and Jim Scherer. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Bon Appetit Julia Child." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, inscription to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145916
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First Edition of M.F.K. Fisher's Here Let Us Feast; Signed by Her
FISHER, M.F.K.
Here Let Us Feast: A Book of Banquets.
New York: The Viking Press, 1946.
First edition of Fisher's classic fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by M.F.K. Fisher on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. A very sharp example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124637
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First Edition of Flat Out! The Rollie Free Story; Lengthily Inscribed by Jerry Hatfield
HATFIELD, Jerry. Introduction by Jay Leno [Rollie Free].
Flat Out! The Rollie Free Story.
One-Track Publications: One-Track Publications, 2007.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on the legendary motorcycle racer. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout, with the original CD of the last interview of Free. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "To H.J., with best wishes! It's been great knowing you for 30 years! I remember meeting you Weatherford. You showed me your Indian Four. Jerry Nov. 28, 2007." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Jay Leno. Jacket painting by Charlie McHose.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 119639
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“Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation": 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 opposite the title page, "To John all the best Jack Nicklaus." Fine in a near fine jacket. Written with Ken Bowden. Foreword by Jack Grout.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140089
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Both First and Second Editions of the Golfer's Rubáiyát
BOYNTON, Henry Walcott.
Two Editions of the Golfer’s Rubaiyat.
Chicago/ New York: Herbert S. Stone/ Duffield, 1901, 1907.
Both the first and second editions of the Golfer's Rubaiyat. Octavo, original cloth, two volumes, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 75645
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First Edition of The Art of George Tuska; Inscribed by Him to Legendary Creator Stan Lee
DEWEY CASSELL WITH AARON SULTAN AND MIKE GARTLAND FOREWORD BY STAN LEE,.
The Art of George Tuska.
Raleigh: Two Morrows Publishing, 2005.
First edition of this work by the artist, inscribed by him to legendary creator Stan Lee, who contributed the foreword to this volume. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. The recipient, Stan Lee co-created iconic characters, including superheroes Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow. In fine condition. From the library of Stan Lee.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140472
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First Edition of A Treasury of Great Recipes; Warmly Signed by Vincent Price
PRICE, Mary and Vincent.
A Treasury of Great Recipes.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965.
First edition of this classic cookbook, which gives a detailed portrait of world famous restaurants that includes menus, pictures and recipes. Folio, padded copper leatherette with gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial endpapers, silk bookmark. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the authors, "Bon Appetit Mary and Vincent Price." Edited by Darlene Geis. Recipes tested by Ann Seranne. Designed by Arthur Hawkins. Introduction by Cleveland Amory. In near fine condition, with the original acetate jacket. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140903
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First Edition of Winston Churchill's London To Ladysmith Via Pretoria
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.
London To Ladysmith Via Pretoria.
London: Longmans, Green, 1900.
First edition of Churchill’s fourth book and personal record of his impressions during the first five months of the Second Boer War. Octavo, in original cloth, with three folding maps (one printed in color). In very good condition.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 119411
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First Editions of Each Volume in Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov; Each signed by Him
KASPAROV, Garry.
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Volumes I-3.
London: Evveryman Chess , 2011-14.
First editions of each volume. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Each is signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Each are fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 5380
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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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"Tell me what you eat: I will tell you what you are": First enlarged unabridged English translation of Brillat-Savarin's masterpiece A Handbook of Gastronomy
BRILLAT-SAVARIN, Jean-Anthelme. Illustrated by A. Lalauze.
A Handbook of Gastronomy [Physiologie du Goût].
New York: J. W. Bouton, 1884.
First enlarged unabridged English translation of Brillat-Savarin's masterpiece. Quarto, bound in full morocco by Tout with gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, patterned endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt, illustrated by A. Lalauze, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Brillat-Savarin. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137061
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Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville; Finely Bound
CADET DE GASSICOURT, Charles-Louis.
Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Literature.
Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Aine, 1809.
First edition of this work on French Gastronomy, containing its history throughout the country's various regions. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96186
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First Edition of Frederic Remington's The Way of the Indian
REMINGTON, Frederic.
The Way of the Indian.
New York: Fox Duffield & Company, 1906.
First edition, first state with page 9 numbered of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143085
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"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers": First Edition of Fishing For Fun; Inscribed by Herbert Hoover
HOOVER, Herbert.
Fishing For Fun and To Wash Your Soul.
New York: Random House, 1963.
First edition of this collection of writings from President Hoover. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Elliot Hass The Good Wishes of Herbert Hoover." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Edited by William Nichols. A very sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 91673
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Rare First Edition of Walter Travis' Practical Golf
TRAVIS, Walter J.
Practical Golf.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901.
First edition of Travis' classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, gilt topstain, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated from photographs. In near fine condition with light rubbing, inscription to the front free endpaper, bookplate. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 47855
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Rare original 1970s Palitoy Star Wars Radio Controlled R2-D2
[LUCAS, George].
Star Wars Palitoy Radio Controlled R2-D2.
Coalville, Leicester: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp./Palitoy, [1977].
Rare Palitoy Star Wars Radio Controlled R2-D2, housed in the original box. Complete with wireless control, original Styrofoam packaging, price tag. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145054
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First Edition of The Diehl-Vardon Golf Manual; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DIEHL, R.W. and Tom Vardon.
Diehl-Vardon Golf Manual: Golf Complete.
St. Paul: Western Golf Publishing Co, 1927.
First edition of this early golf instructional manual. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations from photographs. Some light dampstaining, near fine in the rare original dust jacket. Murdoch 203; D&M 15090; D&J D14740.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 75680
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First Edition of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; Signed by Legendary Director Oliver Stone and photographer Barry Wetcher
STONE, Oliver and Stanley Weiser.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
New York: Newmarket Press, 2010.
First edition. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone and photographer Barry Wetcher on the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133568
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First Edition of Kingsley Amis' The James Bond Dossier
AMIS, Kingsley.
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of Amis' critical analysis of the James Bond novels. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jan Pienkowski based on the famous trompe l'oeil paintings by Richard Chopping reproduced on the jackets of the James Bond books. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144348
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Rare Edition of Cuba: Isla de las Maravillas
Cuba: Isla de las Maravillas.
Havana, Cuba: 1955.
Rare edition of this illustrated work on Cuba. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Edited by Carlos Fernandez Campos. Inscribed by Sergio Gomez, Havana, Feb. 28, 1955 to an Oregon Dr. McNeal in Spanish. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140454