London: Werner Laurie, 1907. 334p. Decorated cloth. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including frontispiece. 21.8x14 cm. (8½x5½"), original pictorial green cloth stamped in white, light blue, black and red-orange, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in black. First Edition. Very Fine condition, almost no loss of paint to the..... More
London: Macmillian and Co., 1893. 305p, cloth. Green boards, top edges gilt. Second Edition, preceded by the Edition of 1875. "Widely regarded as one of the most significant, as well as best produced, early books on the history of golf, Clark's work is a compilation of the earliest literature of..... More
London: A.D. Innes and Company, 1898. 330p. Plus ads. Decorative Cloth Published by the Isthmian Library. Comparable in content to the Badminton Library, but harder to find as this was only printed in a first edition. Chapters, include, Golf-Its Origin and nature, St. Andrews, Prestwick, Caddies, Links of East Lothian..... More
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1887. 134p. decorative brown cloth. 7x4¾, first Edition. Unusual brown cloth edition. Inscribed from John Andrerson to George Colville, George became Registar of Musselburgh upon John Andrersons retirement in 1914. Both where deeply involved in the early days of Musselburgh golf and its players, Parks..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: SPA Boks and East Lothian District Council, 1967. 516p / 34p. Green Cloth. appendix Reprint of the Large Paper edition limited edition number 386/500. Slipcase. More
Dirleton, 1896. 516, [2], xxxiv, [1] pp In the opinion of Fine Golf Books the Golf Book of East Lothian is the greatest golf book ever published, detailed reserach, photographs, art work essay, autographs a whos who of the most imporatnt period of growth for golf. . + 9 full-page..... More
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897. 104p. cloth. First Edition. Smith was editor of "Golf Illustrated," the British weekly, for many years and an important contributor to the literature of the game. He wrote three titles solo, this being the first, plus the monumental The Royal & Ancient Game of Golf..... More
London: Sisley's, ca 1907. 153p. cloth. First Edition. Smith was editor of "Golf Illustrated," the British weekly, for many years and an important contributor to the literature of the game. He wrote three titles solo, plus the monumental The Royal & Ancient Game of Golf Author by Hilton, Harold H...... More
Edinburgh: J. & J. Gray and Company, 1920. 47p, Illustrated with plates from photographs. 8¾x6, original gilt-lettered Red cloth, top edge gilt. No ERRATA slip. This is the very scarce true first edition and preferred. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Dirleton, Privately printed, 1896. xix, 516, [2], xxxiv, [1] pp. + 9 full-page plates (added for this edition) from paintings and photographs (mostly photogravure and/or sepia-tone), including frontispiece portrait; numerous illustrations throughout chiefly from photographs, some from paintings and facsimiles. 28.5x22 cm. (11x8¾"), original half dark green morocco and gilt..... More
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1887. 134p. decorative red cloth. 7x4¾, first Edition. Unusual red edition. Priced accordingly due to board damage. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J C8890. More
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1887. 134p. decorative blue cloth. 7x4¾, first Edition. Unusual blue edition. Priced accordingly due to board damage. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J C8890. More
London: Macmillian and Co., 1893. 305pp. green boards, top edges gilt. Second Edition, preceded by the Scotland Edition of 1875. "Widely regarded as one of the most significant, as well as best produced, early books on the history of golf, Clark's work is a compilation of the earliest literature of..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1897. xii, 245 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates, including frontispiece portrait of Edmund Hegan Kennard; tissue guards. 25x19 cm. (9¾x7¼"), original gilt-decorated blue cloth, lettered in gilt, gilt-vignette on front cover, top edge gilt. First Edition. The first published history of any golf club; appropriately, Blackheath..... More
