COLONEL BOGEY'S SKETCH BOOK
1897
First edition of this tongue-in-cheek history of golf, beginning with the prehistoric Golfosaurian, moving onto the missing "link" Golfolinkius Anthropomorphus, and so on.
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
(1990)
Inscribed first printing of this exploration of sports culture in American life by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and basis for the film of the same name.
HAWAIIAN SURFRIDING
1961
First printing of Blake's second book, a photo-essay of the sport published just as the surfing boom hit the mainland.
DUKE KAHANAMOKU'S WORLD OF SURFING
(1968)
First printing of the surfing guide and memoir of Duke Kahanamoku, published the year of the Duke's death.
DUKE OF HAWAII
(1968)
First printing of this paperback original, the first biography of Duke Kahanamoku.
THE NINTH WAVE
1956
First printing of the classic novel with surfing themes, a tragic tale of power and competition written by a professor of political science.
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SURFING
(1965)
First printing of one of the early overviews of the sport during the surfing craze of the 1960s.
THE ART OF WAVE RIDING
(1931)
First edition of the first separate book on surfing, a primer on bodysurfing.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE AN HOUR AGO
(1967)
First printing of the first book-length autobiography in the history of surfing.
SURF-RIDING ON THE CORNISH COAST
(1955)
1955 edition of this rare classic on surfing in Great Britain, and one of the earliest printed books exclusively on surfing, first published in the now unobtainable 1934 edition as THE ART OF SURF-RIDING (and with a different cover design).
MUHAMMAD ALI
(1991)
First printing of Ali's official biography, signed by Ali.
A NATIVE SON OF THE GOLDEN WEST
1971
First printing of one of the most beloved novels in surf culture, with advance review materials laid in.
INTO THIN AIR
(1997)
Signed first printing of this harrowing firsthand account of a disastrous ascent of Mt. Everest.
SURFING: THE ULTIMATE PLEASURE
1984
Inscribed first printing, comprehensive description of surfing history, culture, and mechanics with over 100 stunning photos.
TAPPING THE SOURCE
(1984)
First printing of this major novel in surfing literature, a beach classic which brings the grittiness of noir to the world of surfing.
PAPER LION
(1966)
Signed first printing of Plimpton's classic first-person account of his attempt to play professional football, later adapted into a film of the same name starring Alan Alda.
TIGER OF THE SNOWS
(1955)
Signed first printing of the autobiography of the Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer who participated in and made possible the first ever ascent of Mount Everest.
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