Hesketh Golf Club Official Handbook.
Bristol: Temple Publicity Co. Ltd., ca 1950. 24p. wrappers red text, beige cover. Attractive handbook. Prestigious course set in the middle of the Southport courses. Near fine. More
Club handbooks published in the United Kingdom.
Given out to potential new members or current members. Well known authors have written many of these booklets, Bernard Darwin, Robert Browning, Henry Longhurst, Tom Scott to name but a few. Multiple editions are often found from the same club, with updated information often of the club committee and fees. Most pre 1940 handbooks are clearly dated, post 1946 are usually not making them always in date. They make for great reading the hole by hole descriptions and often short club history. A challange to collect as many would have been disguarded.
Bristol: Temple Publicity Co. Ltd., ca 1950. 24p. wrappers red text, beige cover. Attractive handbook. Prestigious course set in the middle of the Southport courses. Near fine. More
London: Golf Clubs Associations Co. Ltd., ca 1950. 16p. wrappers, blue text, beige cover. Attractive handbook. Near fine. More
Derby: New Centurion Publicity Co. Ltd., ca 1955. 44p. wrappers red text green covers. Attractive handbook. Prestigious course set in the middle of the Southport courses. Near fine. More
England: Golf Clubs Association, 1937. 24p, beige wrappers, blue text. Rare publication distinctly dated 1937, no record of Robert Browning handbook to date. Unlisted! More
England: Golf Clubs Association, 1937. 16p, beige wrappers, blue text. Rare publication dated 1937, no record of this handbook to date. Unlisted! More
London: The Golf Clubs Association, 1939. 25p. Scarce handbook, not recorded. More
Edinburgh: Lothians Press and Publicity Company, ca 1965. 52p. N.D. white wrappers, image plus text in multiple colours. More
England: New Centurion Publshing and Publicity Co. Ltd., 1949. 32p. wrappers light green with green text. Attractive handbook. Prestigious course originally laid out by James Braid. Scarce. More
England: New Centurion Publshing and Publicity Co. Ltd., ca 1960. 16p. wrappers light blue with blue text. Attractive handbook. Prestigious course originally laid out by James Braid. Scarce. More
Scotland: New Centurion Publshing and Publicity Co. Ltd., 1950. 20p. wrappers beige with black text. Attractive handbook. Prestigious course originally laid out in 1893 by Willie Park. Thus unlisted. Scarce. More
Scotland: Privately published, 1936. 18p. wrappers white, with art-deco red orange, grey text. Very early and attractive handbook. Prestigious course originally laid out in 1904 and extended in 1912 Thus unlisted. Scarce. More
England: J. Burrow and Co. Limited. 1937. 28p. wrappers light green with Brown text. Last tournament winners 1937. Prestigious course originaly laid out in 1893 by Tom Morris Thus unlisted. Scarce. More
England: Golf Clubs Association, 1940. 20p, beige wrappers, blue text. Rare war time publication distinctly dated 1940, no record of Robert Browning handbook to date. Unlisted! More
England: J. Burrow and Co. Limited. 1930. 20p. wrappers beige with Green text. Last Captain noted for 1930/31 shown on page opposite title page. Prestigious moorland course located in the city of Glasgow, founded in 1904. Thus unlisted. Scarce. More
England: J. Burrow and Co. Limited. 1930. 32p. wrappers white with Green/black text. Office bearers for 1930/31 shown on title page. Prestigious parkland course located in the city of Edinburgh, founded in 1902. Thus unlisted. Scarce. More
Dundee, Scotland: Simmath Press, ca 1930. 28p. white wrappers. Golf course guide, course descriptions Alloa, Dollar Tillicoultry and Alva, photographs. More
England: New Centurion Publshing and Publicity Co. Ltd., 1951. 20p. wrappers light blue with red and blue text. Attractive club history of this very early golf club. Accompanying letter from recipient mentioning 'this is an original as later copies where white'. Scarce. More
Dundee, Scotland: Simmath Press, 1928. Golf course guide, course descriptions, photographs. Variant binding in Maroon, normally blue. More
Birmingham, England: The Birmingham Printers Limited. 1932. 36p. Wrappers, cream cover, navy text. Originally formed in 1893, and finally located in 1921 Hary S. Colt designed the whole course after a previous land dispute caused the new 1921 course to be constructed. not in D&J. More
London: The Golf Clubs Association, 1939. 19p. Scarce handbook, not recorded. More
England: ca 1960. 12p, wrappers, blue wrappers, navy text. Unusual format, first half covers the golf course and club, second the town, nice fold-out plan of course with scorecards and photograph of the clubhouse. More
England: Temple Publicity Services, ca 1965. 24p, wrappers, grey wrappers, navy text. More
Liverpool: Privately Published, 1939. 24p, plus advertisments. Illustrated wrappers. Fine course designed by james Braid, clubhouse designed by Alderman Shennan, designer of the Royal Birkdale clubhouse, both in a very similar style. More
Cheltenham Spa, England: Ed. Burrow and Co. Ltd., 1938. 16p, illustrated wrappers. Early handbook of an officially recognised MacKenzie course. Interestingly all holes are shown with an artists painting rather than the usual photographs. More
Nottingham, England: Golf Clubs Publishing Service, ca 1937. 32p, beige wrappers, black text. Unrecorded handbook. More