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First Edition of Roger Moore's James Bond Diary; Inscribed by Roger Moore
MOORE, Roger.
Roger Moore’s James Bond Diary.
Fawcett Publications, 1973.
First edition of Moore's diary regarding the making of Live and Let Die. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John from Roger Moore." In near fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133640
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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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First Edition of Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore's Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die; Signed by Roger Moore
MOORE, Roger.
Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore’s Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die.
London: Pan Books, 1973.
First British edition of Moore’s diary regarding the making of Live and Let Die. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Roger Moore on the title page. In near fine condition. Photographs by Luisa Moore.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133641
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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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"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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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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“I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals": First Edition of on off the fairway a pictorial autobiography; Signed by Jack Nicklaus
NICKLAUS, Jack.
On & Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
First edition of this work by the golfing legend. Quarto, original half-cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author opposite the half-title page, "Best Regards Jack Nicklaus." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 145802
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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 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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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 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
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"Good Appetite good cooking from an old friend": First Edition of James Beard's Theory & Practice of Good Cooking; Warmly Inscribed by Him
BEARD, James.
James Beard’s Theory and Practice of Good Cooking.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
First edition of this classic work, which compiles 300 recipes by the dean of American cooking. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Karl W. Stueklen. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good Appetite good cooking For Esther from an old friend James Beard." Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139445
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"Say Hey This Book's for you": First Edition of Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays; Inscribed by Him and co-author Lou Sahedi
MAYS, Willie .
Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
First edition of Mays' autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "To Jerry Willie Mays" and "Say Hey Jerry This books for you- Best Always, Lou Sahadi." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor. Written with Lou Sahadi.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 142487
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Rare Edition of Templar's The Poker Manual
TEMPLAR,.
The Poker Manual. A Practical Course of Instruction in the Game… Together with the International Code of Laws.
London: Frederick Warne , 1895.
Early edition of Templar's Poker Manual. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout with colorful red and black diagrams, all edges gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 69033
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"The place for the Arabian horse is again at hand": First edition of William Robinson Brown's The Horse of the Desert
BROWN, William Robinson. Introduction by Major General G. Harbord and Henry Fairfield Osborn.
The Horse of the Desert.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929.
First edition of William Robinson Brown's authoritative work on the Arabian horse. Quarto, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers, tissue-guarded full color frontispiece from a painting by Harrington Bird, illustrated throughout. One of 750 copies. In fine condition. A beautiful example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138919
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First Edition of Gerald Durrell's The Overloaded Ark; Signed by Him
DURRELL, Gerald.
The Overloaded Ark.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Durrell's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bill English. Uncommon signed.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 131079
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First Edition of P.A. Vaile's Modern Golf; Finely Bound by Asprey
VALIE, P.A.
Modern Golf.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909.
First edition of this early work by Vaile. Octavo, finely bound in full green morocco by Asprey, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, triple gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, inner dentilles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with numerous full-page photographic plates and diagrams, including frontispiece photo with tissue-guard. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 89767
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original photograph signed by Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson
MANTLE, Mickey and Brooks Robinson.
Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson Signed Photograph.
Original color photograph of baseball legends Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson. Signed by both Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson. Framed on a custom oak mount with a commemorative plaque. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 10.5 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 115289
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First Edition of Patric Dickinson's A Round of Golf Course; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
DICKINSON, Patric.
A Round of Golf Courses.
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1922.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations from photographs, course maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Judge Sherman from Patric Dickinson in memory of a happy evening June 14, 1952 and because The Rye Golf Club and The Apawamis Golf Club should also be united." Foreword by Bernard Darwin. From the library of Joseph Murdoch, with his bookplate, fine in a near fine dust jacket. Murdoch 202; D&M 15070; D&J D4350.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 84562
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"The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked with dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed" Wanderer; Inscribed by Sterling Hayden
HAYDEN, Sterling.
Wanderer: An Autobiography.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963.
First edition, second printing (before publication) of Hayden's autobiography. Octavo, original black cloth, pictorial endpapers. Lengthily inscribed and dated by Sterling Hayden in the year of publication opposite the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 118549
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"To win, you must have both talent and desire - but desire first": First Edition of Sam Snead’s First Book; Inscribed by Him
SNEAD, Sam.
How To Play Golf.
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc, 1946.
First edition of the golfing legend’s first book. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Lawrence Regards Sam Snead." Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138300
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"Good Eating and Cooking": First Edition of Delights and Prejudices; Signed by James Beard
BEARD, James; Illustrated by Earl Thollander.
