The Parks of Musselburgh
Droitwich, Worcestershire: Grant Books, 1991. 154p, Leather, slipcase. limited edition No. 84/125 Important history of this influential family, Willie Park Senior winner of the first Open of 1860. D&J A2525. More
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The Masters 1986
Augusta: Augusta National Golf Club, 1986. Masters yearbook, 10th edition, published each year from 1978 to present. Edited by George Peper. The winner was Jack Nicklaus. Greatest Masters ever? More
The Knack of Golf.
Santa Barbara, California: The Pacific Coast Publishing Company, 1952. 208p. cloth. 1st edition ltd. 250 copies only. After the passing of Harlan Aldrich Becker the 250 copies where taken out of a bank vault and distributed amongst his friends according to his last Will and Testament. One way to avoid..... More
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. (quartet / tetraology)
Grant Books, 1998. 4 Volume set produced for the Royal and Ancient Golf Clubs 250th celebration. Volume 1 Challenges & Champions 1764-1883 1714/1750 signed by authors Peter Lewis and John Behrend. Volume 2 Champions & Guardians 1884-1939 419/1775 Volume 3 Traditions & Change 1939-2004 Ltd ed. 652/1754 Volume 4 Art..... More
A Book of Golf: Imperial Athletic Library
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1903. By James Braid, J.A.T. Bramston, H.G.Hutchinson and others. Illustrated. 308 pages. Photographs by A. Gandy. D&J B13630. More
Golfing.
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1891. 88 pp. 7x4¾, original flexible pictorial red cloth stamped in black, housed in library wrappers. Second Edition. The second revised edition of Chambers' A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf of 1862, following the second printing of 1866 titled Gymnastics, Golf, Curling. This volume was..... More
The Rules of the Ten Oldest Golf Clubs from 1754-1848: together with the rules of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews for the years 1858, 1877, 1888.
Edinburgh, Scotland. Golf Monthly, 1935. 127p cloth. limited edition 500 copies only. Tracing the development of the Rules of Golf, beginning with the earliest identified code issued by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers in 1744, including a reprint of the original texts. Clapcott was one of the game first..... More
The Rules of the Ten Oldest Golf Clubs from 1754-1848: together with the rules of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews for the years 1858, 1877, 1888.
Edinburgh, Scotland. Golf Monthly, 1935. 127p cloth. limited edition 500 copies only. Tracing the development of the Rules of Golf, beginning with the earliest identified code issued by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers in 1744, including a reprint of the original texts. Clapcott was one of the game first..... More
5 Open Champions and the Musselburgh Story.
Musselburgh, East Lothian: Colville Books, 1980. 115 pp. Limited edition of an unspecified number ca 100. Very useful and informative reference of these early Champions and their famous links. this is the first book of its type on Musselburgh Golf includes profiles on the first Open Champions Old Willie Park,his..... More
The Golfers Referee
Edinburgh: W.H. White and Co., 1897. 99p. decorative cloth. Early treatment of the rules. D&J D2440. More
The Royal Liverpool Golf Club, a History 1869;1932.
Birkenhead: Willmer, 1933. 310p, cloth. Foreword by Bernard Darwin. Important club history, Royal Liverpool is the second oldest club in England. Significance is the report on Bobby Jones winning the 1930 Open Championship and shoting the lowest 4 round total to date 291. Short Biographies of famous Hoylake golfers, John..... More
A.L.S.
