signed photograph 1926
1926. Scarce Tillinghast inscribed dedication, dated 1926, the photo is more than likley of one of his construction team. Tillinghast designed some of America's most well known courses, holding the test of time over the years.
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Picturesque Musselburgh and its Golf Links
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. 1906. 108p decorative cloth. illustrated by Gemmell Hutchinson. Hard to find cloth edition and very rare dust jacket, only one other record of a dust jacket known, this was more brown in colour and sold for $7800 at auction. Possible gift inscription from the author...
Practical Golf Greenkeeping.
London: Golf Printing and Publishing Co., ca. 1913. 100 + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs including frontispiece portrait of Gault and ads. 8½x5½, original gilt-lettered green cloth. First Edition. Gault was the greenkeeper at the Bruntsfield Links in Scotland. He begins his preface, "In this little book...
Bobby Locke's South African Golf Annual 1949.
Johannasburg: Wisearef, 1949. 213p. Only the 1948 edtion is listed. Some damp staining to top front board and about first 20 pages, nothing stuck together. Book has a strengthened spine. Very scarce and thus unlisted in Donovan and Jerris.
Hazards, Those Essential Elements in a Golf Course Without Which the Game Would be Tame and Uninteresting
Chicago: 1913. 61 pp. Illustrated from photographs; 12 golf course map drawings (1 folding of St. Andrews); cartoon frontispiece drawing from Golf Illustrated. (8vo) 20.5x14 cm (8x5½"), original red cloth-backed light green boards, front cover lettered in dark green. First Edition. A rare and charming book devoted to golf hazards...
Golf at Its Best on the LMS.
England: London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company, 1925. 117p. green wrappers. Magical descriptions of 31 Links throughout the British Isles all connected by the LMS railway network, if ever a book wishes one was travelling to play these courses 100 years ago, this is the book, quite superb. D&J L8560.
Golf at Gleneagles.
Scotland: McCorquodale & Co., 1921. 144, [2], xxxiiv pp. Large color folding map of the Plan of the Gleaneagles Golf Course at rear; many tinted photographs and maps within, each page with decorative frame. (8vo) original illustrated boards. A wonderful book detailing the history of Gleneagles Golf Course. Also includes...
The Architects of Golf; A survey of Golf Course Design from its Beginnings to the Present, with an Encyclopedic Listing of Golf Architects and Their Courses. A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of The Golf Course.
New York: Harper Collins, 1993. 648p. cloth dust Jacket, 1st edition, 1st impression. To this day the only such title, listing all known architects and their works. An absolute must have for anyone interested in this subject.
Turf; A book about golf greens, tennis courts, bowling greens, & playing pitches, no less than lawns; their making and keeping according to modern practice.
London: Faber and Faber, 1948. 140p. cloth. Scarce title in dust jacket.
James Braid and his Four Hundred Golf Courses
Worcestershire: Grant Books, 2013. 308p. cloth. Dust Jacket. ltd. ed. of 2000 copies. Comprehensive treatment of Braids substantial and often underrated architectural contribution, notes on virtually all his design's. Braid's playing career covered some 30 years, his architectural career 50 plus, given that he travelled to 99% of his time...
Picturesque Musselburgh and its Golf Links
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. 1906. 108p decorative cloth. illustrated by Gemmell Hutchinson. Ex-library but original binding and three stamps two to FFEP and one in rear, not covering any text. Hard to find cloth edition. D&J M13900.
British Golf Links, a short account of the leading golf links of the United Kingdom
London: J. S. Virtue and Co., 1897. 2], viii, 331 + v ad pp. Illustrated from numerous photographs and engravings throughout. 39.6x28.5 cm. (15½x11"), original cream coloured japon wrappers, titled in gilt, custom cream drop-back box. No. 169 of 250 copies. First Edition. The rare limited large paper edition with...
Tillinghast Creator of Golf Courses
Pearl River, NY: Classics of Golf, 2005. 370p. decorative simulated leather. ltd. ed. 464/3000 slipcase. Modern classic.
The Book of the Links.
London: W. H. Smith & Son, 1912. 212p. cloth Contributors include Sir George Riddell, Bernard Darwin, Martin Sutton, Harry S. Colt, and A.D. Hall. Harry Colt's first major contributions to golf architecture literature, Darwin writes on how course influence style of play. D&J S42550.
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