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1950rif. 53022New York: Prentice-Hall Inc 1950. First edition of Sarazen's classic autobiography. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Foreword by Robert T. Jones Jr. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page "To Dick Garlington My best wishes from his friend Gene Sarazen." The recipient Dick Garlington was a golfer and a close friend of Sarazen and Bobby Jones who along with Jones was the visionary for Atlanta's famed Peachtree Golf Club. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by Sarazen. Thirty Years of Championship Golf is the story of one of the USA's most enduring golfers. More than a sports autobiography it includes Sarazen's thoughts about golf technique his golfing contemporaries his family and friends. Born in New York state Sarazen was the son of a Italian immigrant family who began his career as a caddie and went on to win the American Open twice the British Open the PGA Championships three times and the Masters. Prentice-Hall, Inc hardcover books
1960rif. 104292New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1960. First edition of this work by America's greatest golf writer cracks wise in this humorous peek inside the life and mind of an up-and-coming young pro. Octavo original cloth illustrated with drawings. Association copy inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to Gene Sarazen "For Gene Thanking you for my most recent pleasure at the Centenary British Open With all good wishes Herb Wind." The recipient Gene Sarazen was a professional golfer and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of five players along with Ben Hogan Gary Player Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods to win each of the four majors at least once. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Introduction by Jimmy Demaret. D&M 40300. An exceptional association. Harry Sprague may not be the most eloquent golfer on the winter circuit but spelling and grammar are the least of his concerns. First he has to work on his putting which due to the aradic nature of the greens at Pebble Beach Cypress Point the Arizona Country Club and other Sun Belt courses is keeping him out of the money. And speaking of money Harry suspects that his current sponsorship deal--he runs a driving range from April to November for no salary in exchange for the cash to go on tour--might not be the fairest of deals. Finally there are the fans. In California Arizona Texas Louisiana Georgia and Florida beautiful women line the fairways hoping for a date with their favorite pro. But as Harry soon learns if wedding bells don't ring the following winter he'll have hell to pay. First published in Sports Illustrated these humorous missives from the bottom rungs of the leader board will delight duffers and low handicappers alike. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
rif. RWINBEL00KTFine. Wind Edgar. Bellini's Feast of the Gods: A Study in Venetian Humanism. NP: NP ND. Book condition: Near fine. unknown books
1993rif. UDOLNEW00RJBWilliam B. Eerdmans 1993. Fine. Dolan Jay P. New Dimensions in American Religious History. Wind James P. Grand Rapids Michigan: William B. Eerdmans 1993. 329pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Light brown cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Dolan and Wind edit an anthology of essays on the interpretation of American religious history submitted by noteworthy historians. William B. Eerdmans hardcover books
1964rif. 120976Madrid Spain: Gallery Bique 1964. First edition. Softcover. Text in English and Spanish. Includes numerous black and white illustrations from Alfonso Fraile Julio Martin-Caro Angel Medina and Jose Vento. A close to near fine copy in printed wrappers that have some very minor wear. Uncommon. Gallery Bique unknown books
1969rif. 22261New York: Simon & Schuster 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good . Stated first printing. 416 pp. Foreword by Robert Tyre Jones Jr. Includes six full chapters of instruction by the greatest golfer of his generation. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. This copy is especially notable in that it has been INSCRIBED by HERBERT WARREN WIND to Sir Peter Allen. Sir Peter was a British industrialist and writer of golf books. A nice association. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1975rif. 15029New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1975. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. SIGNED BY HERBERT WARREN WIND on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1975 3rd edition revised. Tight and VG light spotting to the panels and along the fore and bottom-edges in a crisp price-clipped Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto a very impressive overview up to 1975 by one of the deans of American golf writing. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1950rif. 8617New York: Prentice-Hall 1950. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The May 1950 stated 2nd printing WARMLY INSCRIBED BY GENE SARAZEN underneath the frontispiece photograph of him. A solid copy to boot: VG in its chocolate-brown cloth with light staining to the endsheets and very light wear at the spine ends. Octavo written with the help of one of the great golf writers the estimable Herbery Warren Wind. Prentice-Hall hardcover books
1969rif. 31500London: Hodder and Stoughton 1969. First UK edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 416 pp. First UK edition of this classic volume on Nicklaus and his contributions to the sport. Ably assisted by Herbert Warren Wind. A well-thumbed copy in very good condition in green cloth binding. The dustwrapper has had all four flap corners widely clipped; otherwise it is in very good condition. The book includes six full chapters by Nicklaus on golf instruction. Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
rif. 43404Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. New York: Simon and Schuster 1956. 564 pages. Contents are very bright and clean with one previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Binding is tight with very light shelfwear to the green paper covered boards. Overall a very good copy in a fair worn DJ. . Other hardcover books
