Fifty Years of Apawamis
Rye, NY: Privately printed, 1940. 245p. cloth. Limited edition, members only No 437/500 copies only. Early U.S. club and history, profusely illustrated. More
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Hazards, Those Essential Elements in a Golf Course Without Which the Game Would be Tame and Uninteresting
Droitwich: Grant, 1993. 87p, leather slipcase ltd. ed. 24/100 Illustrated from photographs, maps, etc. plus drawings by Ionicus (J. Armitage). 9½x7, full green morocco, gilt stamped design on front cover, gilt-lettered morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher's green cloth slipcase. Bound by Cedric Chivers. Signed..... More
Lawns for Sport.
London: Simpkin, Marchall, Hamilton and Kent Co. Golf Monthly, 1924. 276p. cloth. Good condition in a very hard to find and eye catching dust Jacket of The Turnberry Hotel and course. Chapters on The Upkeep of Putting greens, Bunkers, Tees, with drawings and contributions from Tom Simpson. More
The Amateur.
England: Grant, 1995. 255p, cloth. statistics by John Littlewood, and appreciation of Bobby Jones by Charlie Yates. 230/975 ltd. ed. Signed and dedicated to Peter Crabtree from the Author, Charlie Yates, Michael Bonallack, Bob Grant. Nice association copy of a fine Championship. D&J B11320. More
Golfing in Ireland.
Dublin: Harpers, 1953. 195pp. Second Revised Edition. Long article by Kevin Collins of Irish Golf and Golfers 1952 A Golfing annual, but was only ever two years published this being the second, the first was 1952 by Murray. Both volumes are hard to find and give much information on Irish..... More
Soil Managment fof Greenkeepers
Amherst, Mass: Privately published, 1933. 152p. Cloth. Dedicated to Willie Ogg and Alex. Lindsay two loyal Scots! Scarce early treatment of greenkeeping with much golf content. Signed to rear end paper by Markuson. More
Golf Fundamentals.
Lake Placid: Seymour Dunn, 1922. 283p. cloth. Illustrated with photographs throughout; folding chart in the rear. 31x23 cm. (12x9¼"), gilt-lettered dark blue cloth. Inscribed "To Miss Adela Kelley My most advanced lady pupil. Sincerely Seymour Dunn". on the author's portrait. Contains a folding golf specification chart in rear which shows..... More
Standardized Golf Instruction 5 book set!
New York: Seymour Dunn, 1934. 39p illustrated wrappers. All five books, preceding the book of the same name, hard to find single volumes, rare opportunity to have all five together. D&J D21610. More
Standardized Golf Instruction.
New York: Seymour Dunn, 1934. 153p, cloth. First edition. All five books in one. Dunn a foremost and respected instructors of the time. Scarce in this compact edition and jacket. D&J D21520. More
The Golf Club. four hundred years of the good the beautiful and the creative
Oak Harbour, Washington: Zephyr Productions, 2003. 192p. Errata slip laid in. Illustrations throughout from color photographs of golf clubs. full padded black leather, lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, matching slipcase. From an edition of 400 copies, this copy designated as a Presentation Copy. First Edition. Signed by the author..... More
The Whitcombes
Worcestershire: Grant Books, 1994. 129p. leather, slipcase. 8/70 ltd. edition specially bound copies, "Professional Golfers Association, Presentation Copy." Illustrated from photographs, etc. (Large 8vo) original full maroon morocco stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher's gilt-stamped maroon cloth slipcase. Bound by Cedric Chivers Ltd. Signed by Peter Fry..... More
The Whitcombes
Worcestershire: Grant Books, 1994. 129p. leather, slipcase. 61/70 ltd. edition specially bound copies, "Professional Golfers Association, Presentation Copy." Illustrated from photographs, etc. (Large 8vo) original full maroon morocco stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher's gilt-stamped maroon cloth slipcase. Bound by Cedric Chivers Ltd. Signed by Peter Fry..... More
The Golfer´s Handbook.
Edinburgh: The Golfer´s Handbook, 1926. 1335p Cloth. 28th edition. This is the longest running and yearbook publication, a treasure chest of information. Hard to find small edition, being the last small edition, due to the sheer volume of information a larger format was needed. D&J. G24895. More
Hand written and signed letter by Donald Grant regarding his book. Personal Memories of Royal Dornoch Golf Club 1900 - 1925 plus advertising review
Scotland, 1979. Hard to find first edition of this title, foreword by Herbert Warren Wind and a Recollection by Wethered. Grant notes his 1908 meeting with Tom Morris. More
Saint Andrews as it was and as it is: Being The Third Edition of Dr Grierson's Delineations, containing much curious and Valuable information never printed before.
Cupar: M. Fletcher, 1849. Good, very clean contents. 264p. decorative cloth, updated third edition later printing, some 31 years after the first the third was published, this seems to be identical to the 3rd but published in 1849, unusual edition. First page has been reconnected by transparent tape, but hardly..... More
Seven Ages of Golf
England: ca 1905. Set of 7 chromolithographs, 3 signed in pencil by the artist. Large size all framed. Some minor foxing. Size: actual picture, 12 inches x 6 inches. John Hassall, born in Walmer, Kent in 1868, was the son of Lieutenant Christopher Clark Hassall and Louisa, the daughter of..... More
The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf
London: Golf Illustrated Ltd, by London & Counties Press, 1912. 276p. Full Red Leather. Profusely illustrated from photographs, drawings, paintings, etc.; 3 colour plates and 2 photogravures. (4to) 12¼x9¾", original full red pebbled calf, gilt-tooled pictorial lion emblem lettered "Far & Sure" on front cover, lettered in gilt, all edges..... More
A.L.S.
Forth Worth, Texas: 1995. Typed note and fully signed in Hogan's hand on Hogan private 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
Signed Contract. Signed twice!!
USA: 1960. Insurance claim contract. Very nice clear signed document on behalf of his Company, signed twice in as good a Hogan hand has one will find. 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. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Golfer's Treasures
London: St. Catherine Press, 1925. 313p. 1/4 cloth. Foreword by Bernard Darwin. Anthology of golfing tips, Vardon, Braid, Barnes, Darwin, Taylor... all the great names... adding up to a very interesting title. Reportedly, by Murdoch, a print run of just 880 makes this book very hard to find almost 100..... More
The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate
Boston: Little Brown, 1970. 60pp. Intro by Herbert Warren Wind. Inscribed by the author. More
Rights and Wrongs of Golf.
United States of America: A. G. Spalding & Brothers, 1935. 59p Red cloth. Classic Jones, this was published with various covers. Rare red hard boards, this book was produced as a gift from the author Jones, and has the recipients name embossed to the from board. "John H. Hallock". Very..... More
Art and Architecture of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.
Scotland: The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, 1997. 127p. Leather, slipcase. Introduction by Dr. A.M. Mathewson. Illustrated throughout (mostly in colour) from reproductions, paintings, architectural drawings, plans, photographs, facsimiles, etc limited edition 62/199 of which 195 where leather bound. Signed by Peter Lewis, Dr. A.M. Mathewon, Fiona Grieve and Keith..... 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 Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More