The County Borough of Wigan Golf Course "Official Opening" Programme 24th May 1972.
Wigan: Privately Printed, 1972. 20pp. The official opening of Haigh Golf Club Wigan. Black & White illustrations. More
Wigan: Privately Printed, 1972. 20pp. The official opening of Haigh Golf Club Wigan. Black & White illustrations. More
London: Simpkin, Marchall, Hamilton and Kent Co. Golf Monthly, 1924. 276p. cloth. Good condition in a very hard to find and eye catching dust Jacket of The Turnberry Hotel and course. Chapters on The Upkeep of Putting greens, Bunkers, Tees, with drawings and contributions from Tom Simpson. More
England: Sports Turf Research Institute, 1996. 55p, spiral bound. Surprisingly hard to find title. D&J B13840. More
London: Methuen, 1909. 322p. Cloth. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including a photogravure frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. Original black cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt. A book of instruction, with two chapters of memoirs. This is the 5th printing August 1909. First printing April 1908. D&J B22240. More
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1934. 243p. illustrated wrappers. Greenkeeping tomb, from the research hub of England. More
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1935. More
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1938. 311p. illustrated wrappers. Greenkeeping tomb, from the research hub of England. More
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1939. 73p. illustrated wrappers. Greenkeeping tomb, from the research hub of England. More
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1940. 73p. illustrated wrappers. Greenkeeping tomb, from the research hub of England. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
England: Grant, 1990. 69p. Leather, slipcase No. 54/100 signed by Hawtree & Cornish. Contributions by Dr. A. MacKenzie, Horace G. Hutchinson, John L. Low, and others. Introduction and commentary by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Fred Hawtree. Illustrated from photographs, old original ads, and a few other reproductions, gilt-decorated full green..... More
England: Grant, 1990. 69p. Leather, slipcase No. 86/100 signed by Hawtree & Cornish. Contributions by Dr. A. MacKenzie, Horace G. Hutchinson, John L. Low, and others. Introduction and commentary by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Fred Hawtree. Illustrated from photographs, old original ads, and a few other reproductions, gilt-decorated full green..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 1993. 648p. cloth dust Jacket, 1st edition, 1st impression. To this day the only such title, listing all known architects and their works. An absolute must have for anyone interested in this subject. More
London: The Ellesbourgh Press, 1984. 320p. Leather, slipcase. limited edition of 200 copies only. Early chapters cover the history of Golf Course design, then onto a biographical profile of all known architects, this has been updated and is now The Architects of Golf, a pioneering book and cornerstone to any..... More
Worcestershire, England: Grant books, 2006. 192p. Cloth. Limited edition 109/500 Very useful and recommended reference, best golf architecture bibliography. More
Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 2008. 212p. cloth. Famed Harry Colt designed course, a course he claime dto be "his least bad" course, meaning his favourite! Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. "Through his meticulous research, best-selling author Nicholas Courtney has written a fasciating account of Swinley Forest..... More
Amherst, Mass: Privately published, 1933. 152p. Cloth. Dedicated to Willie Ogg and Alex. Lindsay two loyal Scots! Scarce early treatment of greenkeeping with much golf content. Signed to rear end paper by Markuson. More
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2002. 239p. oblong cloth. Foreword by Geoffrey Cornish. Great essays on all aspects of course architecture, from the likes of Tom Doak, Donald Steel, Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Gil Hanse, Neil Crafter, Pete Dye.... Part one of six volumes, published in trade and limited editions (see..... More
Glen Waverly, Victoria, Australia. Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2003. 304p. oblong cloth. Foreword by Donald Steel. D&J D2050. More
Worcestershire: Grant and Wilson, 2020. 208p,. decorative cloth. 250 copies only. Reprinted with a foreword by Don Wilson. Faithful reprint of the original. Only published 1894 to 1899. Hard edition to find, the most impressive of all the annuals published. Murdoch. This in its original is the scarce first volume..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. 287p. cloth gilt text. Darwin casts his eye over Britain's leading courses fifteen years on from his original survey, published in 1910 as "The Golf Courses of the British Isles". This edition omits the courses of Ireland. Second edition. 31 colour plates (from watercolours by Harry..... More
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
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
NP: Konecky & Konecky, 2007. 254p. cloth. Dust jacket. Facsimile of the 1910 original. No further details are included in the book, purely a copy of the original. More
2017. This book is an unprecedented view of how one of our era's best architects thinks about his craft, his peers and his business. It reads like a long conversation about a craft he has loved, studied and honed for nearly 40 years-golf course architecture. As well as being a...... More
2017. This book is an unprecedented view of how one of our era's best architects thinks about his craft, his peers and his business. It reads like a long conversation about a craft he has loved, studied and honed for nearly 40 years-golf course architecture. As well as being a...... More