Golf at Hoylake.
England: Grant, 1990. 171p. cloth ltd. ed. 228/1125 Classic history of this magnificent links, signed by both authors. Dust Jacket very good condition. D&J B11410. More
England: Grant, 1990. 171p. cloth ltd. ed. 228/1125 Classic history of this magnificent links, signed by both authors. Dust Jacket very good condition. D&J B11410. More
Worcestershire: Grant Books, 2003. 54p, cloth. limited edition number 139/400. More
USA: Country Golf, 1991. 408p, cloth. All the great players, described only as Darwin can. Great reading. More
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
Droitwich, Worcestershire: Grant Books, 1995. 255p, leather, slipcase. statistics by John Littlewood, and appreciation of Bobby Jones by Charlie Yates. 3/75 limited edition. The preferred edition, hard to locate. D&J B11320. More
Dumfries, Scotland: Privately Printed, 1980. 68p, wrappers. Murdoch bookplate. Early borders golf club. D&J M37450. More
Stranraer: Privately Printed, 1995. 48p, wrappers. D&J H5440. More
Scotland: Club, 1976. 52p, Wrappers. 1st ed. Fine history of a must play course. More
Dublin, Ireland: Privately Printed, 1963. 12p, wrappers. Short but very detailed history of this famous club. D&J R19270. More
London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1893. 120p, green wrappers.. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Complete with fragile spine that is often lacking in this title, went into many printing's and hence was a popular book in a similar sense as his Hints on golf first printed in 1886. Published..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1930. 239p, cloth. Foreword by Grantland Rice. Illustrated with plates from photographs. tan and green cloth lettered in gilt. Third UK Trade Edition. A classic golf biography, one of the best ever written, by the best ever to play the game? Often rated the best..... More
London: William Heineman, 1894. 146p. plus adverts. illustrated green boards. D&L K8320. More
Glasgow: Scotland: Evening Citizen Ltd., 1952. 48p, illustrated wrappers. Rules and Handicapping hints and tips. More
London: Methuen, 1922. 47p, illustrated boards. Hard to find first edition of this book, went into many printings. D&J R3160. More
London: Oliver and Boyd, 1946. 196pp. cloth. Very underrated Scottish Journalist, spending his career with "The Scotsman". A well-respected analyst of the game. In Golfer's Gallery he writes about the twenty Open Championships and twenty Amateur Championships he witnessed between the two world wars, as well as Ryder, Walker and..... More
St. Andrews: J. & G. Innes. ca 1928. 35p. wrappers. 5th edition. Not recorded in Donovan and Jerris. More
England: Dent, 1937. 498p cloth edited by Lawless. chapters by Bernard Darwin, Henry Cotton, Robert Browning, A.H. Padgham, Eleanor Helme, O.B. Keeler. More
United States of America: U.S.G.A., 1979. 280p. 1979 U.S. Open, which was held at Inverness and won by Hale Irwin. More
United States of America: U.S.G.A., 1954. 272p. 1954 U.S. Open, which was held at Baltusrol and won by Ed Furgol. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. 236p cloth, 1st edition printed in May 1943. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Autobiography of Taylor's career. One of very few war time publication's. This is a must read book for anyone interested in the development of golf from its early days. Good clean contents, boards somewhat..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1920. 160p. cloth. Hard to find first edition. Went into many printings, another popular instructional from the biggest name of the period. Book very good, jacket slightly chipped but good. D&J V3130. More
1903. Postally used 1903. written in biro in 1986 is a full detailed description of Robert Maxwells career, Amateur Champion, Captain of Muirfield 1912/13 likely written by the golf historian George Colville, this was part of his golf library. More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1892. 58p. decorative cloth. Second edition. First 1889, second 1892. illustrated with four photographs of "Old Tom" Morris. A third edition in 1895 was also published. Author was the founder and Captain of the Cambridge University Golf Club and a personal friend of Old Tom..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1896. 194p. cloth. Early and popular instruction from the St Andrews golfer, went in to many editions, this the hard to find first. D&J E8920. More
Glasgow, Scotland: Patrick Press, 1985. 22p. stiff boards 181/250 copies only. David Hamilton's highly specific books are superb reference source to many little known, very early publications. Early Hamilton publication, and keeping to his high standards, educational collection from a great historian. D&J H4330. More