With Club and Caddie and other Verses
London: Gibbings and Company, 1909. 117p. cloth. Poetry. Good condition. D&J G39010. More
Boomer Library
Percy Boomer is synonyms with his revolutionary classic "On Learning Golf" published in 1942, and recognised by the great players Hogan, Player, Watson...
On Learning Golf , was one of the most influential books of the 20th century, Boomer being voted number one golf swing guru of all time by Sports Illustrated in 2005.
How did he gain this knowledge? Leading golf instrutor, Dutch, Swiss and Belgian National Open Champion, advanced agronomist, architecture... what else made this man a visionary! see more, Percy H. Boomer
Now for the first time the Boomer golf library, 30 plus years in the building, hidden away for 73 years, the library is available, to view, admire and purchase....
Everybook has an 'Ex-libris Percy Boomer' bookplate containg the three signatures of Percy's grandchildren, this serves as definitive provenance.
How does a plant grow?
London: John Murray, 1935. 170p. cloth. Another agronomy title showing Percy Boomers search for knowledge. More
The Golf Swing The Ernest Jones Method.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1920. 159p cloth. second impression July 1920, first impression April 1920. illustrated. D&J H4930. More
The Golfing Swing Simplified and it Mechanism Correctly Explained.
London: Methuen, 1920. 62p, cloth 5th edition enlarged. Previous editions where published in 1915 and earlier with less pages 56. D&J H6310. More
The Golfing Swing Simplified and it Mechanism Correctly Explained.
London: Methuen, 1913. 56p, cloth scarce 1st edition. D&J H6310. More
The Seven Ages of Golf
London: Fine Art Society, 1899. [8] + plates. Introduction by Horace Hutchinson. With 7 loose color lithograph plates of a golfer at various stages of his life, wrapped with original tissue-guard. Folio, 16¾x10¾, contents loose in cloth-backed boards portfolio (as issued), pictorial color lithographed cover label. First Edition. The golfer..... More
Golf for Women.
New York: Baker and Taylor, 1904. 217p. illustrated cloth. Includes a chapter by Rhona K. Adair. Illustrations from photographs and drawings including frontispiece portrait of the author. (8vo) original pictorial green cloth stamped in white, gray, gilt and brown, front cover lettered in white, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition..... More
After the Ball, Merry Memoirs of a Golfer.
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1931. 320p. decorative cloth. D&J H12670. More
The Best of Golf.
London: Mills and Boon, 1925. 64p. Cloth. plus ads. cloth. Hardest to find of the four Eleanor Helme golf titles. D&J H12730. More
Ladies Golf.
London: Hutchinson, 1904. 336p decorative cloth. Three Time British Ladies Champion Hezlet (later MRS A.E. Ross) wrote this primarily instruction book. The first to be published in Britain for women. The book focuses on proper instruction, also has sections on rules, etiquette and dress. Companion volume to Taylor's work Taylor..... More
Your First Game of Golf
London: Day & Son, ca1891. 27p, illustrated wrappers. First edition. Chromo-lithographed throughout (full-page and within text) with humorous illustrations by Hillinthorn; lithographed by Emrik & Binger. original chromolithograph wrappers. First Edition. Rare and important golf book as it is likely the first book of golf fiction not written in verse..... More
My Golfing Reminiscences
London: James Nisbet, 1907. 247p. cloth. Autobiography of possibly the greatest amateur to play the game, winning two Open titles, four Amateur and a U.S. Amateur title. A small but very strong player who took great detail in addressing the ball. The book was written in the towards the end..... More
The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf
London: Golf Illustrated Ltd, by London & Counties Press, 1912. 276p. Full Red Leather. Profusely illustrated from photographs, drawings, paintings, etc.; 3 color plates and 2 photogravures. (4to) 12¼x9¾", original full red pebbled calf, gilt-tooled pictorial lion emblem lettered "Far & Sure" on front cover, lettered in gilt, all edges..... More
Power Golf.
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1948. 166p, cloth. Very Scarce 1st edition, 1st impression. D&J H19990. More
Collecting Golf Books 1743-1938. Aspects of Book Collecting series
London: Constable, 1938. 56p. cloth. 1st edition, dust wrapper. The first attempt to collate the early golfing literature. Hopkinson was a London book dealer who became the foremost authority of golf books during the first half of the 20th century. Very clean copy of a hard to find book, especially..... More
A Shropshire Lad
London: The Richards Press, 1947. 95p. cloth. More
Everybody's Book of Games (Outdoor)
London: Howe & Co., 1890. 167p. leather wrappers. Chapter (13 pages), dedicated to golf. nusual title and reference. More
Hoyle´s Games.
London: 1814. 302p, leather boards. Important early reference work, this being the preferred edition. More
Golf for the Late Beginner
London: John long, 1911. 94p. decorative cloth. Instruction, went into several reprints, so must have found some success. D&J H26110. More
Golf for the Late Beginner
London: John long, 1928. 93p. decorative cloth. Sixth revised edition. D&J H26110. More
Golf Practice for Players of Limted Leisure.
London: Thomas Murby & Co., 1913. 93p, dec. cloth. D&J H26110. More
Golf Practice for Players of Limted Leisure.
London: Thomas Murby & Co., 1913. 93p, decorative cloth. D&J H26110. More
Chronicles of Blackheath Golfers, with illustrations and portraits.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1897. xii, 245 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates, including frontispiece portrait of Edmund Hegan Kennard; tissue guards. 25x19 cm. (9¾x7¼"), original gilt-decorated blue cloth, lettered in gilt, gilt-vignette on front cover, top edge gilt. First Edition. The first published history of any golf club; appropriately, Blackheath..... More
Golf: a complete History of the game, together with directions for selection of implements, the rules, and a glossary of terms.
Philadelphia, PA. Penn. 1900. 179p. cloth illustrated boards. Illustrated. stated revised but we feel this is referring to the UK edition. U.S. title of "Golfing, The Oval Series of Games". This title, was revised in 1901 and again in 1908 & 1920. D&J H28480. More
Golfing
London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1893. 120p, green wrappers.. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Complete with fragile spine that is often lacking in this title, went into many printing's and hence was a popular book in a similar sense as his Hints on golf first printed in 1886. Published..... More