Description
First edition of Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey by Howard L. Bingham, inscribed to journalist Katie Couric, and signed on nine additional photographic plates by Muhammad Ali.
Octavo, [192pp]. Blue hardcover, title stamped in gilt on the spine. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. Foxing along top edge of text block, internally clean. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $32.50 retail price on the front flap, short closed tear along top edge, a bright, near fine example. Includes the business card of the photographer, Howard L. Bingham.
This copy is inscribed by the author and Muhammad Ali on the title page to Katie Couric, after filming a special for NBC called “Legend to Legend” in Los Angeles. Inscription reads: “For Katie Couric / I hope you enjoy this book / Best Wishes / Howard L. Bingham / 10-24-93.” / “To Katie – Muhammad 10-23-93.”
Muhammad Ali has signed nine additional photographs in this work, four times with “Muhammad Ali” and five times with “Cassius Clay.”
An exceptional piece.
Katie Couric (b. 1957) is an American journalist and television anchor who rose to prominence on NBC’s Today (1991-2006) and later became the first solo female anchor of the CBS Evening News (2006-2011).
(Provenance: A donation to the New York Public Library, purchased November 2025)
