How to Play the Old Course.
St. Andrews, Scotland. J. & G. Innes. 1932. 52p. illustrated wrappers. Foreword by Bobby Jones. First edition 1932 this an early edition. 1st edition, 6 pence. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J H24820. More
St. Andrews, Scotland. J. & G. Innes. 1932. 52p. illustrated wrappers. Foreword by Bobby Jones. First edition 1932 this an early edition. 1st edition, 6 pence. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J H24820. More
New York: One Time Publications, 1931. 112p. illustrated wrappers. Published a year on from his Grand Slam. Many Jones essays, all of equal interest and high "Jones" standard. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1904. 217p. cloth. Second edition. 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
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. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J M1720. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1920. 135p cloth 1st edition. illustrated. Introduction by H.S. Colt. "Four short essays" on course design by one of the first great course architects and one of the first to recognise that a course could be created by taking advantage of natural features and terrain..... More
Paris: Tennis & Golf, 1929. 208p. green cloth. Large and substantial guide to France and Belgium, written in French. Each course is described in detail with several photographs. Copy has M. Aubrey Boomer stamped in gold to front cover. More
Paris: Tennis & Golf, 1929. 208p. green cloth. Large and substantial guide to France and Belgium, written in French. Each course is described in detail with several photographs. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Paris: Tennis & Golf, 1925. 196p. green cloth. Substantial guide to France and Belgium, written in French. Each course is described in detail with several photographs. Of note is a short history of golf "Quelques Mots D'Histoire". by Percy Boomer. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: T. Werner Laurie, ca 1914. 234p. plus ads. cloth. Substantial title by the 1912 Open Champion Ted Ray. Braid, Taylor and Vardon all produced similar tombs once they had won The Open, one wonders if his 1912 win was the cause of this publication and how many years beforehand..... 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. One page hand written notes from Percy Boomer..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1911. 348p. decorative cloth. Illustrated with 48 plates from photographs specially taken for this work, including frontispiece with "Taylor's Grip."original gilt-decorated green cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Sixth Edition. Taylor was a great English golfer whose contributions to the game went far beyond his remarkable playing..... More
Los Angeles: The Times Mirror Press, 1927. 342p, illustrated cloth. Illustrated with numerous plates from photos and golf course plans and maps (1 is folding in the rear), 4 photos are in color including frontispiece; decorative endpapers. 8¾x6, dark blue-green cloth, lettered in light green, orange stamped vignette on the..... More
Philadelphia: Privately Published, 1925. 105p. cloth. illustrated by Ross Morley. Contains hand written notes from 1912 Albert Warren "Tillie" Tillinghast (May 7, 1876 – May 19, 1942) was an American golf course architect. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more..... More
London, England: Longmans, Green. 1929. 211 p. + plates. Preface by J.C. Squire. Illustrated by the authors: 43 numbered plates, mostly course plans (22 of which are in colour); plus other illustrations including engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, wood engravings and drawings within text, head and tail-pieces. 10¼x7¾, original gilt-ruled orange..... More
London: Seeley, Service and Co. Limited, 1931. 251p, cloth. Highly underrated book, chapters by Darwin, Roger and Joyce Wethered, Hutchinson a very nice chapter on Architecture by Tim Simpson. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J W10630. More
London: Seeley, Service and Co. Limited, 1931. 251p, cloth. Highly underrated book, chapters by Darwin, Roger and Joyce Wethered, Hutchinson a very nice chapter on Architecture by Tim Simpson. D&J W10630. More