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"The more I practice, the luckier I get": First Edition of To Be the Best: Reflections of a Champion; Inscribed by Golfing Legend Gary Player
PLAYER, Gary; Foreword by Arnold Palmer.
Gary Player: To Be the Best. Reflections of A Champion.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, 1991.
First British edition of this work by the golfing legend. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best regards to Raymond Metcalf, my Champions Golf Club friend Gary Player 1996." Fine in a fine jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5668
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First Edition of A Life of Magic Chemistry; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist George Olah
OLAH, George A.
Life of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of A Nobel Prize Winner.
New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2001.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning chemist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For James with best regards George Olah." In fine condition, without a dust jacket as issued.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 127679
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Rare First edition of Holcombe and Adams' An Account of the Battle of Wilson's Creek
HOLCOMBE, R.I. and Thomas W. Adams.
An Account of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, or Oak Hills, Fought Between the Union Troops, Commanded by Gen. N. Lyon. and the Southern, or Confederate Troops, Under Command of Gens. McCulloch and Price, on Saturday, August 10, 1861, in Green County, Missouri.
Springfield, Missouri: Dow & Adams, Publishers, 1883.
First edition of Holcombe and Adams' account of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Octavo, original publisher's binding decorated in gilt, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 133053
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Finely Bound example of Hallam's View of The State of Europe During the Middle Ages
HALLAM, Henry.
View of The State of Europe During the Middle Ages.
London: John Murray, 1880.
Finely bound volume of Hallam's history of the United States. Bound in three quarters morocco with gilt tooling to the spine and red morocco spine label lettered in gilt in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, gilt emblem to the front panel. From the library of I.H. Echalaz with a period gift inscription to him to the front free endpaper dated 1902. In near fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 90436
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First Edition of Bernie Sanders' The Speech; Signed by Him
SANDERS, Bernie.
The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class.
New York: Nation Books, 2011.
First edition, early printing of this well-known speech by Senator Sanders. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Best Wishes Bernie Sanders." In fine condition. Cover design by Alyssa Stepien.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 130379
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First edition of C.S. Lewis' Spenser's Images of Life
LEWIS, C.S. Edited by Alastair Fowler.
Spenser’s Images of Life.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1967.
First edition of Lewis' longest piece of literary criticism, posthumously compiled by Alastair Fowler. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Will Carter.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 140466
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"Whisper there was not, nor word, shadow nor showing. Still the light stirred on the deep, glowing and growing": First American edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Seven Seas
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Seven Seas.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896.
First American edition of this collection of Kipling’s poetry, published October 30, 1896, the same day as the English edition. Octavo, original publisher's elaborately decorated cloth, top edge gilt with others untrimmed. In very good condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 121694
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First Edition of THE GOD PARTICLE; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Leon Lederman
LEDERMAN, Leon with Dick Teresi.
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 144353
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First Edition of Jean Rhys Letters 1931-1966; Inscribed by Both Editors
EDITED BY FRANCIS WYNDHAM AND DIANA MELLY,.
Jean Rhys Letters 1931-1966.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1984.
First edition of this collection of letter by Jean Rhys. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by both editors on the front free endpaper, "For John + Teresa with best wishes from Diana + Francis." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 89261
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Rare first edition of the New Whig Guide; from the library of American Journalist William Safire
[TEMPLE, Henry J.].
The New Whig Guide.
London: W. Wright, 1819.
First edition of this collection of 19th century British political pasquinades. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with with gilt ruling to the spine, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. From the library of William Safire 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 again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times…
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 127865
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“Now I am a man; World have changed a lot. Some things nearly so, Others nearly not.”: P.B. Socci sketch of Yul Brynner; Signed by Yul Brynner
SOCCI, P.B. (Yul Brynner).
Yul Brynner Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of Russian-born film and stage actor Yul Brynner. Boldly signed by Yul Brynner. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. In fine condition. The drawing measures 10 inches by 8 inches. A striking example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 89137
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Signed Limited Edition of Eudora Welty's Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews
WELTY, Eudora.
Eye of the Story: Selected Essays and Reviews.
New York: Random House, 1977.
Signed limited edition, one of 300 copies signed by Eudora Welty. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine slipcase.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 115699
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First Edition of A Book of Travellers' Tales; Signed by Eric Newby
NEWBY, Eric.
A Book of Travellers’ Tales.
New York: Viking Press, 1985.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some closed tears.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5559
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First edition of Albert Cook Church's Whaleships and Whaling
CHURCH, Albert Cook.
Whale Ships and Whaling.
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1938.
First edition of Church's work on the history of whaling. Octavo, bound in full gilt-decorated morocco, illustrated with numerous photographs of whaling operations at sea and whaleship plans, pictorial endpapers reproducing two facing pages from the logbook of whaler Royal William dated 1834. In fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 130850
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Anne Morrow Linbergh's Gift From the Sea
LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow.
Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.
New York: Pantheon, 1955.
First edition, early printing of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrations by George W. Thompson.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 138202