New Arrivals
The Book of St Andrews Links; containing Plan of Golf Courses
Pershore: Grant Books, 2024. 212p. Decorative cloth. Slipcase. Limited edition of 275 copies only. Reproduced with a detailed analysis by Peter Lewis, very hard to find in its original version. Most collectors are are thus not familiar with the book, a 1984 Ellesbourgh press edition of just 200 was produced..... More
The Game of Golf: The Lonsdale Library, with Roger Wethered, Bernard Darwin, Horace Hutchinson and T.C. Simpson.
London: Seeley, Service and Co. Limited, 1946. 251p, cloth. Highly underrated book, chapters by Horace G Hutchinson, Bernard Darwin, Roger and Joyce Wethered, a very nice chapter's on Architecture by Tim Simpson, with sketches as per The Architectural Side of Golf. D&J W10630. More
Golf (from the Badminton Library series)
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1890. 463p decorative cloth. First edition. Illustrated with several plates from paintings, photographs, engravings, etc., including frontispiece with tissue-guard; plus numerous wood engravings within the text. original decorative brown cloth, lettered in black and white, gilt-stamped vignette and additional gilt lettering on spine. Part..... More
Golf, LARGE PAPER edition (Badminton Library series)
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1890. xvi, 495p. Quarter leather. Contributions by Lord Wellwood, Sir Walter Simpson, A.J. Balfour, Andrew Lang, H.S.C. Everard, etc. Illustrated with numerous drawings by Thomas Hodge and Harry Furniss, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. 9½x7½, original ½ blue morocco & gilt-stamped orange cloth, gilt-lettered spine..... More
The Game of Golf.
London: Arcturus Publishing, 2010. 256p. Cloth. Dust wrapper. Facsimile copy of the 1896 first edition. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs and wood engravings; plus wood-engraved figures within the text. 7½x5½, original decorative green cloth, front cover illustration stamped in black, white and terra-cotta, spine lettered in gilt, original black..... More
Famous Fairways; a look at the world of Championship Courses
London: Paul Stanley, 1968. 164p, cloth. Great insight into United Kingdom's best courses. Timeless classic! D&J A5080. More
The Unique Scottish Links
Scotland: Donald Ford Images, 2022. 97p. oblong decorative cloth. Superb photography. First Edition. Donald takes you round Scotland's finest links one last time (this is his final book) published in an edition of just 240 copies. When Donald Ford, international professional footballer and later accountant, retired he took up his..... More
The Architectural Side of Golf.
London, England: Longmans, Green. 1929. 211p. All original orange vellum + plates. Preface by J.C. Squire. Illustrated by the authors: 43 numbered plates, mostly course plans (22 of which are in colour); plus other illustrations including engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, wood engravings and drawings within text, head and tail-pieces. 10¼x7¾..... More
The Game of Golf.
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1896. 277p.Decorative cloth. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs and wood engravings; plus wood-engraved figures within the text. 7½x5½, original decorative green cloth, front cover illustration stamped in black, white and terra-cotta, spine lettered in gilt, original black end papers, edges untrimmed. First Edition..... More
The Golf Course
London: The Ellesbourgh Press, 1984. 320p. Leather, slipcase. limited edition of 200 copies only. Early chapters cover the history of Golf Course design, then onto a biographical profile of all known architects, this has been updated and is now The Architects of Golf, a pioneering book and cornerstone to any..... More
Homes of Sport: Golf
London: Peter Garnett, 1952. 209p, cloth. Course descriptions the finest in the United Kingdom. Famous golf courses: St. Andrew, Alwoodley, Formby, Little Aston, Prestwick, Royal Birkdale, Rye, Troon and many more. D&J P8710. More
Mere Golf and Country Club
London: John Langdon, 1947. 32p illustrated red wrappers. Great course parkland course in the heart of Cheshire. George Duncan was professional. More
Historical Assesment of the Course at Burnham and Berrow
United Kingdom: Privately printed, 2019. 122p unnumbered pages, spiral bound. Very large pages 42cm by 30cm or 16 inches by 12 inches, One of the most impressive books we have seen in a long time. Very professional production of the evolution of Burnham and Berrow GC from an architects timeline..... More
Creating Classics; The Golf Courses of Harry Colt
Cambridge: Icon Books, 2008. 432p, cloth. Colt in many eyes is the finest architect of them all, his works are vast and his design concepts are still practised today. True Classic in the architecture library, excellent photography and just about all his course are covered in some detail. Many of..... More
Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture.
England: Grant, 1990. 69p. Leather, slipcase No. 86/100 signed by Hawtree & Cornish. Contributions by Dr. A. MacKenzie, Horace G. Hutchinson, John L. Low, and others. Introduction and commentary by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Fred Hawtree. Illustrated from photographs, old original ads, and a few other reproductions, gilt-decorated full green..... More
Scotland's Gift Golf
New York: Charles Schribner, 1928. 340p. Red Cloth. MacDonald father of American golf, first U.S. Amateur Champion. Macdonald travelled to St. Andrews to complete his education, fell in love with the game, after returning home to Chicago he set about bringing the game to the United States.influential in creating the..... More
Homes of Sport: Golf
London: Peter Garnett, 1952. 209p, cloth. Course descriptions the finest in the United Kingdom. Famous golf courses: St. Andrew, Alwoody, Formby, Little Aston, Prestwick, Royal Birkdale, Rye, Troon and many more. D&J P8710. More
The Perfect Golfer.
London: Methuen & Co., 1931. 246p cloth. Following his co-authorship (text) with T Simpson on The Architectual Side of Golf (1929), Wethered issued this volume of essays to expand his views on the ideal relationships between player, club, style, shot, tempeament, course and architect as a basis for examining the..... More
The Evolution of the Old Course "Scholars" limited edition
United Kingdom: Park Avenue Publishing, 2023. 264p. simulated leather, slipcase. Introducing a truly extraordinary treatise on the Old Course, a rare gem that holds the essence of this revered golfing destination. It's undoubtedly one of the defining books of the decade, presenting a remarkable opportunity that should not be missed..... More
The Evolution of the Old Course
United Kingdom: Park Avenue Publishing, 2023. 256p. cloth. After a long-awaited 16 years, the iconic book that chronicles the remarkable journey of the links since its inception in 1821 is back, and it's better than ever. Presenting the renewed edition of "St Andrews: The Evolution of the Old Course," which..... More
Discovering Donald Ross; The architect and his golf courses
Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2001. 367p. cloth. Biography of Dornoch's Ross, spending most of his life in the United States, leaving a legacy of superb designs admired today by players and architects alike. More
The Spirit of St. Andrews.
United States of America: Sleeping Bear Press, 1995. 268p, illustrated, cloth forewword by Robert Tyre Jones Jr. dust Jacket. Must have, for any MacKenzie fan. Far more substantial than "Golf Architecture" published in 1920. First edition, second printing. D&J M2980. More
A Pentalogy of Golf Architecture Classics
England: Grant Books, 2021. Superb set of The six classic early architecure books, now all rare and very hard to find in their original first publications. Limited edition of just 300 1, Bauer, Aleck Hazards first published 1913 2, Colt, Harry Some Essays on Golf Course Architecture first published 1920..... More
The Architectural Side of Golf.
Norwalk, Connecticut: Flagstaff Books, 2001. 211p. simutaled leather, Foreword by Herbery Warren Wind. Preface by J.C. Squire. 43 numbered plates, mostly course plans (22 of which are in colour); plus other illustrations including engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, wood engravings and drawings within text, head and tail-pieces. D&J W10510. More