The Country Club
New York: Bartholomew house, 1969. 339p, cloth. D&J B43750. More
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No Tie Required: Playing Golf Without a Club
Headline Publishing, 2005. 288p No Tie Required is an entertaining journey across Britain, celebrating the wonderful, eccentric and historical public courses where no club membership is required. Not for Chris Cairns the member's door and the pink gins of the 19th hole. Instead the author has sought out the country's..... More
Drives and Puts.
Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1899. 243pp. Frontispiece of a woman golfer by H.C. Ireland, with tissue-guard; woodcut vignette on title page. original pictorial green cloth in an arts and crafts trade binding, depicting a man and woman strolling on a green, holding golf clubs, top edge gilt. D&J..... More
The Rules of Golf Illustrated
London: Golf Illustrated, ca 1905. 50p. oblong illustrated boards. Some water damage, contents loose, fair condition. More
The Tale of Mr Tootleoo
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. 44p. paper boards. Fine condition, we have never seen a better copy, pages immaculate. This the first of the series written and illustrated by the Darwins. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to. 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Unpaginated, [2] + [44] pp. (2 pp.letterpress captions and verse to..... More
The Greatest Game
England: MacLean DuBois, 2010. 168p. dec. cloth. Did you know that Shakespeare was a golfer? David Purdie takes a humorous swipe at our collected knowledge of the game in this enlightening and entertaining compendium. Based on firm facts where available and on firm invention when not, he explores the culture..... More
The Murder of Young Tommy Morris
Kirkaldy, Fife: Gath- Askelon Publishing, 2003. 244p. card wrapps. Pure Fictional tale of Young Tom. Not in D&J. More
Ida Broke The Humor and Philosophy of Golf.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. 302 pp. Introduction by Grantland Rice. Illustrated with "McDuffer" cartoons. (8vo) cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. "I'd 'a' broke ninety, but-" explaining the title on the front jacket flap. Rare Jacket upper spine chipped about 2 inches, bookplates of Robert John Smith..... More
A Golfing Idyll.
Droitwich, Worcs., United Kingdom: Grant Books, 1978. 35p, 1/4 cloth ltd ed. facsimile of 3rd edition, 177/250 copies Preface by H.R. Grant. D&J F10060. More
Golf Is a Friendly Game.
United States of America: Knopf, 1942. 274p cloth Quite hard to find in a Dust Jacket. Inside front board has the Murdoch bookplate attached. D&J G1690. More
Dead on Line
London: Headline, 1996. 314p, cloth 1st ed. Mystery. More
Death Trap
London: Headline, 1993. signed, ex-lib with only one stamp. D&J H3520. More
Sudden Death
1991. 247p, cloth 1st ed. Signed by the Author. D&J H3700. More
The Rubaiyat of a Golfer.
London: Country Life, 1946. 72p, cloth. D&J H4810. More
Family Golf.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1938. 272 p, cloth. Foreword by Joyce Wethered. Illustrations by Barbara Turner. Red cloth, spine lettered in yellow, pictorial jacket. Scarce in the original jacket. Author was the organiser of the Girls' Golf Championship and International Match for the "Bystander," of which paper she..... More
Golfer's Treasury
London: Newnes, 1964. 208p, cloth, another of George Houghton,s works. D&J H24100. More
The Golfing Pilgrim.
New York: Scribner's, 1898. 287p, (8vo) original gilt-decorated and lettered green cloth, untrimmed edges, many pages never read. First American Edition. "A fictional account of a match played between two protagonists over many of the famous links in Britain. This book represents another of Mr. H[utchinson]'s important contributions to golf..... More
Famous Golf Links
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1891. 201p. Illustrated cloth. The first book to ever profile golf courses, very revolutionary at the time and no doubt a contributor to the golf boom of the 1890's. Followed 6 years later with the magnnus opus of book by Hutchinson the British Golf Links..... More
Lyrics of the Links; Poetry Sentiment and Humour of Golf
London: Cecil Palmer, 1923. 125p. decorative cloth. Had written note of music laid in titled 'Links of Life' Very attractive title. D&J K3310. More
The Golf Lunatic; and his cycling wife.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1902. 341p, decorative cloth. The second golf title from Mrs Kennard. D&J K4260. More
The Golf Lunatic; and his cycling wife.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1902. 341p, decorative cloth. The second golf title from Mrs Kennard. D&J K4260. More
Mr Punch on the Links.
London: Methuen, 1929. 147p decorative cloth. humour as only Punch can. Very Rare Dust Jacket. D&J K8710. More
A Batch of Golfing Papers.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent and Co., 1892. 123p, Red decorative cloth edition. Few marks to cover, slight spine fade, missing ffep, easily replaced. Book solid contents very good and clean. More
Candid Caddies.
London: The Citadel Press, 1947. 126p illus. bds. intro. Bernard Darwin. D&J G35380. More
Candid Caddies.
London: The Citadel Press, 1935. 120p illus. boards. Intro. Bernard Darwin. D&J G35350. More