Playing the Like
London: Chapman & Hall, 1934. 246p, dec. cloth edition no spine fade, slight foxing on first few pages and a little rubbing on corners and spine, contents very good. D&J D6100. More
Essays/Anthologys
Around Golf
London: Arthur Barker, 1939. 246p. Cloth. Decorative cloth. Foreword by John Beck. Contributions from the world of golf, including Bernard Darwin, Lady Heathcoat-Amory (Joyce Wethered), Henry Longhurst, Guy C. Campbell, C.J.H. Tolley.... great book, very often underrated. Scarce and very good Dust jacket slight chips only. D&J M36160. More
Lays of the Links "A Score of Parodies"
Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1895. 68p. cloth. Twenty golf poems. First edition in variant binding. Donovan & Murdoch # 4400 as well as Donovan & Jerris # S37240 list this title as being 16 cm. in height (See Antiquarian Golf inventory Number 202123). The volume listed here is 17.5 cm..... 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
The Darwin Sketchbook
USA: Country Golf, 1991. 408p, cloth. All the great players, described only as Darwin can. Great reading. More
Golfer´s Gallery.
London: Oliver and Boyd, 1946. 196pp. cloth. Very underrated Scottish Journalist, spending his career with "The Scotsman". A well-respected analyst of the game. In Golfer's Gallery he writes about the twenty Open Championships and twenty Amateur Championships he witnessed between the two world wars, as well as Ryder, Walker and..... 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 Donts: Admonitions that will Help the Novice to Play Well and Scratch Men to Play Better
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. 114p. Cloth. 6¼x4¼, coarse tan-yellow cloth, green-stamped vignette on front and rear covers, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Fitzpatrick was the first golf reporter in America; he covered the very first tournament, held in 1894, for the New York Sun. D&J..... More
Second Shots.
London: Newnes, 1930. 178p. Decorative cloth. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph of the author. Gifted to Percy from a pupil. D&J D6820. More
Ida Broke The Humor and Philosophy of Golf.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. 302p. Cloth. Introduction by Grantland Rice. Illustrated with "McDuffer" cartoons. (8vo) cloth, First Edition. D&J E8800. More
Pictorial History of Golf
New York: A. S. Barnes, 1974. 282p. Cloth. Revised edition, first 1968. D&J G6790. More
Synonym Golf.
U.S.A. The Mohawk Press, 1931. 90p, cloth. New golf game idea, we do not think it took off. D&J S23440. More
Golfing Reminiscences: The Growth of the Game.
Edinburgh: J. & J. Gray, 1925. 140 pp. Illustrated with 4 plates from paintings and facsimiles. 7¼x4¾, gilt-lettered blue cloth. First Edition. " According to Murdoch, "Mr. Reid was one of the very first writers who specialized in golf reporting and his recollections are interesting and informative." Very hard to..... More
Nine Holes of Golf.
New York: Scribners, 1922. 87p. Boards. More
Out of the Rough.
London: Williams & Norgate Ltd., 1935. 255p. cloth. More
Golf From The Times.
London: The Times, 1912. 141p. Cloth. Early Darwin title, essays culled from the Times. Very good condition, no spine fade, gilt on front rear and spine all present and clan, no foxing, slight warping of front board. Interestingly their is a TIMES book sticker attached. More
Lays of the Links "A Score of Parodies"
Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1895. 68p. cloth. Twenty golf poems. First edition in variant binding. Donovan & Murdoch # 4400 as well as Donovan & Jerris # S37240 list this title as being 16 cm. in height (See Antiquarian Golf inventory Number 202123). The volume listed here is 17.5 cm..... More
On the Green: An Anthology for Golfers.
London: Daniel O'Conner, 1922. 237p. cloth. illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser. D&J L16900. More
On the Green: An Anthology for Golfers.
London: Daniel O'Conner, 1922. 237p. cloth. illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser. D&J L16900. More
The Golfing Pilgrim.
London: Methuen, 1898. 287p,+40 advertisements dated February 1898. (8vo) original gilt-decorated and lettered green cloth, untrimmed edges, many pages never read. First Edition. "A fictional account of a match played between two protagonists over many of the famous links in Britain. This book represents another of Mr. H[utchinson]'s important contributions..... More
Keep your Eye on the Ball
London: Collins, 1936. 48p. cloth. Lovely illustrations. More
The Lure of the Links; (Author of the Art of Golf)
London: Heath Cranton, 1920. 89p. cloth. Entertaining essays. More
The Spirit of the Links.
London: Methuen, 1907. 314p, 40 ad p. original gilt-lettered green cloth. First Edition. "Another book extolling the virtues of golf and, even today, a most interesting book to read" - Murdoch 439; Leach held a large golf book library claiming it to be one of the worlds largest. D&M 23780;..... 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. D&J B4450. More
The Perfect Golfer.
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