Murdock Luke (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Original red cloth, gilt. First Printing of the First Edition. Westport, Connecticut:: Meckler, 1991. As New condition. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Illustrated with a few photos. Compiled from interviews the author conducted in the 1970s with 20 professional ballplayers, including Paddy Livingston, Stan Coveleski, Bob Shawkey, Bob O'Farrell, Bucky Crouse, Eddie Sicking, Andy High, Joe and Luke Sewell, George Uhle, Glenn Wright, Bob Smith, Joe Hauser, Eddie Moore, Fred Blake, Nick Cullop, Ted Lyons, Woody English, Tony Piet, etc. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth, gilt/No Dust Jacket, as issued. 8vo. (iv), 356pp.

Condition: Good. B007HUP6LY Clean and unmarked text. Name or gift inscription inside book. In a Good jacket. Great reading copy.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "Here is the winter playground and site of many of the world's most magnificent hotels, wonderful mansion estates, beautiful homes, and artistic cottages": Rare First edition of Palm Beach and West Palm Beach: Where Summer Spends the Winter MURDOCK, Luke S. [75] pp. Drawings by E. J. Geske Long & Murdock 1926 First Edition 11 7/8" x 9" First edition of this beautiful presentation of the area and most iconic buildings of Palm Beach. Quarto, original wrappers with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, watercolor inlay of downtown West Palm Beach to the front panel, illustrated title page with tissue guard, copiously illustrated by E. J. Geske. In near fine condition. Published in 1926, this lavishly illustrated art booklet offers a detailed view of the areas of North, South, West, and Palm Beach. Each page offers an elaborate illustration accompanied by detailed description of the most iconic buildings, estates, beaches and buroughs of the Palm Beaches. Illustrations include Worth Avenue and Via Mizner, the Breakers Casino and beach, Alba the Magnificent, the Everglades Club, Clematis Street, and Woodlawn Cemetery.