Los Angeles, CA: Mountain and Sea Books, 1979. Limited second edition, first printing without pictorial onlay to front cover which is present in later printings. Signed by Doc Ball on the dedication page and inscribed, "Yours till the surf quits rolling / Doc Ball / 29 - May '81." Bound..... More
Rye, Sussex: Vernon Bartlett at Mermaid Cottage, [1953]. First edition, first printing. Staple-bound in publisher's textured cream colored wraps lettered in brown and black. 24 pp. Near Fine with soiling and wear to covers. Rusting to staples with light toning to contents. A charming how-to British surfing guide for beginners..... More
Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press, 1935. First edition, first printing. Signed by Tom Blake and inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Mr. Joseph Farrington - may your children some day ride the waves at Waikiki." Farrington was a journalist who later served as the delegate to the U.S. House..... More
Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press, 1935. First edition, first printing. Signed by Tom Blake and inscribed in the year of publication, "with sincere appreciation of a master craftsman, from Tom Blake 1935". In 200 Years of Surfing Literature, an Annotated Bibliography by Timothy DeLaVega, the author states, "There is..... More
Honolulu, HI: Paradise of the Pacific Press, 1935. First edition, first printing. 95 pp. Bound in publisher's hand-painted tapa cloth with titles in black on upper board. Near Fine with splaying to boards, light wear. Lacking the dust jacket, though small remnants of the flaps are adhered to the pastedowns..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1954. First edition. xii, 154 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with silver spine lettering. About Very Good with light dampstaining to cloth along bottom edge, slightly musty smell, a little foxing along top edge, in About Very Good dust jacket with toned spine panel, head..... More
[New York]: [No Publisher], ca. 1920s. Collection of over 200 pages of typescript notes annotated by Blanche DeVries, signed by her on an interior page. In modern Indian binding, full red leather, all edges flecked red, handmade red-flecked endpapers. Near Fine with light soiling and moderate rubbing to covers and..... More
Eighteen individual 11.75" x 9.75 lithographic prints hand-colored by artist Domingo Roberto y Fallola (1883-1956), mounted on board, printed in an embossed area, and with printed captions at the bottom right corner. Each lithograph depicts a bullfighting scene, including cape passes, picadors and raging bulls. Near fine. Toning. Small pin..... More
Hollywood, CA: The Cloister Press, 1931. First edition. Bound in publisher's pictorial stiff wraps. 26 pp. Near Fine with light toning, slight edge wear and minor foxing to rear cover at spine. Generally regarded as the first book devoted to surfing. This instructional pamphlet on bodysurfing was written to address..... More
Newquay: The Cornish Bookshop, [1934]. First edition of this ultra-scarce and early guide to surfing. 15pp. Bound in publisher's original pale blue wraps printed in black. Very Good with toning and light creasing to wraps and pages, with a larger but gentle diagonal crease to the front cover. More
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Newquay: The Cornish Bookshop, 1934. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original pale blue wraps. 15 pp. Very Good+ with minor rusting to staples, light toning at edges, price strike through and revised in colored pencil on front cover, minor foxing and light creases. [with] [no place]: [none]..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First edition. Signed by Mark Harris on the front paste down, warmly inscribed to former owners and dated 1962, Monterey, CA. [x], 243 pp. Very Good+ with slight lean, worn tips, bookplate on ffep, bump to page block corner, in a Good dust jacket..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First edition, first printing with an "A" and publisher's seal on copyright page. [xi], 517 pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece by Juan Gris and 81 black and white photographs. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt, dark topstain. Near Fine with light wear..... More
New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1957. First edition, first printing. Signed and briefly inscribed by Ben Hogan on the front free endpaper, "With all good wishes - and for better golf." Bound in publisher's green cloth boards over white spine, lettered in green and orange. Near Fine with..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1963. First edition, first printing. Signed by C.L.R. James on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards with spine stamped in gilt and white. Near fine with slight splaying to boards, light soiling. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunning..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1963. First edition, first printing. 256 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect paper over boards with spine stamped in gilt and white. Near Fine with slight wear, faint soiling and several small abrasions to textblock edges. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear..... More
Sydney, Australia: Murray, 1963. [ca. 1963]. First edition, first printing. Signed by surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku in 1963 on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original pale blue cloth affect boards with gilt spine lettering. Very Good. Covers mottled, foxed at edges, slight musty odor to pages, light foxing..... More
Baltimore: Lonely Road Books, 2010. Limited edition, copy #77 of 350, signed by the illustrators on the limitation page at front. 118 pp. Bound in full burgundy morocco, stamped in blue and gilt, blue ribbon marker. Fine. In velvet-lined traycase with William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card and signed Stephen..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1895. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth decoratively stamped in green and silver. Very Good with cloth soiled and darkened. Pages toned with a corner missing from page 177. A nice copy of what is considered to be the first..... More
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1895. Second edition of Jame P. Lee's book Golf in America, re-titled here as Golf and Golfing, un-illustrated and published the same year. Very Good-. Cloth stained, worn at spine ends and corners. Previous owner details to front free end paper. Pages toned. A...... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. First edition, first printing. Very Good with sunning to cloth at edges and light wear at corners and spine ends, in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket with wear at spine ends, a bit of edge wear, light rubbing and two small..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. First edition, first printing. Signed by Bernard Malamud and inscribed to previous owners, "For Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Glanner for a most pleasant hour / Cordially / Bernard Malamud." Bound in publisher's gray cloth-covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992. First edition, first printing. Signed by Harvey Penick and inscribed to former Texas Golf Association president Carey Schulter. Bound in publisher's red cloth-backed boards with spine titled in gilt. Near Fine with lean to binding, small indent to top of rear board with opened..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992. First edition, first printing. Signed by Harvey Penick and inscribed to the former owner, "To my good friend + pupil Newt Hoverstock, whose association here at the club I have appreciated and enjoyed. Hope this book will help you enjoy this game of golf..... More
[No Place]: [Tony Sansone?], [1937?]. Portfolio housing 20 nude photos of Italian-American bodybuilder Tony Sansone, erotic photos for a gay audience. His mentor Charles Atlas called him "The Most Beautiful Man in America." Fine photos, slightly toned with age, in a Very Good portfolio with wear and a little creasing..... More