Golf the Golden Years; : a pictorial anthology
London: Bracken, 1989. 173p cloth foreword from Peter Dobereiner. Dedication from the author and signed. D&J B1420. More
Peter Dobereiner (Journalist)
1908 - 1997
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Peter Dobereiner studied law at Oxford before following a career as a golf writer he was golf correspondent for The Guardian and The Observer, consultant editor of Golf World (UK) and contributing editor to Golf Digest in the USA. He brought a depth of knowledge to his writing being peppered with a unique mix of keen insight and humour making him one of the most popular golf writers of the twentieth century until his death in 1996.Results 1 - 24 (of 24)
Green Memories / Pack Clouds Away / Golfing By Paths / The World That Fred Made.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928. 332p. Green cloth. 1928 Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece portrait of the author. Spine lettered in gilt. First Edition, original. Darwin's first autobiography. Pack Clouds Away. 288p, cloth. 2nd impression. December 1941, 1st was October. Classic Darwin essay's on a fide range..... More
The Book of Golf Disasters.
England: Book Club Association, 1984. 179p, cloth. classic Dobereiner. D&J D16330. More
The Book of Golf Disasters.
London: Stanley Paul, 1983. 179p, cloth. classic Dobereiner. D&J D16330. More
For the Love of Golf
London: Stanley Paul, 1981. 256p, cloth 1st edition. Dust wrapper. Illustrated by John Hassall. Peter Dobereiner studied law at Oxford before following a career in golf writer. His reputation was formed principally as golf correspondent for the Guardian and Observer, but he also contributed regularly to Golf World (UK) and..... More
The Game with a Hole in It.
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
The Glorious World of Golf.
England: Ridge Press, 1973. 250p, cloth. Good comprehensive History of Golf. D&J D16570. More
Golf Explained; How to take advantage of the rules
New York: Sterling, 1977. 192p, cloth 1st edition. Originally published in Great Britain as "Stroke, Hole or Match?". Peter Dobereiner studied law at Oxford before following a career in golf writer. His reputation was formed principally as golf correspondent for the Guardian and Observer, but he also contributed regularly to..... More
Collecting Antique Golf Clubs
Greensboro, NC: Airlie Hall Press, 1995. 223p. plus 11p. index. Foreword bt Peter Dobereiner. Wrappers. Scarce reference work. D&J G5930. More
Golfer´s Gallery.
London: Oliver and Boyd, 1946. 196pp. cloth. Very underrated Scottish Journalist, spending his career with "The Scotsman". A well-respected analyst of the game. In Golfer's Gallery he writes about the twenty Open Championships and twenty Amateur Championships he witnessed between the two world wars, as well as Ryder, Walker and..... More
Practical Golf.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. 225p dec.orative cloth. Australian born, Travis was the most successful amateur golfer in the United States during the early 1900s, only taking up the game at 34 years of age, went on to win three US Amateurs and the British Amateur (becoming the first..... More
Practical Golf.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. 266p decorative cloth. Australian born, Travis was the most successful amateur golfer in the United States during the early 1900s, only taking up the game at 34 years of age, went on to win three US Amateurs and the British Amateur (becoming the first..... More
Early Golf.
Bentveld, Holland: privately printed, 1982. 76p. cloth. dust jacket. Privately Printed first edition. Foreword by Peter Dobereiner. D&J V2140. More
Early Golf.
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
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Hazards, Those Essential Elements in a Golf Course Without Which the Game Would be Tame and Uninteresting
Droitwich: Grant, 1993. 87p, leather slipcase ltd. ed. 56/100 Illustrated from photographs, maps, etc. plus drawings by Ionicus (J. Armitage). 9½x7, full green morocco, gilt stamped design on front cover, gilt-lettered morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher's green cloth slipcase. Bound by Cedric Chivers. Signed..... More
Hazards, Those Essential Elements in a Golf Course Without Which the Game Would be Tame and Uninteresting
Droitwich: Grant, 1993. 87p, cloth, limited edition. 233/750 Foreword, Peter Thompson. Introduction, Fred Hawtree set the mark, one of the most underated books in its first publication, essays my MacKenzie, Ray. Additionally this edition has afterwords from Philip Truett and Peter Dobereiner. Illustrated from photographs, maps, etc. plus drawings by..... More
The World That Fred Made.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. 256p. c;oth. Dust Jacket. Darwin's final autobiography. We can consider ourselves fortunate to have such a record of golf's premier journalist. D&J D7510. More
The World That Fred Made.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. 256p. Cloth. Dust Jacket. Darwin's final autobiography. We can consider ourselves fortunate to have such a record of golf's premier journalist. D&J D7510. More
Down the Nineteenth Fairway.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1982. 205p, cloth. Illustrated by Tim Havers. Fine collection of essays from the likes of Darwin et la. D&J D15760. More
For the Love of Golf
London: Stanley Paul, 1981. 256p, cloth 1st edition. Dust wrapper. Illustrated by John Hassall. Peter Dobereiner studied law at Oxford before following a career in golf writer. His reputation was formed principally as golf correspondent for the Guardian and Observer, but he also contributed regularly to Golf World (UK) and..... More
The Game with a Hole in It.
England: Faber and Faber, 1970. 140p, cloth 1st edition. 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 and Observer..... More
Golf Rules Explained
London: David and Charles, 1985. 144p, cloth 1st edition. Dust wrapper. 5th revised edition. Originally published as Stroke, Hole or Match. Peter Dobereiner studied law at Oxford before following a career in golf writer. His reputation was formed principally as golf correspondent for the Guardian and Observer, but he also..... More
Preferred LIES and other True Stories
London: Hardie Grant Books, 2018. 291p, illistrated wrappers. Up to date version of Dobereiners 1987 version. More
The Boy's Life of Bobby Jones
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 308p. cloth. Signed by Jones and Keeler. Clam shell box, dust jacket some professional repairs. Inscribed by Bobby Jones on front free end paper: "Best Wishes for Theodore P. Le Vino"; Copy also signed by author and sports journalist O. B. Keeler, who closely..... More
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