PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIBUTE TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, BOLDLY SIGNED BY OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER GEORGE KALINSKY AND EIGHT SPORTS LEGENDS, INCLUDING GARDEN LEGENDS JAKE LAMOTTA, ROBERTO DURAN, WILLIS REED, WALT "CLYDE" FRAZIER, AND BERNARD KING

KALINSKY, George. Garden of Dreams: Madison Square Garden 125 Years. (New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2004). Quarto, original glazed paper-covered boards, photographic endpapers, original dust jacket. $2500.

First edition of this celebration of "The World's Most Famous Arena," generously illustrated with photographs by the Garden's official photographer, George Kalinsky, and signed by him on the flyleaf, also signed by legendary athletes Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, Willis Reed, Walt "Clyde" Frazier (twice), Bernard King, Larry Johnson, Stephane Matteau and Mike Richter at their pictures.

"While not every dream happened in the Garden," Kalinsky told the New York Times upon this book's publication, "there are enough of them to fill a book. The greater the athletes or entertainers are, the greater their desire to perform on the stage of Madison Square Garden." This volume, lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, most taken by Kalinsky in his role as the Garden's official photographer, commemorates the arena's century-and-a-quarter of memorable moments. Precedes the Abrams UK edition of the same year. With promotional bookmark and letter of provenance laid in.

Book and dust jacket with extremities bumped; jacket with "autographed copy" sticker. A near fine copy with a desirable collection of signatures.