Super Golf.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1919. 143p. cloth Quite hard to find, very hard to find jacket. D&J 41200. More
Dust jackets do in fact protect books, if not actually from dust: A dust jacket guards against scratches, scuffs, jelly, and other distortions unworthy of a book's perfection.
When talking of first editions, a true first edition is only so when its Dust Jacket is present (if originally issed with one).
Many 20th century books not yet to great extreme in golf books, but in modern firsts command high premiums, for example Casino Royal, Ian Flemings first book without a Jacket £2500.00 with £60,000.00 there are many other similar examples.
A golf book collector still has the opertunity to add jackets for relatively small amounts over the value of a first without a jacket. From a scarcity view, wre- 1940 Jackets are scarce and desirable.
Sometimes a later dust jacket is paired with a first edition book to add value, this we do not believe a correct practice, if not disclosed in the books sales details, otherwise it is a type of forgey!
If the book has spent its life with its Jacket, expect the book to be in a very good condition.
Torn or chipped Jackets often give the wrong impression that the book to is in a poor state, this is usually the oposite and a chipped Jacket is still more disirable than No Jacket.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1919. 143p. cloth Quite hard to find, very hard to find jacket. D&J 41200. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936. 260p, dec. cloth. Fine Essays, last of a set publish from 1932 to 1936 Out of the Rough and Playing the like the other. Hard to find in a dust Jacket. D&J D6730. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1920. 240p, illus. cloth. Originally from North Berwick, Dunn moved to the United States in 1894 and carried several prestigous jobs on the east coast before moving to California and became the pro at the Los Angeles Country Club, where he opened several golf schools, and..... More
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
London: Methuen, 1914. 160p. cloth. Massy won the 1907 Open and remained the only man until Ballesteros in 1979 to win from continental Europe. This title is becoming hard to find in good condition and virtually impossible in its original 1914 Dust Jacket, fine addition to any library. D&J M12610. More
London: Methuen, 1914. 160p. cloth. Massy won the 1907 Open and remained the only man until Ballesteros in 1979 to win from continental Europe. This title is becoming hard to find in good condition and virtually impossible in its original 1914 very chipped but original dust Jacket, fine addition to..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. 187p. cloth. Third and hardest to find of this series. Illustrated with drawings by Christopher Millett and the author. 7½x4¾, green cloth, spine lettered gilt. The scarce final volume in the author's humorous trilogy. D&M 27350; D&J N1870. More
England: H. Riley, 1992. 60p. wrappers. edition limited to 500 copies, signed. Superb tribute to Nicklaus, memories of his tournament wins, his adversaries and the places these unfolded. More
England: H. Riley, 1992. 60p. wrappers. edition limited to 500 copies, signed. Superb tribute to Nicklaus, memories of his tournament wins, his adversaries and the places these unfolded. Signed by "Riley 90" More
England: H. Riley, 2006. 44p. wrappers. edition limited to 50 copies, signed. Superb tribute to Nicklaus, memories of his tournament wins, his adversaries and the places these unfolded. Additional bonus the scores of the 2005 Open are noted with Tiger Woods winning by 5 shots. 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
New York: Knopf, 1926. 259p. dec. cloth Turn of the 20th century's United States premier Amateur Champion, also captured amongst his US Amatuer titles the 1915 US Open. Rare to find this title in its jacket. D&J T13990. More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, ca1912. 187p, cloth. 1st edition 1912, very hard to find, Dust Jacket rare. Vardon's best selling book. D&J V3010. More
London: Methuen & Co., 1931. 246p cloth. Following his co-authorship (text) with T Simpson on The Architectual Side of Golf (1929), Wethered issued this volume of essays to expand his views on the ideal relationships between player, club, style, shot, tempeament, course and architect as a basis for examining the..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1931. 246p cloth. Following his co-authorship (text) with T Simpson on The Architectual Side of Golf (1929), Wethered issued this volume of essays to expand his views on the ideal relationships between player, club, style, shot, tempeament, course and architect as a basis for examining the..... More
London: T. Werner Lawrie, ca 1907. 171p. decorative cloth. Early and comprehensive guide to primarily instruction. Chapter one covers History and Development. D&J B47380. More
New York: Minton, 1927. 239p. cloth. Foreword by Grantland Rice. Illustrated with plates from photographs. tan and green cloth lettered in gilt. First Trade Edition. A classic golf autobiography, one of the best ever written on one of the best ever to play the game. Often referred to as the..... More
London: Methuen, 1907. 299p. Red Cloth. Plain tan (unrecorded) dust jacket. Exiting find Illustrated with plates from 24 photographs, including a frontispiece portrait of Herd, Taylor, Braid and Vardon, together, with tissue-guard. original red cloth, lettered in gilt, gilt golfer vignette on spine. Very interesting book, autobiographical accounts of 34..... More