U.S.A. 2001. A.L.S. written by U.S. Open champion Jack Fleck on his Golf architect stationary, long letter to Bob Blyth. ; Provenance; Part of a collection of letters and photographs to Bob Blyth of Dundee, Scotland who corresponded with various American and international Golfers over a long period of time..... More
Elgin Golf Club, Official Handbook
England: The Golf Clubs Association. 1926. 24p, brown wrappers, black text. More
The Seven Ages of Golf
London: Fine Art Society, 1899. [8] + plates. Introduction by Horace Hutchinson. With 7 loose color lithograph plates of a golfer at various stages of his life, wrapped with original tissue-guard. Folio, 16¾x10¾, contents loose in cloth-backed boards portfolio (as issued), pictorial color lithographed cover label. First Edition. The golfer..... More
The Records of the Panmure Golf Club
Dundee, Scotland: J. Lindsay Henderson, 1926. 52 pp. Frontispiece photo of the clubhouse, with tissue-guard. 7¼x5½, original blue cloth lettered in white. First Edition. A scarce history of this important and early Scottish golf club. Contains vital historical background, members and winners, statistics, various trophy cups and awards, etc. D&J..... More
A.L.S.
Forth Worth, Texas: 1990. Typed note and fully signed in Hogan's hand on Hogan company stationary, nicely signed. ; Provenance; Part of a collection of letters and photographs to Bob Blyth of Dundee, Scotland who corresponded with various American and international Golfers over a long period of time. Blyth was..... More
Photograph signed
Fort Worth Texas: Colonial, ca 1980. Photograph of all Colonial winners along with winner and tournament host Ben Hogan, nicely signed. Quite Unique. ; Provenance; Part of a collection of letters and photographs to Bob Blyth of Dundee, Scotland who corresponded with various American and international Golfers over a long..... More
Chronicles of Blackheath Golfers, with illustrations and portraits.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1897. xii, 245 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates, including frontispiece portrait of Edmund Hegan Kennard; tissue guards. 25x19 cm. (9¾x7¼"), original gilt-decorated blue cloth, lettered in gilt, gilt-vignette on front cover, top edge gilt. First Edition. The first published history of any golf club; appropriately, Blackheath..... More
British Golf Links, a short account of the leading golf links of the United Kingdom
London: J. S. Virtue and Co., 1897. Hutchinson, Horace G. (editor) British Golf Links: A Short Account of the Leading Golf Links of the United Kingdom with Numerous Illustrations and Portraits. London, J.S. Virtue & Co. 1897 viii, 331 + v ad pp. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Illustrated with numerous..... More
The Golfing Pilgrim.
London: Methuen, 1898. 287p,+40 advertisements dated February 1898. (8vo) original gilt-decorated and lettered green cloth, untrimmed edges, many pages never read. First Edition. "A fictional account of a match played between two protagonists over many of the famous links in Britain. This book represents another of Mr. H[utchinson]'s important contributions..... More
Golf Greens and Greenkeeping.
London: Country Life, 1906. 219p. red cloth. edited by Hutchinson, contributors include Harry Colt, Herbert Fowler, Harold hilton, Peter Lees, James Braid... One of the golfing classics. Must for any golf architecture library. D&J H28360. More
The New Book of Golf.
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1912. 361p. decorative boards contributors; May Hezlet, Bernard Darwin, James Sherlock, A.C.M. Croombe, C.K. Hutchinson. More
The Autobiography of a Average Golfer.
New York: Greenberg, 1925. 247 pp. 7½x5, light green cloth, spine lettered in black, pictorial jacket. First Edition. Keeler was described by Murdoch as "Bobby Jones' Boswell"; Keeler saw Jones win all 13 of his major championships and travelled more than 120,000 miles of golfing trails with his cohort. Murdoch..... More
Golf in America (second American golf book published!)
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1895. 194p. Decorative cloth. Lee's 'Golf in America' is celebrated as the first book about golf written by an American. The book covers all aspects, of particular interest, is the migration of golf to Canada and the United States. The first American golf publication was Spalding's..... More
Gleneagles " A Plan of The Golf Courses"
Scotland: L.M.S., 1926. Fold-out map by map specialist McCorquodale & C. Glasgow. Gleneagles opened in 1919 and this map was probably completed as both courses King's and Queens opened. The map in the Macleannan book is black and white. Very attractive scarce item. More