Collecting Golf Books 1743-1938. Aspects of Book Collecting series
London: Constable, 1938. 56p. cloth. 1st edition, dust wrapper. The first attempt to collate the early golfing literature. Hopkinson was a London book dealer who became the foremost authority of golf books during the first half of the 20th century. Very clean copy of a hard to find book, especially in the hardback version and complete with it's original dust jacket.
Pencil notes by Boomer, noting some of his books, sort of a check list, though not complete. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. Very good, dust jacket good complete minor water stain to lower spine as per photograph. Item #9960
D&J H21880.
Price: £839.00
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