A selection of rare first edition books about the author by the author or by their biographer. All are rare and involve the biggest names in the fields of sport, literature, politics and a range of other areas.
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Brian Epstein – A Cellarful Of Noise – First UK Edition 1964 – with Auto-Pen SIGNED Photograph of The Beatles
£600.00A first edition, first printing of A Cellarful of Noise by Brian Epstein, published by Souvenir Press in 1964, with 33 photographs and other illustrations. A near fine book without…
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Eric Clapton – The Autobiography – First US Edition 2007 – With SIGNED Photograph
£150.00USA: Broadway Books, 2007. A first edition, first printing published by Broadway Books in 2007. A near fine book (small dink to page edges and to one corner), in a…
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Arthur Ransome – The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome – First Edition 1976
£30.00A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1976. A near fine book in gently faded near fine unclipped wrapper.
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Winston S. Churchill – Speeches 1949 & 1950 – In The Balance – First Edition 1951
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Speeches 1949 & 1950 – In The Balance’ published by Cassell in 1951. A very good book – no inscriptions – small stamp to…
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Jack Fleck – The Jack Fleck Story – SIGNED First Edition 2002
£95.00First edition, first printing collector’s edition of The Jack Fleck Story by Jack Fleck, published by The JC Publishing, in 2002. A very fine book SIGNED and dated by the…
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Robert Edwards [Henry Cooper] – Henry Cooper – The Authorised Biography – SIGNED First Edition 2002 (Copy)
£65.00A first edition, first printing published by BBC Books in 2002. A very fine book SIGNED and inscribed by Cooper in black ink to the title page. In a near…
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Gary Player – To Be The Best – SIGNED First Edition 1992
£50.00First paperback edition, first printing of To Be The Best by Gary Player, published by Pan Books, London in 1992. A near fine book signed by the author in black…
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Rob Burrow – Too Many Reasons To Live – My Autobiography – Limited Edition
£45.00Limited Edition printing of Too Many Reasons To Live by Rob Burrow, published by Macmillan, London in 2021, an Independent Bookshop Limited Edition No. 91 of 1,000. A very fine…
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David Steele [John Morris] – Come In Number 3 – SIGNED First Edition 1977
£35.00First edition, first printing of Come In Number 3 by David Steele and John Morris, published by Pelham Books, London in 1977. A near fine book signed on a photographic…
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Brian Scovell – Brian Lara – Cricket’s Troubled Genius – First Edition 2007 – SIGNED by the Author
£35.00A first edition, first printing published by Stadia in 2007. A fine book SIGNED and DATED by the author without dedication on the title page. In a near fine unclipped…
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Henry Blofeld – Squeezing The Orange – First Edition 2013 – SIGNED ‘My Dear Old Thing’
£30.00First edition, fourth printing of Squeezing The Orange by Henry Blofeld, published by Blue Door, London in 2013. A fine book signed and inscribed by the author in blue ink…
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Mark Nicholas – A Beautiful Game – My love affair with cricket – SIGNED First Edition 2016
£25.00First edition, first printing of A Beautiful Game by Mark Nicholas, published by Allen and Unwin, London in 2016. A fine book signed by the author in black ink to…
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Sam Torrance – Sam – SIGNED First Edition 2004 – The Autobiography of Sam Torrance Golf’s Ryder Cup Winning Hero
£25.00First paperback edition, first printing of Sam by Sam Torrance, published by BBC Books, London in 2004. A near fine book signed by the author in black ink to the…
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Mark McCormack – Arnold Palmer – The Man And The Legend – SIGNED First Edition 1967
£95.00A first edition, first printing of Arnold Palmer, The Man And The Legend by Mark McCormack, published by Cassell, London in 1967. A near fine book SIGNED by Arnold Palmer…
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Liz Kahn – Tony Jacklin – The Price of Success – SIGNED First Edition 1979
£85.00A first edition, first printing of Tony Jacklin, The Price of Success by Liz Kahn, published by Hamlyn in 1979, illustrated with colour and black and white photography throughout and…
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Steven Reid – Bobby’s Open – Mr Jones and the Golf Shot that Defied a Legend – DOUBLE SIGNED First Edition 2012
£75.00A first edition, first printing of Bobby’s Open by Steven Reid, with foreword by Jack Nicklaus, published by Corinthian in 2012. A fine book with very slight toning to the…
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