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Surtees, Robert Smith; Illustrations by John Leech & H.K. Browne

The Works of Surtees. . . : Ask Mamma; Handley Cross; Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour; Plain or Ringlets; Hawbuck Grange; Mr. Romford’s Hounds.

London : Bradbury Agnew & Company, .

Octavo, 6 volumes. Three quarters red leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt lined, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece to each volume, as well as the title page. Illustrations by John Leech and H.K. Browne. In near fine condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-3225

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Evans, Larry & Tom Wiswell

Championship Chess and Checkers for All.

New York : A.S. Barnes and Company, 1953.

First edition of this work by the chess grandmaster. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Larry Evans on the front free endpaper, “To Ambassador Thompson Best wishes Larry Evans March, 1956.” The recipient Llewellyn Thompson was a United States diplomat. He served in Sri Lanka, Austria, and, for a lengthy period, in the Soviet Union where his tenureContinue reading "Championship Chess and Checkers for All."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-3981

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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.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-2166

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Kasparov, Gary & Raymond Keene

Batsford Chess Openings 2.

New York : Macmillan Books/ Collier Books, 1989.

First Edition. Octavo. Illustrated in wrappers in near fine condition as issued. Signed by chess champion Gary Kasparov.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-1335

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Player, Gary

Play Golf with Player: Instruction of Every Aspecct of the Game.

London : Collins, 1962.

First edition of this early instructional by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, “With Very Best Wishes Gary Player.” Very good in the original dust jacket that shows some wear to the crown.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-988

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Rollins, Sonny; Eric Nisenson

Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

First edition of this work on the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Sonny Rollins on the front free endpaper, “To John- many thanks Sonny Rollins.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. Foreword by Sonny Rollins.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-1655