An Errant Golfer.
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1929. 288p, cloth. Author describes playing some of the United Kingdoms finest courses. D&J L8710. 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.
Golf
London: George Bell and Sons, 1895. 58p. decorative cloth. Third edition. First 1889, second 1892. illustrated with four photographs of "Old Tom" Morris. Author was the founder and Captain of the Cambridge University Golf Club and a personal friend of Old Tom. Brevity is common in these early golf volumes..... More
Gleneagles " A Plan of The Golf Courses"
Scotland: L.M.S., 1926. Fold-out map by map specialist McCorquodale & C. Glasgow. Gleneagles opened in 1919 and this map was probably completed as both courses King's and Queens opened. The map in the Macleannan book is black and white. Very attractive scarce item. More
Candid Caddies.
London: The Citadel Press, 1935. 120p illustrated boards. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. D&J G35350. More
On the Green: An Anthology for Golfers.
London: Daniel O'Conner, 1922. 237p. cloth. illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser. D&J L16900. More
On the Green: An Anthology for Golfers.
London: Daniel O'Conner, 1922. 237p. cloth. illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser. D&J L16900. More
Concerning Golf.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. 217p. cloth. chapter on driving by H.H. Hilton. Early architecture chapter "The links". This is a scarce first edition, later editions where published. Becoming a scarce and sought after title. Important book in the golf library. D&J L17620. More
F.G. Tait A Record Being His Life, Letters and Golfing Diary.
London: J. Nisbet and Co. Ltd., 1900. 304p, decorative red cloth. Introduction by Andrew Lang. Biography of the great Scottish golfer who was tragically killed in the Boer War. Profits from the sale of this book were donated to the Black Watch Widows' and Orphans' Fund. D&J L17680. More
F.G. Tait A Record Being His Life, Letters and Golfing Diary.
London: J. Nisbet and Co. Ltd., 1900. 304p, decorative red cloth. I Introduction by Andrew Lang. Biography of the great Scottish golfer who was tragically killed in the Boer War. Profits from the sale of this book were donated to the Black Watch Widows' and Orphans' Fund. More
History of St. Andrews; Epiccopal, Monastic, Academic, and Civil.
Edinburgh: William Tait, 1843. 432p. cloth. Volume 2 only, covers missing, in need of a rebind. More
Golf From A to Z.
London: Putnam, 1935. 150p. cloth. Gift inscripion to ffep dated 1935. More
Scotland's Gift Golf
New York: Charles Schribner, 1928. 340p. Red Cloth. MacDonald father of American golf first U.S. Amateur Champion. influential in creating the U.S.G.A. renowned architect, one of the classic titles in the golf library. D&J M1720. More
Deck and Home Golf
London: George Routledge, ca 1905. 116p. decorative cloth. Unique invention, golf on Ocean Cruise ships. Uncommon title. D&J M1900. More
Our Lady of the Green; A book of Ladies Golf
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1899. 233p. decorative cloth. With chapters by Issette Pearson, A. Bennet Pascoe and others, original pictorial green cloth spine and covers laid down, decoratively stamped in red, black, white and cream. First Edition. More
Golf at Gleneagles.
Scotland: McCorquodale & Co., 1921. 144p decorative boards., [2], xxxiiv pp. Large colour folding map of the Plan of the Gleaneagles Golf Course at rear; many tinted photographs and maps within, each page with decorative frame, original illustrated boards. A wonderful book detailing the history of Gleneagles Golf Course. Also..... More
Blackheath Golfing Lays
NP (Blackheath): Privately Published, 1873. 143 pp. (6¾x4½"), original printed orange paper over boards, front cover lettered in black and with a Far and Sure circular golfing emblem, yellow endpapers. First Edition. "This is another book of early golfing verse, these to the glory of the Blackheath Golf Club, the..... More
The Enchanted Golf Clubs
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1920. 152p. decorative boards. United States version of The Haunted Major. More
Pictorial Golf.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1928. 243p. cloth. More
Great Golfers in the Making
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1932. 268p. cloth. First edition. D&J M11230. More
Whats Wrong with your Game
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1930. 240p, Decorative cloth. D&J M11500. More
Le Golf
Paris, France: Pierre Lafitte & Co., 1911. 351p. cloth. Original scarce French version, decorative cloth. Massy won the 1907 Open and remained the only man until Ballesteros in 1979 to win from continental Europe. This is the very popular original version written in French, it would become the first French..... More