The Art of Golf.

Simpson, Walter G.

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. 186p. quarter leather cloth. Second edition revised.
One of the all time classic books in the whole Golf Library.
Upon finishing the book he showed it to his friend Robert Louis Stevenson for him to improve it, but was told there was nothing that he could improve, it was a masterpiece. Darwin said it "is the most entertaining book ever written on the foibles of the human golfer" Includes the first use of photographs to demonstrate the golf swing, using amongst others three times the swing of Old Tom Morris. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. Very good contents, spine needs restoration and rear cover damaged. Item #10231

D&J S20860.

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