Golf Some Hints and Suggestions
London: Country Life, 1921. 32p. wrappers. Second edition. Unusual Darwin instruction, both editions are very hard to find. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Percy Boomer is synonyms with his revolutionary classic "On Learning Golf" published in 1942, and recognised by the great players Hogan, Player, Watson...
On Learning Golf , was one of the most influential books of the 20th century, Boomer being voted number one golf swing guru of all time by Sports Illustrated in 2005.
How did he gain this knowledge? Leading golf instrutor, Dutch, Swiss and Belgian National Open Champion, advanced agronomist, architecture... what else made this man a visionary! see more, Percy H. Boomer
Now for the first time the Boomer golf library, 30 plus years in the building, hidden away for 73 years, the library is available, to view, admire and purchase....
Everybook has an 'Ex-libris Percy Boomer' bookplate containg the three signatures of Percy's grandchildren, this serves as definitive provenance.
London: Country Life, 1921. 32p. wrappers. Second edition. Unusual Darwin instruction, both editions are very hard to find. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Country Life, ca 1920. 19p, text, 19 mounted plates, plus 1 extra. Limited edition No. 64/500 signed by Darwin. The plates, designed to be framed, and very impressive art work they would become, So to find this in its original state, in the rare limited edition and in very..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, ca 1921. 309p, cloth Illustrated by G.W. Beldam first half is by Duncan second by Darwin, mainly instructional. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J D20230. More
London: Duckworth, ca. 1910. 254p, dec. cloth. Illustrated with plates (mostly in color) from paintings by Harry Rountree; printed tissue-guards, original green cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, First Edition. Darwin's famous book covering the courses of Scotland, England and Ireland. The illustrations, from original water..... More
London: The Times, 1912. 141p. Cloth. Early Darwin title, essays culled from the Times. Very good condition, no spine fade, gilt on front rear and spine all present and clan, no foxing, slight warping of front board. Interestingly with TIMES book sticker attached. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Dormeuil Freres, 1927. 40p. Blue wrappers. The six famous players are Abe Mitchell, J.H.Taylor, James Braid, George Duncan, Arnaud Massey and Jim Barnes. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Collins, 1946. 47p, dec. cloth. Excellent Darwin treatise on golf, ancient and modern. Inscription. Gifted to Percy in 1948 from ? Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J D4540. More
London: Collins, 1946. 47p, dec. cloth. Excellent Darwin treatise, ancient and modern. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J D4540. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1944. 227p, cloth. Great history of one of the greatest time ever for the sport, Jones, Hagen, Sarazen, Cotton... One of the best golf books of the 20th century. Signed by Percy Boomer 1945. D&J D5050. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1944. 227p, cloth. Great history of one of the greatest time ever for the sport, Jones, Hagen, Sarazen, Cotton... One of the best golf books of the 20th century. Signed by Percy Boomers pupil. D&J D5050. More
London: Duckworth, ca. 1910. 254p, dec. cloth. Illustrated with plates (mostly in color) from paintings by Harry Rountree; printed tissue-guards, original green cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, First Edition. Darwin's famous book covering the courses of Scotland, England and Ireland. The illustrations, from original water..... More
London: Country Life, 1946. 203p, cloth. Between the war essays culled from Country Life, each and everyone worth reading. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J D5260. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928. 332p. Green cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece portrait of the author. Spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Darwin's first autobiography three more would follow. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J D5320. More
London: Newnes, 1930. 178p. Decorative cloth. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph of the author. Gifted to Percy from a pupil. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J D6820. More
London: The Citadel Press, 1935. 120p illustrated boards. Introduction by Bernard Darwin Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J G35350. More