Rules of Golf
NP: Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, 1949. 96p. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
NP: Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, 1949. 96p. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
NP: Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, 1952. 96p. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Privately for the Author, 1909. 167p, cloth with gilt. Limited edition No. 10/150 copies only. Golf was played on the Aberdeen coast as long ago as the 15th century, and this book is as much about the first references to golf in Aberdeen as the Golf Club. Most important..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1890. 463p decorative cloth. First edition. Illustrated with several plates from paintings, photographs, engravings, etc., including frontispiece with tissue-guard; plus numerous wood engravings within the text. original decorative brown cloth, lettered in black and white, gilt-stamped vignette and additional gilt lettering on spine. Part..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1890. 463p decorative cloth. First edition. Illustrated with several plates from paintings, photographs, engravings, etc., including frontispiece with tissue-guard; plus numerous wood engravings within the text. original decorative brown cloth, lettered in black and white, gilt-stamped vignette and additional gilt lettering on spine. Part..... More
Perth: Thomas Hunter, 1899. 183p. Dark red cloth. Very important title, Perth one of the earliest towns to carry records of golf being played. Antiquities of the game, Biographies, early tournaments. Hard to find title, and very satisfying when foundg Inscribed by T.D. Miller who later wrote the Perth history..... More
London: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1903. 298p. Decorative red cloth. Essays, the first being golf. "The Golf Cure". Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1921. 224p. Cloth. Fine autobiography of the long time St. Andrews pro. First printed in June 1921. This edition was seemingly printed in low numbers, as the second revised edition came out a month later, making this edition hard to find. Part of the Percy..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1919. 309p. cloth Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949. 245p, cloth. edited by Prain, contributors include Bernard Darwin, Guy Campbell... Gift inscription from ? to Percy. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J P18100. More
London: J. Nisbet and Co. Ltd., 1900. 304p, decorative red cloth. Introduction by Andrew Lang. Biography of the great Scottish golfer who was tragically killed in the Boer War. Profits from the sale of this book were donated to the Black Watch Widows' and Orphans' Fund. Part of the Percy..... More
London: The Golf Agency, 1911. 840p. Very early annual. Very hard to locate annual. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Horace Cox, 1889. 228p, dec. cloth. Classic series full of topical information around the turn of the century. The series ran to 23 editions/annuals the later editions being harder to find. Very good reference. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J G28810. More
London: Reynolds-Ball's Guides, 1911. 240p. cloth. 12 black and white photographic illustrations. Unusual virtually hidden folding map inserted inside rear cover. First chapter of 30 pages covers golf. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
St. Andrews, Scotland. J. & G. Innes. 1933. 52p. illustrated wrappers. Foreword by Bobby Jones. First edition 1932 this an early edition. 2nd edition, 6 pence. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J H24820. More
St. Andrews, Scotland. J. & G. Innes. 1933. 52p. illustrated wrappers. Foreword by Bobby Jones. First edition 1932 this an early edition. 2nd edition, 6 pence. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J H24820. More
New York: American Sports Publishing, 1931. 230p. illustrated wrappers. Important volume, Bobby Jones cover with all four trophies, a feat never yet matched. The book was originally printed with the rear cover becoming the outside covers of a 1931 Rule book, this copy comes in its original format with the..... More
London: 1835. 492p, leather boards. Important early reference work, this being the preferred edition. More
London: Mills and Boon, 1910. 309p. cloth. Very nice copy, some foxing. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Horace Cox, 1909. 760p, decorative cloth. Classic series full of topical information around the turn of the century. The series ran to 23 editions/annuals the later 2 editions 22 and 23 being very harder to find, for along time they where thought not to exist. Part of the Percy..... More
London: Horace Cox, 1888. 228p, decorative red cloth. First annual to find success, running to 23 volumes, covering the first golf boom, dozens of new clubs where built every year. Off the 23 editions/annuals the later editions being harder to find. As is the rare important 1st annual. This was..... More
London: Thomas Tegg and Son, 1835. 363p. cloth. An alphabetic list of sports, golf included. More
London: Provincial, 1925. 30p. wrappers. first edition, went into several latter editions. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Country Life, 1953. 196p, cloth foreword by Bernard Darwin. Locke was renowned as one of the greatest putters of all time. "You drive for show, but you putt for dough", was Locke famous line. Remembered as the four time winner of the British Open in 1949, 1950, 1952 and..... More
Kinghorn: WM. Gibson & Co, ca 1930. 14p. wrappers. Published by Gibson to advertise the Joyce Wethered autograph clubs. Unusual item. More