Gifts

Hurt III, Harry [Alan Shepard]

For All Mankind.

New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988.

First edition of this comprehensive account of the NASA Apollo moon missions. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Shepard on the title page, “To LK and Bill – Alan Shepard.” Alan Shepard was one of NASA’s Mercury Seven—the first group of American astronauts selected in 1959 for Project Mercury, theContinue reading "For All Mankind."

Edmonds, Harfield H.; Norman N. Lee

Brook and River Trouting.

Otley : Smith Settle, 2003.

Signed limited De Luxe edition of this practical angling book focused on fly fishing for trout in smaller streams and flowing rivers. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full goatskin with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, with ten illustrations and tipped in prints.Continue reading "Brook and River Trouting."

Stern, Howard

Private Parts.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993.

First edition of this bestselling autobiography by radio host Howard Stern. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with caricature and facsimile signature to the front panel, illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Jacket photographs by Timothy White.

Armstrong, Neil; Jack Swigert; Dave Scott [Kevin Steen]

Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover.

Florida : Kennedy Space Center, 1971.

Rare original 1971 Apollo 14 launch day cover signed by Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott. Apollo 14 “Man on the Moon” envelope depicting an astronaut in his space suit walking on the moon, ink stamped by the official NASA postal station “Kennedy Space Center FL Jan 31, 1971 PM”, First Man on theContinue reading "Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover."

Roosevelt, Theodore

Oliver Cromwell.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

Early edition of Theodore Roosevelt‘s biography of Oliver Cromwell. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, inlay vignette stamped in gilt to the front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with black and white illustrations throughout. Boldly signed and dated by the author as president on the front freeContinue reading "Oliver Cromwell."

Green, Henry

Pack My Bag.

London : The Hogarth Press, 1952.

First edition, second printing of this self-portrait. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket and a couple of small losses to the crown of the spine and front panel of the dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper.

Nicklaus, Jack with Chris Millard; Foreword by Peter Dye

Nicklaus by Design: Golf Course Strategy and Architecture.

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2002.

First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on courses designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus. Quarto, original boards, 164 illustrations, including 152 plates in full color, pictorial endpapers. Boldy signed by Jack Nicklaus at the bottom of the front panel of the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Pete Dye.

Bean, Alan; Edgar Mitchell; Charlie Duke

Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke Signed Photograph.

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Rare photograph signed by moonwalkers Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke. Satin finish photograph of a lunar bootprint on the moon. Boldly signed by Bean in blue felt tip at the top left corner, “Alan Bean Apollo XII LMP Ocean of Storms 19 November 1969″; Mitchell in silver felt tip at the bottom left corner,Continue reading "Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke Signed Photograph."

Waller, Robert James

A Thousand Country Roads.

Alpine & Houston : John M. Hardy Publishing, 2002.

First edition of the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. Duodecimo, original publisher’s boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leisha Israel. Author photograph by Linda Solomon.

Wallace, David Foster

The Broom of the System.

New York : Penguin Books, 1987.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and author’s initials to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed byContinue reading "The Broom of the System."

Fleming, Ian

The Spy Who Loved Me.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1962.

Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original light green pictorial wrappers. In very good condition.

Bainbridge, George C

The Fly Fisher’s Guide.

Liverpool : Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris's Widow and Brothers, 1816.

First edition of this guide to fly fishing, covering everything from equipment and techniques to the different types of fish that can be caught. Octavo, bound in half morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece, with colored plates representing about forty of the most useful flies. In very good condition.

Coombs, David; Minnie Churchill [Winston S. Churchill]

Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings.

Delray Beach, Florida : Levenger Press, 2003.

Levenger limited edition of this definitive, comprehensive catalogue of over 500 oil paintings created by Winston Churchill. Quarto, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of Churchill painting, profusely illustrated with Churchill’s oil paintings. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 1,141. In fine condition.Continue reading "Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings."

Carroll, W

The Angler’s Vade Mecum, Containing a Descriptive Account of the Water Flies, Their Seasons, and the Kind of Weather that Brings Them Most on the Water.

