Sixteen Motion Pictures of the Golf Swing
Los Angeles, USA: Country Club magazine, ca 1925. possible supplement to the Country Club magazine. very informative, no doubt used many times by Percy. More
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Spalding's Golf Guide 1932 How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones
New York: American Sports Publishing, 1932. 151p. illustrated wrappers. Important volume, Bobby Jones cover with content from the golf instruction series done by Warner Bros. The book was originally printed with the rear cover becoming the outside covers of a 1932 Rule book, this copy comes in its original format..... More
A Golfer's Gallery by Old Masters
London: Country Life, ca 1920. 19p, text, 19 mounted plates, plus 1 extra. Limited edition No. 64/500 signed by Darwin. The plates, designed to be framed, and very impressive art work they would become, So to find this in its original state, in the rare limited edition and in very..... More
I'll Never be Cured & I Don't Much Care.
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, 1928. 196p, decorative cloth. D&J W9010. More
The Golfing Annual V Vol. 5 1891-92
London: Horace Cox, 1892. 326p, dec. cloth. Classic series full of topical information around the turn of the century. The series ran to 23 editions/annuals, all quiet scarce the later editions being harder to find. Very good reference. D&J G28900. More
The P.G.A. Yearbook 1939/40
London: Privately Printed, 1939/40. 124p. wrappers. Only published for PGA members, likely low print run. More
Hoyle´s Games.
London: 1835. 492p, leather boards. Important early reference work, this being the preferred edition. More
Golfing Curios and "The Like."
London, England: Sherratt and Hughes, 1911. 151p. de luxe quarter vellum. With scarce dust jacket as published. Limited edition of 150 copies. 15s. nett. Rare large-paper edition, published after the trade edition, with new material added. With the list of subscribers in the rear giving the limitation statement: "the list..... More
The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship; Or The Art of Winning Games without actually Cheating
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. 128p. cloth. Dust jacket. Useful ideas to turn a loosing day into a winning one! More
Spalding's Golf Guide 1927
New York: American Sports Publishing, 1927. 151p. plus ads. illustrated wrappers. Jones, von Elm, Mrs Stetson cover. More
Nouvelle Académie des Jeux contenant un Dictionnaire des jeux anciens, le nouveau jeu de croquet, le besigue chinois et une étude sur les jeux et paris de courses. Description des jeux modernes et des tricheries qui s'y rapportent.
Paris: Garnier frères, 1876. 436p. Illustrated wrappers. 1 volume In12 paperback. Frontispiece engraving and some in-text engravings. Mention of golf. More
Synonym Golf.
U.S.A. The Mohawk Press, 1931. 90p, cloth. New golf game idea, we do not think it took off. D&J S23440. More
The Golfer´s Almanac for the Year 1910.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. 90p. decorative boards. Unusual but fascinating title, informative calendar, rules, anecdotage! etc.. Old Tom, Harry Vardon, a whos who of short stories. More
United States Golf Association Year Book 1929
New York: U.S.G.A, 1929. 200p. cloth. founded in 1894, tournament results, club membership lists and rules, very useful source. More
Académie Universelle Des Jeux, Contenant Les Regles de Tous Les Jeux
Paris: Amsterdam, 1758. 384p. Leather. First of two volume set.' This is a similar volume to Hoyle's Sports and Pastimes. Contains "The rules of the mediator collected and explained for the usefulness of the fair sex and people who have no notion of this game" (card game). TInterior in good..... More
Académie Universelle Des Jeux, Contenant Les Regles de Tous Les Jeux
Paris: Amsterdam, 1760. 384p + 294p two volumes in one. Leather. This is a similar volume to Hoyle's Sports and Pastimes. 2 parts bound in a single strong volume In-12 full calfskin, very ornate ribbed spine. 384 + 294 pages. Figures in the text. The 1st part also contains "The..... More
Académie Universelle Des Jeux, Contenant Les Regles de Tous Les Jeux
Paris: Theodore Le Gras, Parigi, 1739. 588p. Leather. Magnificent rare manual on the ancient board games and on the new ones, for the eighteenth century, mainly treated are the game of Chess and that of Backgammon or Trictrac, to which almost the entire second, more consistent part of the work..... More
Hoyle´s Games.
London: 1814. 302p, leather boards. Important early reference work, this being the preferred edition. More
The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf
London: Golf Illustrated Ltd, by London & Counties Press, 1912. 276p. Full Red Leather. Profusely illustrated from photographs, drawings, paintings, etc.; 3 color plates and 2 photogravures. (4to) 12¼x9¾", original full red pebbled calf, gilt-tooled pictorial lion emblem lettered "Far & Sure" on front cover, lettered in gilt, all edges..... More
Golf Rules and Decisions.
London: Methuen, 1935. 128p, cloth. 4th edition revised. More
The Australian Golfer
Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1906. 259p. cloth, illustrated. The first Australian golf book of any substance. Daniel Gordon (Dan) Soutar was born in Carmyllie, Scotland in 1882. 'In 1888, his family moved to the nearby seaside resort town of Carnoustie where - over the next 15 or so years..... More
The Golfers Companion.
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
Letters of a Modern Golfer to His Grandfather.
London: Mills and Boon, 1910. 309p. cloth. Very nice copy, some foxing. More
Decisions By the Rules of Golf Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club 1909-1928.
St. Andrews: W.C. Henderson, 1928. 152p, dec. cloth. 5th edition of this title now in publication with revisions for over 100 years. Quiet hard to find. More
F.G. Tait A Record Being His Life, Letters and Golfing Diary.
London: J. Nisbet and Co. Ltd., 1900. 304p, decorative red cloth. I Introduction by Andrew Lang. Biography of the great Scottish golfer who was tragically killed in the Boer War. Profits from the sale of this book were donated to the Black Watch Widows' and Orphans' Fund. More