Every Idle Dream.
London: Collins, 1948. 254p, cloth, illustrated by Elinor Darwin. First attempt by Darwin at long essays, and not a bad attempt at that! D&J D4930. More
Classic Authors
This small catergory of authors are some of Fine Golf Books favourite, and most significant authors of the 20th Century, collecting the works of any or all of these make some of the best reading in the whole golf library, we constantly try to precure these title's and recommend them on to our clients, any of these titles signed or inscribed can add significant value and give even more please to the owner of such.
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A Friendly Round.
London: Mills and Boon, 1922. 142p, + 16 ads.cloth. Excellent early essays culled from "The Times". Good condition for this title, all Gilt on spine and front cover intact, no fading to spine, no foxing, corners a little bumped. Good copy of a rare book. D&J D4000. More
A Friendly Round.
London: Mills and Boon, 1922. 142p, + 16 ads.cloth. Excellent early essays culled from "The Times" D&J D4000. More
Games Afoot, The.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1926. Contributions from Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Horace Hutchinson, Sir Walter Simpson, John L. Low, Robert Louis Stevenson to name but a few in this classic title edited by Darwin. More
Golf Between Two Wars.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1947. 226p cloth. 2nd printing One of the greatest titles in the whole golf bibliography. More
Golf Between Two Wars.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1944. 227p, cloth. Great history of one of the greatest time ever for the sport, Jones, Hagen, Sarazen, Cotton... One of the best golf books of the 20th century. Signed by Percy Boomer 1945. D&J D5050. More
Golf Between Two Wars.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1944. 227p, cloth. Great history of one of the greatest time ever for the sport, Jones, Hagen, Sarazen, Cotton... One of the best golf books of the 20th century. Signed by Percy Boomers pupil. D&J D5050. More
The Golf Courses of the British Isles.
London: Duckworth, ca. 1910. 254p, dec. cloth. Illustrated with plates (mostly in color) from paintings by Harry Rountree; printed tissue-guards, original green cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, First Edition. Darwin's famous book covering the courses of Scotland, England and Ireland. The illustrations, from original water..... More
The Golf Courses of the British Isles.
London: Duckworth, ca. 1910. 254p, dec. cloth. Illustrated with plates (mostly in color) from paintings by Harry Rountree; printed tissue-guards, original green cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, First Edition. Darwin's famous book covering the courses of Scotland, England and Ireland. The illustrations, from original water..... More
Golf: Pleasures of Life Series
London: Burke, 1954. 222p, cloth. Published for the Pleasures of Life Series. D&J D5170. More
Golfing By-Paths.
London: Country Life, 1946. 203p, cloth. Between the war essays culled from Country Life, each and everyone worth reading. Quite scarce post war jacket, very flimsy paper. D&J D5260. More
Golfing By-Paths.
London: Country Life, 1946. 203p, cloth. Between the war essays culled from Country Life, each and everyone worth reading. D&J D5260. More
James Braid.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. 196p, cloth. Biography of Braid a year after his passing. D&J D5740. More
James Braid.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. 196p, cloth. Biography of Braid a year after his passing. D&J D5740. More
A Round of Golf on the London & North Eastern Railway.
England: Ben Johnson & Co. Ltd., 1927. 153pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs, charts, tan wrappers, front cover lettering printed in orange. Second edition This edition was preceded by a clothbound & wrappered edition published in ca. 1925. D&J 4150. More
Rubs of the Green.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936. 260p, dec. cloth. Fine Essays, last of a set publish from 1932 to 1936 Out of the Rough and Playing the like the other. D&J D6730. More
Rubs of the Green.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936. 260p, dec. cloth. Fine Essays, last of a set publish from 1932 to 1936 Out of the Rough and Playing the like the other. D&J D6730. More
Second Shots.
London: Newnes, 1930. 178p. Decorative cloth. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph of the author. Publisher's colour pictorial jacket, plain to see the book has spent its life inside of the jacket. D&J D6820. More
Tee Shots and Others.
London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1911. 271p. decorative cloth. Illustrated with golfer silhouettes throughout by E.W. Mitchell, original pictorial mustard cloth, lettered in maroon. Classic collection of columns Mr. Darwin had written for the London Evening Standard under the name "Tee Shots," plus articles contributed to Fry's..... More
The World That Fred Made.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. Darwins third of three autobiographys. D&J D7510. More
The World That Fred Made.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. 256p, cloth. Darwin's third and final autobiography. D&J D7510. More
The Royal North Devon Golf Club 1864-1989.
Westward Ho: Privately Printed, 1989. 202p foreword by J.W.D. Goodban author of the 1964 centenary history. Introduction by H.N. Fulford. Illustrated from photographs from old sources. Pebbled maroon cloth, lettered and stamped in gilt, jacket. No. 278 of 500 hand-numbered copies. First Edition. Signed by the editors, Davies and Brown..... More
Bobby Jones cover 1960
New York: Golf Digest, 1960. 98p, illustrated. wrappers. April 1960 Masters issue. Cover depicting Thomas Steven's magnificent painting of Bobby Jones which hangs in the U.S.G.A headquarters, then in New York City, now in Far Hills,New Jersey. More
Five Lessons: the modern Fundamentals of Golf (The Memorial Tournament); The 'Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament 1999. Honoring Ben Hogan.
Dublin, Ohio: The Memorial Tournament, 1999. Anthony Ravielli. 127p. decorative leather. Foreword by Sidney L. James. Co-written and with a Preface by Herbert Warren Wind. Illustrated with instructional drawings by Anthony Ravielli. (4to). Limited edition. 102/250. D&J H19660. More