Manual for Caddies
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Park District, 1937. 48p, illustrated wrappers. Very comprehensive guide for any would be caddies, includes the 'Ten Commandments' for caddies. Scarce and very desirable book. D&J M9520. More
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Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Park District, 1937. 48p, illustrated wrappers. Very comprehensive guide for any would be caddies, includes the 'Ten Commandments' for caddies. Scarce and very desirable book. D&J M9520. More
London: Grant & Murray, 1937. 192p, decorative cloth. 1937 reprinted edition. Eternally popular title. Scarce and unrecorded jacket, cheap edition. D&J M10690. More
Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1983. 192p, decorative cloth. 1983 reprinted edition. Eternally popular title. D&J M10690. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., 1919. 192p, cloth. Signed by Percy Boomer. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J M10690. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. 1906. 108p decorative cloth. illustrated by Gemmell Hutchinson. Hard to find cloth edition and very rare dust jacket, only one other record of a dust jacket known, this was more brown in colour and sold for $7800 at auction. Possible gift inscription from the author..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. 1906. 108p decorative cloth. illustrated by Gemmell Hutchinson. Ex-library but original binding and three stamps two to FFEP and one in rear, not covering any text. Hard to find cloth edition. D&J M13900. More
London, England: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2003. 278p. quarter leather maroon edition for the UK and rest of the world market, slipcase Ltd. ed. No. 1/125. This is the authors own copy. The Bible of golf ball's. Never before or since has such a work been produced, all known ball..... More
London, England: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2003. 278p. quarter leather green edition for the UK and rest of the world market, slipcase Ltd. ed. No. 1/125 Red. (numbers 126 to 250 comprise the green edition.) The Bible of golf ball's. Never before or since has such a work been produced..... More
London, England: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2003. 278p. Full blue Kaduna Goatskin leather edition, 20 copies only numbered from A to T, this being G. Published only for people specially involved in the project, and thus never for general sale. The Bible of golf ball's. Never before or since has..... More
Dundee, Scotland: John Leng, 1899. 96p. decorative leather. Presentation edition, in highly attractive leather. D&J M32440. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. Third and hardest to find of this series. 187 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Christopher Millett and the author. 7½x4¾, green cloth, spine lettered. The scarce final volume in the author's humorous trilogy. D&M 27350; D&J N1870. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. Third and hardest to find of this series. 187 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Christopher Millett and the author. 7½x4¾, green cloth, spine lettered in gilt D&J does not list a jacket. The scarce final volume in the author's humorous trilogy. Published in 1937 this..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. Third and hardest to find of this series. 187 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Christopher Millett and the author. 7½x4¾, green cloth, spine lettered in gilt D&J does not list a jacket. The scarce final volume in the author's humorous trilogy. Published in 1937 this..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. Third and hardest to find of this series. 187 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Christopher Millett and the author. 7½x4¾, green cloth, spine lettered gilt. The scarce final volume in the author's humorous trilogy. D&M 27350; D&J N1870. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1899. [-2], 374 + 7 ad. pp. Illustrations from advertisements, photographs, charts and portraits. 27.2x19.8 cm (11x8"), original red calf, gilt lettering. First Edition. Very scarce and quite early guide to American clubs in original binding. Published to aid the traveller. Providing information on incorporation, location..... More
Royal Birkdale Golf Club: P.G.A., 1965. 160p. wrappers. 16th playing of this classic match, now involving Europe. More
Spain: Privately Published, 2006. 161p. wrappers. Boxed. Superb photographic autobiography, fascinating story of Patino's early life through to purchasing Sotogrande and redeveloping it with 80 year old Robert Trent Jones into continental europe's finest course, culminating in hosting the Ryder cup captained by Seve Ballesteros. Included is a chapter on..... More
Spain: Privately Published, 2006. 161p. wrappers. Superb photographic autobiography, fascinating story of Patino's early life through to purchasing Sotogrande and redeveloping it with 80 year old Robert Trent Jones into continental Europe's finest course, culminating in hosting the Ryder cup captained by Seve Ballesteros. Included is a chapter on his..... More
Ayr: Hugh Henry, 1886. 30p. Prestwick golf rules. 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
England: New Centurion Publshing and Publicity Co. Ltd., 1951. 20p. wrappers light blue with red and blue text. Attractive club history of this very early golf club. Accompanying letter from recipient mentioning 'this is an original as later copies where white'. Scarce. More
St Andrews: J. Cook and Son, 1882. 46p. R&A golf rules. More
St Andrews: W.C. Henderson and Son, 1908. 32p. R&A golf rules. Very similar to the 1899 definitive rules. More
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. 98p. illustrated boards. quarter cloth. Poetry. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J 7390. More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1887. 186p. quarter leather cloth. One of the all time classic books in the whole Golf Library. Upon finishing the book he showed it to his friend Robert Louis Stevenson for him to improve it, but was told there was nothing that he could improve, it was..... More