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London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., ca 1927. 256p, cloth. no date 9th printing with 18 other Wodehouse titles on the first page, the first printing had just 8. Scarce dust jacket, attractive. D&J W20950. More
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., ca 1927. 256p, cloth. no date 9th printing with 18 other Wodehouse titles on the first page, the first printing had just 8. Scarce dust jacket, attractive. D&J W20950. More
London: Thomas Murby & Co., 1933. 68p. cloth. fold out maps. Scarce jacket, plus advertisement brochure. D&J F12280. More
USA: Doran, 1921. 309p, cloth Illustrated by G.W. Beldham first half is by Duncan second by Darwin, mainly instructional. D&J D20230. More
France: ca 1935. Very good. 36p. illustrated wrappers. Other than golf one of Longhursts favourite pastimes was to have the occasional tipple! We are not sure how this book came about, but we are sure he would have enjoyed reseraching it! More
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
London: Methuen, 1922. 323p cloth 18th edition. More
London, England: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2003. 278p. cloth. Dust Jacket. The Bible of golf ball's. Never before or since has such a work been produced, all known ball makers through the ages are listed, from the feather ball, gutta percha, rubber cored balls thru to 1970. With an appendix..... More
London: Michael Johnston Ltd. 332p. cloth. Library binding, but making use of original dust jacket, odd library stamp and removed bookplate. Useful (Introduction) Darwin addition. More
London: Horace Cox, 1890. 270p, decorative cloth. Fold out maps. First successful major golf annual attempt. Important chapter, How to lay out and preseve golf links by Horace Hutchinson. he series ran to 23 editions/annuals, all quiet scarce. Very good reference. D&J G28870. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1947. 226p cloth. 2nd printing. First being 1944. History of one of the greatest time ever for the sport, Jones, Hagen, Sarazen, Cotton... The most significant period of growth of the game, especially Anglo American. One of the greatest titles in the whole golf bibliography. More
Garden City, New York. Doubleday and Company Inc., 1976. 255p, decorative cloth. Augusta and The Masters, the brain child of Bobby Jones and Clifford Robert's. Designed by Alister J. MacKenzie, ranked today as one of the best all time golf architects. Classic title, with the added addition of a Clifford..... More
London: Mills and Boon, 1922. 142p, + 16 advertisments, cloth. Excellent early essays culled from "The Times". Good condition for this title, all Gilt on spine and front cover intact, no fading to spine, no foxing, corners a little bumped. Good copy of a rare book. D&J D4000. More
St Andrews: Privately Printed, 2010. 71p. decorative boards. Published in 2010, Riley reflects through his artic impressions The Open Championship. Sam Snead in 1946 through to the 2000 Open, every picture brings back a memory. Classic Riley, a wonderful tribute! More
Edinburgh: R & R Clark, 1875. 284p. decorative cloth. Illustrated by Clark Stanton, C/A. Doyle and G. Aikman. Very significant and well produced early title. Compilation of the earliest literature of the game. Clark collected early press reports, biographical sketches, significant acts of Parliament, municipal records, diaries, a extracts of..... More
Edinburgh: The Golfer´s Handbook, 1948. 767p, cloth. Contents very good and complete. This is the longest running annual in the library of Golf, publication of the "Golfer's Handbook" commenced in 1899 and continues to the present day (not the publication was suspended during world war II). Volumes include championship records..... More
Bluff Point, New York: Privately published, ca 1920. 36p. wrappers. Attractive booklet, many images of the third oldest and first golf resort in the United States. George Low was superintendent and professional Important title In a mad race for golf course supremacy the "nearly perfect" course was redesigned again. This..... More
England: New Centurion Publshing and Publicity Co. Ltd., 1949. 28p. wrappers light green with green text. Attractive handbook. Prestigious course originally laid out by James Braid. Foreword notes Colville as the author and this long felt second edition should be of great benefit. Scarce. More
Leeds, Moortown: Yorkshire Evening News, 1947. 24p, illustrated wrappers. Saddlestiched. History of the tournament, won by sereral Open Champions, Richard Burton, Cotton, Locke, Perry, Padgham and more Ryder cup stars. Recollections by Kolin Robertson alias "St Andrews" Scarce and unusual item. More
Turnberry: R & A, 1963. 40p. wrappers One of the scarcest post war programmes, 2nd days draw included, with results of the 1st. Nice programme. More
Paris: Nilsson, 1926. 80p. illustrated wrappers. unrecorded French instruction. Boyer 1896-1956 was a French professional golfer prominent on the European circuit in the 1920s and 1930s. He won four Italian Opens, four German Opens, three Swiss Opens, two Belgian Opens, and one Dutch Open. He also finished runner-up three times..... More
Paris: Editions Revue Adam, ca 1960. 136p. wrappers. Possible Swiss author Ex Libris Joe Murdoch bookplate. More
Paris: Paris, ca 1940. 109p. wrappers. Possible translation from an English title. Es Libris Joe Murdoch bookplate. More
Paris: Paris Vendome, 1960. 125p. plus ads. wrappers. Guide to French courses. Es Libris Joe Murdoch bookplate. More
Paris: Paris Vendome, ca 1950. 165p. plus ads. wrappers. All about guide to golf written in French, no author mentioned. More
London: The Golf Clubs Association, ca. 1940. 28p. Grey Blue wrappers, blue text. Beautifully described as only Bernado can. More