Edinburgh : Printed for Archibald Constable and Co, 1818.

First edition of this descriptive account on water flies. Octavo, bound in half vellum over cloth covered boards, frontispiece, illustrated with twelve hand-colored plates. Pages from the “Edinburgh Magazine”, “Edinburgh Gazetter”, and the “Encyclopedia Britannica” bound in at the front. In very good condition, signature to the top right corner of the title page andContinue reading "The Angler’s Vade Mecum, Containing a Descriptive Account of the Water Flies, Their Seasons, and the Kind of Weather that Brings Them Most on the Water."

Fleming, Ian

You Only Live Twice.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1964.

Rare uncorrected proof of the first edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming’s lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original light green pictorial wrappers. In good condition.

Crichton, Michael [Jasper Johns]

Jasper Johns.

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc/Whitney Museum of American Art, 1977.

First edition of this comprehensive, insightful, and visually rich monograph on the influential American artist by famous author and art enthusiast Michael Crichton. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, profusely illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Jasper Johns on the front free endpaper, “Jasper Johns 19 Oct. ’78.” In fine condition. A Jasper Johns pamphlet dated 20Continue reading "Jasper Johns."

Atkinson, Rick

The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

First edition of the historian’s first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as “enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance, the pages literally hurry before one.” Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the frontContinue reading "The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966."

Kennedy, John F

Why England Slept.

New York : Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.

First edition, second printing that was published one month after the first printing of John F. Kennedy’s first book. Octavo, original red cloth, top stain blue. Foreword by Henry R. Luce. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

Walbran, Francis M

The Wharfedale Fly Book, Grayling and How to Catch Them, and Walbran’s British Angler.

London : Entered at Stationers' Hall/"The Angler" Co., Limited/Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1888, 1889, and 1895.

First editions of classic guides to fly fishing. Duodecimo, three volumes. The Wharfedale Fly Book (1888) is bound in the original leather wallet with buckle and printed on vellum, containing the names and directions for using 48 standard patterns of flies, with several actual specimens of flies. Grayling and How to Catch Them (1895) isContinue reading "The Wharfedale Fly Book, Grayling and How to Catch Them, and Walbran’s British Angler."

The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem Devotional Painting.

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Rare late 18th to early 19th-century devotional painting on panel depicting the entry of Christ into Jerusalem. Oil and tempera on thick wood panel, devotional painting in the iconographic tradition. In good condition with scattered chipping and wear.

Giambi, Jason

Jason Giambi Signed Sports Illustrated.

New York : Time Inc., March 25, 2002.

Original March 25, 2002 issue of Sports Illustrated signed by first baseman and designated hitter Jason Giambi. Octavo, original wrappers depicting Giambi on the front cover in his New York Yankees uniform. Boldly signed by him on the front panel. In near fine condition.

Woolley, Roger

Modern Trout Fly Dressing.

London : Offices of the Fishing Gazette, 1932.

First edition of this series of articles on trout fly fishing which Roger Woolley had contributed to The Fishing Gazette. Duodecimo, brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, all edges stained red, marbled endpapers, frontispiece of hook sizes, with numerous illustrations and dressings of over 400 flies. Two specially printed envelopesContinue reading "Modern Trout Fly Dressing."

Wheatley, Hewett

The Rod and Line: Or, Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure Taking of Trout, Grayling, Etc.

London : Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1849.

First edition of this foundational text in fly fishing. Duodecimo, brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, triple ruling and detailing stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, re-backed and re-cased, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with tissue-guarded colored plates. In very good condition, inscriptions to the half-title page and recto of the frontispiece.

Blacker, William

Blacker’s Art of Fly Making.

London : Rewritten and Revised By the Author, 1855.

Second edition of this classic work on the art of fly fishing and fly tying. Duodecimo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within gilt bands, floral gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges speckled red, frontispiece, illustrated with engravings of salmon and trout flies. InContinue reading "Blacker’s Art of Fly Making."