Droitwich, Worcestershire, England: Grant Books, 2000. 280p, full leather, slipcase. limited edition No. 122/200 copies only. Foreword by Michael Bonallack, afterword by William C. Campbell. Signed by Simmonds, Bonallack and Campbell. Copy of the 1924 programme fitted into inside rear board. Scarce author's edition. D&J S19570. More
Droitwich, Worcestershire, England: Grant Books, 2000. 280p, cloth. Dust jacket. Limited edition of 1950 copies only, the first 200 leather bound, this being No. 301/1950. Foreword by Michael Bonallack, afterword by William C. Campbell. D&J S19600. More
Winderton, England: Public Schools Golfing Society, 1984. 192p, gilt stamped leather. foreword by Gerald Micklem. D&J R23050. More
Engelwood, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972. 174p. cloth. Dust jacket. Truly great year, golf was back on the map and all down the The King. More
London: Collins, 1946. 47p, decorative cloth. Excellent Darwin treatise, ancient and modern. D&J D4540. More
London: Little Brown, 2002. 259p. cloth. Scarce 1st impression United Kingdom. Golf's first superstar went up against a green 20-year-old amateur. It was the birth of modern golf. Harry Vardon and Francis Ouimet came from different worlds and different generations, but their passion for golf set them on parallel paths..... More
London: Burke, 1954. 222p, cloth. Published for the Pleasures of Life Series. D&J D5170. More
England: Faber and Faber, 1970. 140p, cloth 1st edition. reprinted 1970. Leo Newman illustrated dust wrapper. Book looks like it has just come from the printers. Peter Dobereiner studied law at Oxford before following a career in golf writer. His reputation was formed principally as golf correspondent for the Guardian..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1966. 224p. cloth. Accurate and detailed history of the first 70 years of this great Championship. Well worth reading. More
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
Bentveld, Holland: privately printed, 1982. 76p. cloth. dust jacket. Privately Printed first edition. Foreword by Peter Dobereiner. Early history of golf beginning from the 16th century Until The 19th Century. Contents: 1). The game of colf. 2). The Low Countries and Scotland. 3). Origin. 4). The beginning of colf: the..... More
Kilmacolm, Scotland: Patrick Press, 1992. 37p. quarter cloth 13 of 150 copies only. David Hamilton's intelligent, beautifully produced title of this fictitious club. Ephemera in rear pocket fully present. All sold out very quickly and do now occasionally surface. D&J H4360. More
England: Grant, 1985. 92p. Cloth. Slipcase. Limited edition. 15/1055 Important and only Biography to date of this great man born in 1815 and regarded as the greatest golfer, unbeaten match player. The Open Championship was founded (in 1860) after the passing of Allan (in 1859) to determine the next best..... More
London: Burke, 1954. 222p, cloth. Published for the Pleasures of Life Series. D&J D5170. More
Scotland: Partick Press, 1998. 269p. illustrated wrappers. a must have title, great early research on the greatest game. Inscribed to Tom Tew, thanking him for help with the book. D&J H4060. More
Droitwich, Worcestershire: Grant Books, 1995. 255p, cloth. statistics by John Littlewood, and appreciation of Bobby Jones by Charlie Yates. 758/900 limited edition. D&J B11320. More
Japan: 2001. 360p. cloth. 16 Chapters, including one "Golf Book Collectors" Written in Japanese. More
Scotland: Fife Council, 1985. 68p cloth. Only an ISBN number, no other publication details are printed on the book. Reprint of the very rare 1887 classic, becoming quite hard to find in the edition. More
Scotland, 1985. 48p, wrappers. More common second edition of this classic title, preface by Herbert Warren Wind. Foreword by Tom Watson. D&J G34840. More
England: Social Links Publishing, 2010. 389p. Cloth. Limited edition of 450 copies. No. 83/450 A dramatic 30 year period changed the face of English golf in to a peoples game for all to play. Superb reference book. Signed and inscribed by the author. More
St. Andrews & Edinburgh: Ellesbourgh press. 1984. 80p, leather slipcase. folding map. Only reproduction of Bennett's very scarce work. No. 19/200 Bennett's book was the first to focus on a single golf course. He offers a history of golf in the town, describes several of the earliest St. Andrews golf..... More
London: Howe & Co., 1890. 167p. leather wrappers. Chapter (13 pages), dedicated to golf. nusual title and reference. More
Nebraska: Union Pacific, 1896. 870. wrappers. One of the earliest publications of Outdoor Sports and Pastimes. Rules adopted in 1889 by The National League and the American Association. Very scarce publication, and rare survivor, on the subject. Copyright July 1896. Golf is covered on 5 pages, this must make these..... More
England: Privately Printed, 2022. 230p. cloth. Dust jacket. limited edition of 500 unnumbered copies. 356 illustrations, on 115g satin paper. Not only a professional golfer, Tom Williamson was a man of integrity, commanding huge respect at any level, his personal warmth was felt by all around him. Thoughtful, hard-working, diligent..... More
Edinburgh: William Creech, 1791. 1791-1799 cloth First editions, the complete set of this major survey of Scotland's geography, economy, and population, "the most frequently quoted of all Scottish historical sources". These volumes are of particular significance to golf's early history, golf is reported in 8 separate volumes, even though the..... More
