104 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS Inscribed By Muhammad Ali 162MUHAMMAD, Imam Warithuddin. Prayer and Al-Islam. Chicago, 1982. Octavo, original gold paper boards. $1100 First edition of Prayer and Al-Islam, inscribed. “To J— from Muhammad Ali 5-13-86,” with a smiley face beneath the inscription. Prayer and AlIslam was published by the Muhammad Islamic Foundation, started by Muhammad Ali and originally run from his Chicago residence. The author, son of Elijah Muhammad, was responsible for leading the majority of his father’s faithful into mainstream Islam in the 1970s; Muhammad Ali was closely involved with his work, and Ali’s manager was for decades Warithuddin Muhammad’s brother Jabir. A bit of wear to rear board. About-fine condition. “Joe DiMaggio Is The Last American Knight” 163ALLEN, Maury. Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? New York, 1975. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $1000 First edition of Hall-of-Fame sportswriter Maury Allen’s biography of Joe DiMaggio, signed by DiMaggio, with 16 pages of photographic illustrations. “Notoriously reclusive, Joe DiMaggio has remained inaccessible through nearly four decades of public attention… Few really know the story behind the legend, and no one person— even his closest friend— knows the whole story of this intensely private man.” Dust jacket supplied from another copy of the first edition. Book and jacket near-fine, with pastedowns expertly repaired. Super Bowl XXI: Denver Broncos Vs. New York Giants, Signed By 13 Giants 164(FOOTBALL). Official Game Program Super Bowl XXI. New York, 1987. Octavo, original printed paper wrappers, custom clamshell box. $1850 The official Super Bowl XXI program, signed by George Martin, Bill Ard, Sean Landeta, Joe Morris, Lawrence Taylor, Mark Bavaro, Leonard Marshall, Pepper Johnson, Carl Banks, Ottis Anderson, Eric Dorsey, Raul Allegre and Phil Simms. Super Bowl XXI marked the NY Giants’ first ever Super Bowl win as well as the team’s first NFL title since 1956, in part due to their “Big Blue Wrecking Crew” defense; the NFL later named this 1986 team one of the league’s 100 greatest teams of all time. Spine and edges mildly rubbed. A very good signed copy.
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