Golf Architecture: Economy in Course Construction and GreenKeeping (Original Jacket and inscription!)
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1920. 135p. cloth illustrated 1st ed. Introduction by Harry S. Colt. Scarce original dust Jacket with rare inscription by Mackenzie "With the Author's compliments Dec. 1921"
"Four short essays on course design by one of the first great course architects and one of the first to recognize that a course could be created by taking advantage of natural features and terrain of the site." (Murdoch). Dr. Mackenzie "is recognized as the most influential golf course architect of the early twentieth century... Mackenzie's reputation was secured with the publication... of his seminal work 'Golf Architecture,' in which he set forth 13 rules for successful design". Comes a second facsimile copy of the very rare Jacket, this not only protects the book and its original jacket but enhances the overall appearance. NOTE: Photos of Jacket are of the original, not the facsimile. Book Very good and clean, Jacket equally good only blemish is small chipping to rear jacket cover bottom, but with no text loss. See photographs. Item #6869
D&J M2860.
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