rif. 14932WIND Edgar. ART AND ANARCHY. London: Faber and Faber 1963. 8vo. Cloth dust jacket. 194 pages 16 plates First edition. An important look at the forces that alter our interpretation of art being an expanded version of the author's Reith Lecture. Very good. unknown books
rif. 19652WIND Edgar. GIORGIONE'S TEMPESTA WITH COMMENTS ON GIORGIONE'S POETIC ALLEGORIES. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969. Small folio. Cloth dust jacket. xi 51 pages 48 pages. First edition. Professor Wind provides an answer to a puzzle which has baffled scholars for generations Giorgione's Tempesta. Wind also tackles three other Giorgione works The Three Philosophers Bravo and The Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice. Very good in a sunned dust jacket. unknown books
1986rif. 23585Oxford: Clarendon Press 1986. First edition 4to pp. xv 1 139 2 plus 124 illustrations on plates at the back; 2 other illus. in the text; fine copy in the jacket. Clarendon Press unknown books
1989rif. 34558Stamford: Classics of Golf 1989. Hardcover. Very good. 182pp. Bookplate on front pastedown else a very good hardback bound in publisher's black cloth and issued without a jacket. Classics of Golf hardcover books
1975rif. 28592New York: Alfred Knopf 1975. Third edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Clothbound qurto in dustwrapper. 591 pp. This is the third edition revised and enlarged of the best and most complete book on the story of American golf. Illustrated. A handsome very good copy in pale green cloth covers in a very good price-intact dustwrapper with a long crease and a couple of closed tears to the rear panel of the dustwrapper. Alfred Knopf unknown books
1985rif. 23309Evanston: Northwestern University Press 1985. Hardcover. Very good. Third Edition. xx 147pp index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Northwestern University Press hardcover books
2003rif. 22965ELos Angeles: Castle Rock 2003. Original World Premiere Movie Invitation for the film A Mighty Wind dated April 14 2003 to be screened at the Directors Guild Theatre in Los Angeles with a reception following the screening. The invitation is a single sheet folded to measure 5” x 7”. Illustrated on the front panel with the film’s ensemble cast. In fine condition. A Mighty Wind was directed by Christopher Guest and stars Christopher Guest Eugene Levy Michael McKean Catherine O’Hara and Bob Balaban. Castle Rock unknown books
1948rif. 9802JLondon: Hollywood Publications Ltd 1948. First Edition First Printing. The early first book on the making of the classic film. Extensively illustrated. Paperbound. Very good in wrappers. Hollywood Publications Ltd unknown books
1948rif. 15952JLondon: Hollywood Publications Ltd 1948. First Edition First Printing. The early first book on the making of the classic film. Extensively illustrated. Paperbound. Very good in wrappers. Hollywood Publications Ltd unknown books
2009rif. 21094EFort Bragg CA: Privately Printed 2009. First Edition. Signed by the author Cammie King 1934-2010 who played Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh’s daughter Bonnie Blue Butler in the 1939 film classic Gone With the Wind produced by David O. Selznick. King was also the voice the character Faline in the Walt Disney’s 1942 animated film classic ‘Bambi.’ Illustrated. Ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Fine fresh condition without dust jacket as issued. Privately Printed unknown books
1976rif. 8253JLos Angeles: Friends of the USC Libraries 1976. First Edition. Rare. A finely and privately printed transcript of an evening of memories and stories of working with Selznick. Among the speakers printed in the text are such Gone With the Wind alumni as Olivia de Havilland Ann Rutherford George Cukor Hal C. Kern the film’s editor Lee Garmes the cinematographer and Lyle Wheeler the art director plus other s various Selznick productions including Fred Astaire Lauren Bacall Robert Carson John Frankenheimer Jennifer Jones Dorothy McGuire Alan Pakula Gregory Peck King Vidor William Wellman etc. Fine in printed wrappers. Friends of the USC Libraries unknown books
1939rif. 10858JLos Angeles 1939. These are sets showing the decorated interior sets for two scenes and each are marked on the back: “Tara home of the “O’Hara family as it appears in the David O. Selznick technicolor production of Gone With the Wind which stars Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard and Olivia De Havilland. 8 by 10 inches. The two photographs show two different elaborate rooms in the Tara Mansion. One photograph chipped at lower left hand corner in the blank margin. The second photograph has some creasing and in the lower left hand corner and a half inch tear in bottom edge. Scarce. unknown books
1986rif. 1320642New York: Coward McCann & Geoghegan Inc 1986. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 143; VG; brown spine with gilt text; dust no jacket; cloth shows only little wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated;. 1320642. FP New Rockville Stock. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc hardcover books
1958rif. 1322251New York: Simon and Schuster Inc 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; blue red green spines with silver & gilt text; no jackets; 3 volumes; black/beige slipcase shows modest wear to exterior; cloths have little wear to exteriors; lightly sunned spines; mild edge wear; strong boards; text blocks show light wear to exterior edges; deckled fore edges; interiors clean;. 1322251. FP New Rockville Stock. Simon and Schuster, Inc hardcover books
1985rif. 1320632n.p.: Golf Digest/Tennis Inc 1985. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 127; VG-; orange spine with gilt text; no dust jacket; cloth shows very little wear to exterior; slightly splayed boards; text block clean; tight binding; profusely illustrated;. 1320632. FP New Rockville Stock. Golf Digest/Tennis, Inc hardcover books