Delights and Prejudices.
New York: Atheneum, 1964.
First edition of this collection of writings from James Beard. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ruth Hessernick Good eating and cooking James Beard." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the spine tips. Jacket design by Earl Thollander.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 71977
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"Always remember the #1 rule of tasting- Always smell it first": First Edition of Robert M. Parker's Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961; Warmly Inscribed by Him
PARKER, Robert M.; Drawings by Christopher Wormell.
Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
First edition of Robert M. Parker's first book and definitive classic in the field. Octavo, original half cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "11/26/85 To Mike Cullen, All the best in wine and life Robert M. Parker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel and Scher. Jacket illustrations by Christopher Wormell.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 118933
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"SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, IT IS A GRAND SPORT": FIRST EDITION OF S. KIP FARRINGTON, JR.'S ATLANTIC GAME FISHING; INSCRIBED BY HIM to the editor of Field & Stream
FARRINGTON, S. Kip. Introduction by Ernest Hemingway.
Atlantic Game Fishing.
New York: Kennedy Bros., Inc., Publishers of Yachting, 1937.
First trade edition of Farrington’s classic work on Atlantic game fishing, with an introduction by Ernest Hemingway. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs and color illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt including frontispiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For Ray Holland one of the best editors in the game, and as good a sportsman as there is in the world, and the last goes also for Dan who will soon rank with the old man on the first. With my very best wishes to you both. S. Kip Farrington…
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 126491
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"A delight and a challenge for anyone who likes chess problems": First edition of Raymond Smullyan's The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes; Inscribed by him to fellow logician Hilary Putnam
SMULLYAN, Raymond [Hilary Putnam].
The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.
First edition of puzzlemaster Raymond Smullyan's book of chess problems. Octavo, original half cloth. Illustrated with 50 chess diagrams. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow logician Hilary Putnam, "For Hilary Putnam Best, Raymond." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Mantel.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 88086
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"I feel that my whole life is a contribution"; FIRST EDITION OF THE INCOMPLEAT SINGER; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY FOLKSINGER PETE SEEGER
SEEGER, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz.
The Incompleat Folksinger.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.
First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Robert! Pete Seeger." Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2166
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"The climate of the East Coast of Florida is nearer perfection than that of any other place on earth": Rare First Edition of Florida: Beauties of the East Coast
INGRAM, Mrs. H.K.
Florida: Beauties of the East Coast.
St. Augustine: Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway Company, 1893.
Scarce first edition of this early brochure for the state of Florida. Oblong octavo, original illustrated wrappers, gilt titles, with color illustrated frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates from photographs. With text by Helen K. Ingram.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 103179
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First edition of Francis B. Cooke's Single-Handed Cruising; from the library of adventurer and explorer Steve Fossett
COOKE, Francis B.
Single-Handed Cruising.
London: Edward Arnold, 1919.
First edition of this essential early manual on single-handed cruising by one of the greatest yachting writers of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 115637
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"There is more fine sportsmanship in tennis than in any other of the leading games": First Edition of William T. Tilden's Singles and Doubles; in the rare original dust jacket
TILDEN, William T.
Singles and Doubles.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.
First edition of Tilden's masterwork on the sport of tennis. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with engravings after photographs of noted players including frontispiece. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 104052
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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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"Mix it up, Jack honey, pace him, pace him out!": First edition of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope; inscribed by him
SACKLER, Howard. [Jack Johnson].
The Great White Hope: A Play.
New York: The Dial Press, Inc, 1968.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play based on the career of heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, basis for the 1970 film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Iris - with great affection & continual gratitude - Howard." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Hatfield. Author photograph by Michael Wallis. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140735
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"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me": First Edition of Portrait Of A Professional Golfer; Signed by Arnold Palmer
PALMER, Arnold.
Portrait Of A Professional Golfer.
South Norwalk, CT: Golf Digest, 1964.
First edition of this early work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth, illstrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes Arnold Palmer." Name above the signature and name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145788
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Original broadside by Edgar Guest of The Time I Played with Vardon
VARDON, Harry) Edgar Guest.
The Time I Played With Vardon.
Rare original broadside poem by Edgar Guest on golfer Harry Vardon. A photograph of Vardon with a putter and the poem by Edgar Albert Guest is below. Guest who was popular poet in the 20th century and became known as the "People's Poet". Matted and framed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 100920