The Golf Clubs of Fife.
Dundee, Scotland: Simmath Press, 1928. Golf course guide, course descriptions, photographs. Variant binding in Maroon, normally blue. More
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History of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society.
Edinburgh: Privatley Printed, printed by David MacDonald, 1906. 54p. Decorated stiff wrappers. A small book large in content. Illustrated from photographs and drawings of members, past champions, etc., including a portrait drawing of Old Tom Morris with caption "who laid out Barnton." In back, with List of Office-Bearers of the..... More
Royal Singapore Golf Club
Singapore: Privately published, 1957. 31p. cream wrappers + club crest. Unusual club handbook/history. The club was given Royal. More
World of Golf (periodical) Issue No. 388 18th September 1913
London: 1913. Single issue No. 388 Thursday 18th September 18th 1913 Very Scarce periodical. More
In the Wind's Eye.
North Berwick, Scotland: Privately Printed, 1980. 92p, cloth. Illustrated from photographs, facsimiles and paintings, some in color. 8vo. Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial jacket. Former property of a long standing 50+ years member, book has been used, see pictures. Scarce 1st and only edition. D&J A3040. More
Making Golf Easier.
Edinburgh: Stoddart & Malcom, 1933. 51p. wrappers. Early English pioneer, taking golf to the continent. Father of the one and only Peter. More
Told at the 19th Hole, Humorous St. Andrews Golf Stories.
St. Andrews: J. & G. Innes. ca 1928. 35p. wrappers. 5th edition. Not recorded in Donovan and Jerris. More
Golf on Gullane Hill.
Scotland, Privately Printed, 1982. 68p. Cloth. Scarce 1st edition. Illustrated from photographs, reproductions, course maps, etc., plus a colour plate from a painting of Gullane Links painted by J. Smart in 1888. Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial jacket with a wrap-around colour scene. First Edition. Signed by the..... More
Odes and Reminiscences
Worcestershire: Grant Books, 2003. 54p, cloth. limited edition number 139/400. More
Odes and Reminiscences "contributors edition"!
Worcestershire: Grant Books, 2003. 54p, cloth. limited edition number 41/60 only, slipcase. Signed by Blyth Bell, David Marsh, Roger Robinson and Bob Grant, plus of course the author. More
Golf at Hoylake.
England: Grant, 1990. 171p. cloth ltd. ed. 228/1125 Classic history of this magnificent links, signed by both authors. Dust Jacket very good condition. D&J B11410. More
The Amateur.
Droitwich, Worcestershire: Grant Books, 1995. 255p, leather, slipcase. statistics by John Littlewood, and appreciation of Bobby Jones by Charlie Yates. 3/75 limited edition. The preferred edition, hard to locate. D&J B11320. More
Folkestone Golf Club "Official handbook"
London: The Golf Clubs Association, 1939. 19p. Scarce handbook, not recorded. More
The Golfers Manual (unrecorded jacket!)
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
King James the VI Golf Club.
Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark, 1912. 68p. cloth. Illustrated with plates from photos; double-page color map plan of the Moncreiffe Island Golf Course, original decorative red cloth. First Edition. The Club was founded in 1858 by local Perth gentlemen who wanted to form a club "whose interest would be more..... 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 brown cloth. 7x4¾, first Edition. Unusual brown cloth edition. Inscribed from John Andrerson to George Colville, George became Registar of Musselburgh upon John Andrersons retirement in 1914. Both where deeply involved in the early days of Musselburgh golf and its players, Parks..... More
Golf: a Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Macmillian and Co., 1893. 305p, cloth. Green boards, top edges gilt. Second Edition, preceded by the Edition of 1875. "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 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
Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture.
England: Grant, 1990. 69p. Leather, slipcase No. 54/100 signed by Hawtree & Cornish. Contributions by Dr. A. MacKenzie, Horace G. Hutchinson, John L. Low, and others. Introduction and commentary by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Fred Hawtree. Illustrated from photographs, old original ads, and a few other reproductions, gilt-decorated full green..... More
Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society
Edinburgh: John Donald, 1992. 100p, illustrated boards. Fascinating history of the Edinburgh club. Founded in 1761, the Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society is the fourth oldest in the world and one of Scotland's most prestigious clubs located only 3 miles from Edinburgh city centre. Contents cover: The origin; the Clubhouse; The..... More
The Golf Clubs Round Largo Bay. Innerleven, Leven, Leven Thistle, Lundin, Wemyss, Methil, Leven Ladies', and Lundin Ladies
Leven: Purves & Cunningham, 1909. 146p. cloth. Illustrations from photographs; plan of Lundin Golf Course. 7x4½. First Edition. The scarce book on Largo Bay golf clubs. Very scarce cloth edition, first time we have seen a cloth edition normally wrappers. More
The Golf Clubs Round Largo Bay. Innerleven, Leven, Leven Thistle, Lundin, Wemyss, Methil, Leven Ladies', and Lundin Ladies (stunning condition!)
Leven: Purves & Cunningham, 1909. 146p. wrappers. Scarce title, Illustrations from photographs; plan of Lundin Golf Course. 7x4½. Important and unheralded history. Songs of the Innerleven Golf Links reproduced. History's of Leven, Innerleven, Dubbieside, Lundin, Methill, Lundin Ladies.. all early Fife clubs instrumental in the growth of golf in the..... More
Bound for St Andrews
Texas: Dormy House Press, 2014. 421p. Half Leather. Limited subscribers edition about 120 copies only. Compiled by Dick Verinder. Foreword Donald Steel. Delightful anthology of 1920's Times essays, hours of please are ahead of the next fortunate owner of this tomb of Darwiniana. A very limited edition, subscriber only volumes..... More
Unforgettable Days
Texas: Dormy House Press, 2016. 430p. Half Leather. Limited subscribers edition about 120 copies only. Compiled by Dick Verinder. Foreword David Normoyle. Delightful anthology of no particular theme (as in Dick's other anthology's), but non the less worse for it, hours ofplease are ahead of the nextfortunate owner of this..... More
Wind on The Heath
Texas: Dormy House Press, 2013. 391p. Half Leather. Limited subscribers edition about 200 copies only. Compiled by Dick Verinder. Foreword Jeff Silverman. Dedicated to David Normoyle. 1930's Times articles, all never otherwise published, this period in Darwins career saw a shift from just reporting about golf tournaments to writing essays..... More