The County Borough of Wigan Golf Course "Official Opening" Programme 24th May 1972.
Wigan: Privately Printed, 1972. 20pp. The official opening of Haigh Golf Club Wigan. Black & White illustrations. More
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Royal Portrush Golf Club - Coastal Erosion Appeal Fund
Portrush: Privately published, 1983. 16p. wrappers. More
The Practical Greenkeeper.
London: Carters Tested Seeds, 1921. 48p. wrappers. Rare Greenkeeping book, large part with golf content. Nice article by T. Simpson "Golf Architecture". Scarce title. More
Golf Facility Planning.
England: Sports Turf Research Institute, 1996. 55p, spiral bound. Surprisingly hard to find title. D&J B13840. More
Advanced Golf
London: Methuen, 1908. 322p, cloth, first printing. Clean solid copy, top and rear of spine little rubbed otherwise a nice copy. D&J B22240. More
Golf Architecture Volume Four
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2008. 365p. simulated leather Ltd ed. 1 of 100 signed by author. Foreword by Michael Hurdzan. Fourth of six volumes in this series. Each volume is a series of essay's gathered by Paul Daley. Contributors include, Tom Doak, Lorne Rubenstein, Donald Steel, Scott MacPherson... Essay's..... More
Golf Architecture Volume One
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2002. 240p. simulated leather Ltd ed. 1 of 100 signed by author. Foreword by Geoffrey Cornish Great essays on all aspects of course architecture, from the likes of Tom Doak, Donald Steel, Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Gil Hanse, Neil Crafter, Pete Dye.... Part one of six..... More
Golf Architecture Volume One
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2002. 239p. oblong cloth. Foreword by Geoffrey Cornish. Great essays on all aspects of course architecture, from the likes of Tom Doak, Donald Steel, Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Gil Hanse, Neil Crafter, Pete Dye.... Part one of six volumes, published in trade and limited editions (see..... More
Golf Architecture Volume Six
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2013. 378p. simulated leather Ltd ed. 1 of 100 signed by author. Foreword by Paul Daley. More
Golf Architecture Volume Two
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2003. 304p. simulated leather Ltd ed. 1 of 100 signed by author. Foreword by Donald Steel Second of six volumes, more essays from around the world by some of the best architects. Interesting essays, A review of HS Colt. Golf architecture in Italy. CH Alison's..... More
Golf Architecture Volume Two
Glen Waverly, Victoria, Australia. Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2003. 304p. oblong cloth. Foreword by Donald Steel. D&J D2050. More
The Golf Courses of Great Britain
London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. 287p. cloth gilt text. Darwin casts his eye over Britain's leading courses fifteen years on from his original survey, published in 1910 as "The Golf Courses of the British Isles". This edition omits the courses of Ireland. Second edition. 31 colour plates (from water colours by..... More
Tom Doak's Little Red Book of Golf Course Architecture
2017. This book is an unprecedented view of how one of our era's best architects thinks about his craft, his peers and his business. It reads like a long conversation about a craft he has loved, studied and honed for nearly 40 years-golf course architecture. As well as being a...... More
Confidential Guide to Golf Courses Volume 2 The Americas (Winter destinations)
USA: Renaissance Golf Publishing, 2015. 361pp. A unique, entertaining and honest review of the world's best golf courses by world renowned golf architect Tom Doak. Voted one of the best 25 golf books of all time. Signed by author Tom Doak. More
Confidential Guide to Golf Courses Volume 5 Asia, Australia and New Zealand
USA: Renaissance Golf Publishing, 2018. 226p. Dust Jacket, 1st edition. A unique, entertaining and honest review of the world's best golf courses by world renowned golf architect Tom Doak. Royal Melbourne comes out as the top course in this volume scoring an impressive 10,10,10,9 Voted one of the best 25..... More
Classic Golf Coursesof Great Britain and Ireland
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1997. 205p. Cloth. Jacket. More
Firth on the Fairway
London: Privately printed, 2000. 38p. stiff wrappers. Journey of Peter Firth's favourite courses. More
The Great Scottish Courses volume II
South Queensferry: Donald Ford Images, 2001. 94p. oblong decorative cloth. Superb photography. First Edition. Signed by Author. Unpaginated. Illustrated. A further 40 Scottish golf courses are included, each with an outstanding, high gloss full size photo (10" by 15"). The superb quality of photos are impressive. Also included for each..... More
A Photographic Celebration of The Open Championship Venues
Scotland: Donald Ford Images, 2010. 136p. oblong decorative cloth. Superb photography. First Edition. Signed by Author. Every Open course and a narrative of each and every Open from 1860 Prestwick through 2010 St. Andrews. Good reference, and the wonderful photography of the author to boot. A beautiful presentation. More
The Unique Scottish Links
Scotland: Donald Ford Images, 2022. 97p. oblong decorative cloth. Superb photography. First Edition. Donald takes you round Scotland's finest links one last time (this is his final book) published in an edition of just 240 copies. When Donald Ford, international professional footballer and later accountant, retired he took up his..... More
The Golf Course, Planning Design, Construction and Maintenance.
England: E & F.N. SPON, 1983. 212p Illustrated cloth. Foreword by Henry Cotton. Illustrated boards. Hard to find and important architecture title. Originally published in 1983 going into many further printings. D&J H10270. More
British Golf Links, a short account of the leading golf links of the United Kingdom
London: J. S. Virtue and Co., 1897. 331p ad pp. Illustrated from numerous photographs and engravings throughout. 39.6x28.5 cm. (15½x11"), original cream coloured japon wrappers, titled in gilt, custom cream drop-back box. No. 169 of 250 copies. First Edition. The rare limited large paper edition with wider margins. This is..... More
British Golf Links, a short account of the leading golf links of the United Kingdom
London: J. S. Virtue and Co., 1897. Hutchinson, Horace G. (editor) British Golf Links: A Short Account of the Leading Golf Links of the United Kingdom with Numerous Illustrations and Portraits. London, J.S. Virtue & Co. 1897 viii, 331 + v ad pp. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Illustrated with numerous..... More
British Golf Links, a short account of the leading golf links of the United Kingdom
London: J. S. Virtue and Co., 1897. 331p. Cloth. Decorative cloth. Hutchinson, Horace G. (editor). Illustrated with numerous photographs and engravings throughout. (4to), original decorative green cloth with spine and front cover stamped in brown and black, lettered in gilt, dark brown end papers. The first thorough study of the..... More
Golf, LARGE PAPER edition (Badminton Library series)
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1890. xvi, 495p. Quarter leather. Contributions by Lord Wellwood, Sir Walter Simpson, A.J. Balfour, Andrew Lang, H.S.C. Everard, etc. Illustrated with numerous drawings by Thomas Hodge and Harry Furniss, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. 9½x7½, original ½ blue morocco & gilt-stamped orange cloth, gilt-lettered spine..... More