Ryder Cup 1965 Official Programme
Royal Birkdale Golf Club: P.G.A., 1965. 160p. wrappers. 16th playing of this classic match, now involving Europe. Exceptional. More
A very special selection of items, rare, scarce, unusual, unique are some of the qualifying reasons to enter one of our items into this catergory. Items we are proud to present and often sory to say goodbye too.
Royal Birkdale Golf Club: P.G.A., 1965. 160p. wrappers. 16th playing of this classic match, now involving Europe. Exceptional. More
Royal Birkdale Golf Club: P.G.A., 1965. Hard to find programme, fully signed by every players to their respective photographs. More
Spain: Privately Published, 1995. 135p. Leather. Boxed. Limited commemorative volume copy No. 197/maximum 500 copies, though we feel it was less as so few of these books come onto the open market. Superb photographic, fascinating story of Patino's purchase and creation of his Valderrama, the Volvo Masters, golf museum. Nesr..... More
Spain: Privately Published, 1997. 219p. Leather. Limited commemorative volume copy No. 117 of maximum 500 copies, though we feel it was less as so few of these books come onto the open market. Superb photographic, fascinating story of Patino's dream of hosting the Ryder Cup, this along with Ballesteros as..... More
Edinburgh: James Thin, ca 1890. 55p. Original flexible red cloth, gilt-lettered front cover with "Far and Sure" golfing vignette logo. One of the most important early books on golf history, providing an interesting look into the past and early history of the game. Largely comprises of his Fifty years of..... More
Garden City, New York. Doubleday and Company Inc., 1976. 255p, decorative cloth. Augusta and The Masters, the brain child of Bobby Jones and Clifford Robert's. Designed by Alister J. MacKenzie, ranked today as one of the best all time golf architects. Classic title, with the added addition of a Clifford..... More
London: Walbrook and Co., 1909. 61p. cloth, red text. Ladies golf by the first Lady Golf Professional. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J R12610. More
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. 98p. illustrated boards. quarter cloth. Near Fine condition, in a very good jacket, obviously kept in the jacket all its life. Poetry. D&J 7390. More
London: John Ouseley, 1909. Illustrated with 21 color plates by G. E. Shepheard. 13x9, original pictorial boards. First Edition. A fun and rare illustrated humor book providing pictorial accounts of golf's most frustrating moments. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J S20590; D&M 34620. More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1887. 186p. quarter leather cloth. One of the all time classic books in the whole Golf Library. Hard to find in its original condition the brown leather spine is often replaced due to a poor quality. Upon finishing the book he showed it to his friend Robert..... More
ca 1890. Rare, Stanhope viewer with Tom Morris as the subject (as per photograph), for the St. Andrews / Tom Morris fan that has everything, superb addition. Stanhopes or Stanho-scopes are optical devices that enable the viewing of microphotographs without using a microscope. They were invented by René Dagron in..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. 236pp cloth. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Autobiography of Taylor's career. One of very few war time publication's. This is a must read book for anyone interested in the development of golf from its early days. Scarce in War time Dust Jacket. D&J T2980. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. 236p cloth. 2nd edition printed in June 1943, 1st was printed in May 1943. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Autobiography of Taylor's career. One of very few war time publication's. This is a must read book for anyone interested in the development of golf from its early..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. 236p cloth, 1st edition printed in May 1943. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Autobiography of Taylor's career. One of very few war time publication's. This is a must read book for anyone interested in the development of golf from its early days. Good clean contents, boards somewhat..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1905. 328p. 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 covered in..... More
St. Andrews: N.P., 1948. 30p. wrappers. R. & A. report for 1948. This was seemingly the first of a planned annual report, very likley influenced by Bernard Darwin. Details of all committee's and their individual functions, a course report. Fascinating reading. Privately printed, never for sale and thus very scarce..... More
New York: Laurence Gomme, 1929. 12p. boards. Very scarce instructional breaking down one of the leading instructor's theory of the time, Ernest Jones. D&J T8080. More
New York: Laurence Gomme, 1929. 12p. boards. Preferred revised edition. Very scarce instructional breaking down one of the leading instructor's theory of the time, Ernest Jones. D&J T8080. More
Glasgow, William Hodge and Co., 1893. 84p, gilt text cloth. trade edition. Scarce title, with the added attraction of being signed by artist William Dollman to Garden Smith author and editor of Golf Illustrated. Dollman famously painted the Sabbath breakers. D&J T8470. More
London: Werner Laurie, 1907. 334p. Dec. cloth. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including frontispiece. 21.8x14 cm. (8½x5½"), original pictorial green cloth stamped in white, light blue, black and red-orange, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in black. First Edition. Biography of Scotland's most famous golfer, and now a classic..... More
London: Werner Laurie, 1907. 334p. Dec. cloth. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including frontispiece. 21.8x14 cm. (8½x5½"), original pictorial green cloth stamped in white, light blue, black and red-orange, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in black. First Edition. Biography of Scotland's most famous golfer, and now a classic..... More
London: Werner Laurie, 1907. 334p. Decorated cloth. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including frontispiece. 21.8x14 cm. (8½x5½"), original pictorial green cloth stamped in white, light blue, black and red-orange, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in black. First Edition. Very Fine condition, almost no loss of paint to the..... More
United States of America: U.S.G.A., 1954. 272p. 1954 U.S. Open, which was held at Baltusrol and won by Ed Furgol. More
United States of America: U.S.G.A., 1979. 280p. 1979 U.S. Open, which was held at Inverness and won by Hale Irwin. More
United States of America: U.S.G.A., 1941. Photographs within, including a two-page aerial view of the Colonial Club links. 25.5x16.3 cm. (10x6½"), original white saddle-stitched wrappers, with colour photograph illustration on front cover. With articles on two favorites to win, Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan. The winner of the 1941 US..... More