Golf Do´s and Dont´s.
London: Methuen, 1902. 64p, illustrated boards. Hard to find first edition. Instruction. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&F S33160. More
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.
London: Methuen, 1902. 64p, illustrated boards. Hard to find first edition. Instruction. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&F S33160. More
London: Methuen, 1920. 61p cloth 1st edition, quiet scarce Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J S33280. More
London: Methuen, 1955. 203p. cloth. Photo anthology of great golfers and places. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Methuen, 1947. 204p, cloth History, twin to Fresh Fairways published in 1949 Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J S33760. More
London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1887. 300p. original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition. Stewart's purpose in publishing this book was to bring golf literature to the attention of the public, since although Clark's magnificent book had appeared years before, it had been in a limited edition and generally unavailable..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1895. 68p. cloth. Twenty golf poems. First edition in variant binding. Donovan & Murdoch # 4400 as well as Donovan & Jerris # S37240 list this title as being 16 cm. in height (See Antiquarian Golf inventory Number 202123). The volume listed here is 17.5 cm..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. 90p. decorative boards. Unusual but fascinating title, informative calendar, rules, anecdotage! etc.. Old Tom, Harry Vardon, a whos who of short stories. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1834. 420p. cloth. later printing, first printing 1801, please see this in our inventory too. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J S40630. More
London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. 228p cloth 1st edition. Turn of the century golfing fiction. But significantly the first book of American golf fiction, this edition being published in the United Kingdom though, illustrated with plates from paintings by various artists. Original green cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. 191p 1/2 cloth marbled boards 1st ed. Turn of the century golfing fiction. llustrated by A. B. Frost, and with color frontispiece portrait from a photograph of the author with tissue-guard. A book of short stories similar to "The Golficide." Part of the Percy..... More
London: W. H. Smith & Son, 1912. 212p. cloth Contributors include Sir George Riddell, Bernard Darwin, Martin Sutton, Harry S. Colt, and A.D. Hall. Harry Colt's first major contributions to golf architecture literature, Darwin writes on how course influence style of play. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1923. 185p. Boards. Introduction by Charles Evans Jr. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. 236p cloth. 2nd edition printed in June 1943, 1st was printed in May 1943. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Autobiography of Taylor's career. One of very few war time publication's. This is a must read book for anyone interested in the development of golf from its early..... More
London: T. Werner Laurie, ca 1912. 161pp decorative cloth J.H. Taylor's brother contribution to the golf literature, nice title and content. Chapter on the Evolution of the Bunker by JH Taylor. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J T3310. More
London: Heath Cranton, 1920. 89p. cloth. Entertaining essays. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Heath Cranton, 1920. 89p. cloth. Entertaining essays. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Alexander Ouseley, 1927. 31p, cloth. unusual title. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J C16690. More
London: Humorist, 1930. 80p illustrated wrappers. Very Scarce. Colour cover illustration by Lawson Wood of a Scottie dog bringing his old Scottish master a golf ball, the ball the golfers in the background are looking for! Several other balls lay at his feet. An anthology illustrated in the punch style..... More
England: Methuen, 1921. 64p, illustrated boards. Instruction, scarce 1st edition went into many editions. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J T 13300. More
New York: Macmillian Publishing, 1913. 242p. cloth. published June 1913 twice. With 48 illustrations, mostly plates from photographs, a diagram and a colour tinted frontispiece with tissue-guard. 7½x5¼, gilt-lettered and decorated green cloth, pictorial cover label. First Edition. Travers played a large part in the development of golf in America..... More
New York: Knopf, 1926. 259p. dec. cloth Turn of the 20th century's United States premier Amateur Champion, also captured amongst his US Amateur titles the 1915 US Open. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915. 258p, decorative cloth. 4 time U.S. Amateur champion and the 1925 US Open Champion, Travers had an on off relationship with golf. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J T14020. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901. 225p dec.orative cloth. Australian born, Travis was the most successful amateur golfer in the United States during the early 1900s, only taking up the game at 34 years of age, went on to win three US Amateurs and the British Amateur (becoming the first..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. 266p decorative cloth. Australian born, Travis was the most successful amateur golfer in the United States during the early 1900s, only taking up the game at 34 years of age, went on to win three US Amateurs and the British Amateur (becoming the first..... More
London: Werner Laurie, 1907. 334p. Dec. cloth. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including frontispiece. 21.8x14 cm. (8½x5½"), original pictorial green cloth stamped in white, light blue, black and red-orange, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in black. First Edition. Biography of Scotland's most famous golfer, and now a classic..... More