Celebration of Musselburgh's Golfing Greats.
1999. 12 page booklet/programme was produced to commemorate 5 Open Champions who are Musselburgh's Golfing Greats. The event was staged on the 19th June 1999. More
Early reference
Dirleton Local History Group; Collected Essays 1989
1989. 44p. paper covers Essay by David Hamilton on Reverend John Kerr. More
Outdoor Sports and Pastimes
Nebraska: Union Pacific, 1896. 870. wrappers. One of the earliest publications of Outdoor Sports and Pastimes. Rules adopted in 1889 by The National League and the American Association. Very scarce publication, and rare survivor, on the subject. Copyright July 1896. Golf is covered on 5 pages, this must make these..... More
Duffers Golf Club Papers ; to which is added, A Day on the Ladies' Links
Worcestershire: Grant books, 2020. 56p. Wrappers 400 copies only. Only 27 books where entirely devoted to golf prior to this books original publication. More
The Parks of Musselburgh
Droitwich, Worcestershire: Grant Books, 1991. 154p, Leather, slipcase. limited edition No. 84/125 Important history of this influential family, Willie Park Senior winner of the first Open of 1860. D&J A2525. More
Reminiscences of Golf.
Scotland: Fife Council, 1985. 68p cloth. Only an ISBN number, no other publication details are printed on the book. Reprint of the very rare 1887 classic, becoming quite hard to find in the edition. More
On Many Greens
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1901. 167p. decorative cloth. Introduction by Findlay S. Douglas. Frontispiece photograph of the Shinnecock Hills clubhouse, and five additional full-page photographic illustrations. Article "Some writers who golf" is a very important essays providing biographical information about some of the games earliest writers. Part of the..... More
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. (trilogy)
Grant Books, 1998. 3 Volume set produced for the Royal and Ancient Golf Clubs 250th celebration. The definitive history of golf's premier club. Edition of 500 copies only in 2015 handsomely housed in a custom made slipcase. Volume 1 Challenges & Champions 1764-1883 Volume 2 Champions & Guardians 1884-1939 Volume..... More
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. (trilogy) PLUS Why are there Eighteen Holes
Grant Books, 1998. 3 Volume set produced for the Royal and Ancient Golf Clubs 250th celebration. The definitive history of golf's premier club. Edition of 500 copies only in 2015 handsomely housed in a custom made slipcase. Volume 1 Challenges & Champions 1764-1883 Volume 2 Champions & Guardians 1884-1939 Volume..... More
The Book of the St. Andrews Links:
St. Andrews & Edinburgh: Ellesbourgh press. 1984. 80p, leather slipcase. folding map. Only reproduction of Bennett's very scarce work. No. 19/200 Bennett's book was the first to focus on a single golf course. He offers a history of golf in the town, describes several of the earliest St. Andrews golf..... More
A History of Golf.
London: Dent, 1955. 236p, cloth. This is one of 'The Classics' in the Golf Library. A well researched history, every historian should have. D&J B27940. More
Toronto's Lost Golf Courses: How the Game of Golf Shaped the City of Toronto Volume #1: 1869-1919
Toronto: Barlow Book Publishing, 2019. 408p. Cloth. Excellent researched work, this is one of those books that makes you appreciate what a wonderful sport golf really is. More
Social Links; The Golf Boom in Victorian England
England: Social Links Publishing, 2010. 389p. Cloth. Limited edition of 450 copies. No. 83/450 A dramatic 30 year period changed the face of English golf in to a peoples game for all to play. Superb reference book. Signed and inscribed by the author. More
The Nine Holes of the Links of St Andrews; With commentaries by Peter Lewis
Perthshore: Grant Books, 2024. Central text in golf's literary canon, Robert Clark's 1875 publication of Golf: A Royal & Ancient Game. That centerpiece is a series of nine sonnets authored variously by Robert Chambers, Patrick Proctor Alexander, and Robert Chambers, Junior. The poems were accompanied by exquisite sketches by the..... More
Golfing: a handbook to the Royal and Ancient Game, with a list of clubs, rules etc., also golfing sketches and poems.
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1887. 134p. decorative cloth. 7x4¾, original flexible pictorial red cloth stamped in black, first Edition. D&J C8890. More
Golfing: a handbook to the Royal and Ancient Game, with a list of clubs, rules etc., also golfing sketches and poems.
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1887. 134p. decorative blue cloth. 7x4¾, first Edition. Unusual blue edition. Priced accordingly due to board damage. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J C8890. More
Golf: a Royal and Ancient game.
Edinburgh: R & R Clark, 1875. 284p. decorative cloth. Illustrated by Clark Stanton, C/A. Doyle and G. Aikman. Very significant and well produced early title. Compilation of the earliest literature of the game. Clark collected early press reports, biographical sketches, significant acts of Parliament, municipal records, diaries, a extracts of..... More
Golf: a Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Macmillian and Co., 1899. 305p. red boards, top edges gilt. Revised third Edition, preceded by the 1893 and 1875 editions. "Widely regarded as one of the most significant, as well as best produced, early books on the history of golf, Clark's work is a compilation of the earliest literature..... More
Golfing Times Past to Present in Gullane and Dirleton
Gullane: Gullane and Dirleton History Society, 1996. 48p, wrappers. More
Battlefield of the Best:the historic golfing glories of Musselburgh, a Musselburgh manuscript.
Malden, MA: Renlux Publishing, 1999. 174p, dec. cloth ltd. ed. 134/200 copies. Hard to find title. Signed by author. D&M D11470. More
Battlefield of the Best:the historic golfing glories of Musselburgh, a Musselburgh manuscript.
Malden, MA: Renlux Publishing, 1999. 174p, dec. cloth ltd. ed. 53/200 copies. Hard to find title. Signed and inscribed to Archie Baird by author. D&M D11470. More
The Clubmaker´s Art.
United States of America: Zephyr Productions, 1997. 576p. Foreword by Karen Bednarski. Illustrations from 800 full-color photographs depicting more than 640 antique clubs. Original black leatherette, lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, dust jacket, matching gilt-lettered black slipcase. No. 134 of 400 copies. First Edition. Signed by author on the..... More
The Clubmaker´s Art.
United States of America: Zephyr Productions, 1997. 576p. Cloth. Dust jacket. Foreword by Karen Bednarski. Illustrations from 800 full-colour photographs depicting more than 640 antique clubs. First Edition. Signed by author. Reveals the evolution of the game as well as combining historical information with entertaining anecdotes and quotations. Also, describes..... More
Links Along the Line; The Story of the Development of Golf Between Liverpool and Southport
Southport: The Birkdale and Ainsdale Research Society, 1996. 123p, cloth. preface by David Marsh Part of the explanation why Southport has so many great courses. Inscribed by author. D&J F13060. More