Making Golf Easier.
Edinburgh: Stoddart & Malcom, 1933. 51p. wrappers. Early English pioneer, taking golf to the continent. Father of the one and only Peter. More
Edinburgh: Stoddart & Malcom, 1933. 51p. wrappers. Early English pioneer, taking golf to the continent. Father of the one and only Peter. More
London: Adam and Charles, 1909. 252p. Decorative cloth. Containing one hundred full-page illustrations from photographs and fifty-six diagrams. Pp. xvi+252, frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 100 plates, text figures, rules of golf, index; dark blue pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle flecked and rubbed, spine faded and..... More
London: T. Werner Laurie and Son, 1912. 185p. cloth. Early ladies title, possibliy inspired by James Braid's Ladies Field book. More
London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1893. 120p, green wrappers.. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Complete with fragile spine that is often lacking in this title, went into many printing's and hence was a popular book in a similar sense as his Hints on golf first printed in 1886. Published..... More
England: Dent, 1937. 498p cloth edited by Lawless. chapters by Bernard Darwin, Henry Cotton, Robert Browning, A.H. Padgham, Eleanor Helme, O.B. Keeler. More
London: Hutchinson, 1920. 160p. cloth. Hard to find first edition. Went into many printings, another popular instructional from the biggest name of the period. Book very good, jacket slightly chipped but good. D&J V3130. More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1892. 58p. decorative cloth. Second edition. First 1889, second 1892. illustrated with four photographs of "Old Tom" Morris. A third edition in 1895 was also published. Author was the founder and Captain of the Cambridge University Golf Club and a personal friend of Old Tom..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1896. 194p. cloth. Early and popular instruction from the St Andrews golfer, went in to many editions, this the hard to find first. D&J E8920. More
London: George Newnes, ca 1911. 91p. illustrated wrappers. Cecil Leitch born in Silloth in 1891 widely thought of as the country leading female golfer of the 20th century, the book was originally written and published in the UK in 1911 when she was just 20 years old, she was Holder..... More
Bournemouth, England: F.J. Bright, 1897. 69p. illustrated boards. Scarce title. A new type of club is being promoted in great detail, Crosshead clubs are going to supersede irons. This club did not meet with widespread approval, and hence the book likely had not to many buyers. D&J O3130. More
London: Hutchinson, 1902. 328p. 2nd edition. Illustrated with 48 plates from photographs specially taken for this work, including frontispiece with "Taylor's Grip." original gilt-decorated green cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Classic title, instruction, autobiography, course upkeep, ladies golf, club directory, championship courses are just some of the subjects..... More
United Kingdom: British Steel Golf Shafts, 1948. 40p, illustrated wrappers. Promotional booklet of the back of his 3rd Open victory. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Mills and Boon, 1911. 126p. Leather wrappers. 34 illustrations of Jack White playing. Chapter on putting by Jack White. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J F13900. More
London: Alexander Ouseley, 1927. 31p, cloth. unusual title. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J C16690. More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1893. 83p. illustrated cloth 8th edition revised of this turn of the century classic, front board well worn, contents are good. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J H29410. More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. 114p. Cloth. 6¼x4¼, coarse tan-yellow cloth, green-stamped vignette on front and rear covers, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Fitzpatrick was the first golf reporter in America; he covered the very first tournament, held in 1894, for the New York Sun. Part..... More
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1911. 72p. red cloth. First edition. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
New York: Harper & Bros, 1916. 120p, cloth. Dunn originally from North Berwick, emigrated to the USA in 1894, after various jobs on the East coast he eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he set up a series of golf school's and became one of the foremost teachers of his..... More
London: Cowans & Gray Ltd, 1908. 70p. wrappers, with illustrated stiff paper dust jacket. Small hard to find book from the premier photographer of the day. Book comprises virtually of Black and White action photo´s of the leading players, Ball, Braid, Fernie, Hilton, Kirkaldy, Massy, Taylor, Vardon, White etc... John..... More
Boston: Privately Printed, 1934. 110p, simulated leather stiff covers. Instruction. Inscribed by Wingate Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. W19150. More
London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1893. 120p, green wrappers.. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Complete with fragile spine that is often lacking in this title, went into many printing's and hence was a popular book in a similar sense as his Hints on golf first printed in 1886. Published..... More
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1911. 72p. red cloth. First edition Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1910. 194p. cloth. Later printing, first printing stated January 1897. This book is traditionally listed as being first published in 1896. Early and popular instruction from the St. Andrews golfer and historian. Many period advertisements to first and last pages. Part of the Percy Boomer..... More
London: Country Life, 1921. 32p. wrappers. Second edition. Unusual Darwin instruction, both editions are very hard to find. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Thomas Murby & Co., 1925. 60p cloth. A study of how the hand action and movement in golf. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J F12340. More