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
Architecture/greenkeeping
Lawns for Sport.
London: Golf Monthly, 1924. Chapters on The Upkeep of Putting greens, Bunkers, Tees, with drawings and contributions from Tim Simpson. 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. 322pp. Cloth. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including a photogravure frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. Original black cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt. First Edition. A book of instruction, with two chapters of memoirs. Scarce First printing April 1908, second was printed one month later..... More
The Journal of The Board of Greenkeeping Research Vol. 3 No.11
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1934. 243p. illustrated wrappers. Greenkeeping tomb, from the research hub of England. More
The Journal of The Board of Greenkeeping Research Vol. 4 No.12.
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1935. More
The Journal of The Board of Greenkeeping Research Vol. 5 No.19
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1938. 311p. illustrated wrappers. Greenkeeping tomb, from the research hub of England. More
The Journal of The Board of Greenkeeping Research Vol. 6 No. 20
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1939. 73p. illustrated wrappers. Greenkeeping tomb, from the research hub of England. More
The Journal of The Board of Greenkeeping Research Vol. 6 No. 21
England: St. Ives Research Station, 1940. 73p. illustrated wrappers. Greenkeeping tomb, from the research hub of England. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Greenkeeping
Harwich, Essex: .A. Quick and Co., 1982. 88p. wrappers. Scarce. Bookplate of Joseph Hacklet attached to inside wrapper. 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
The Architects of Golf; A survey of Golf Course Design from its Beginnings to the Present, with an Encyclopedic Listing of Golf Architects and Their Courses. A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of The Golf Course.
New York: Harper Collins, 1993. 648p. cloth dust Jacket, 1st edition, 1st impression. To this day the only such title, listing all known architects and their works. An absolute must have for anyone interested in this subject. More
Swinley Special; one hundred years of Harry Colt's "least bad course"
Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 2008. 212p. cloth. Famed Harry Colt designed course, a course he claime dto be "his least bad" course, meaning his favourite! Foreword by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. "Through his meticulous research, best-selling author Nicholas Courtney has written a fasciating account of Swinley Forest..... More
Favourite Holes
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2004. 149p, cloth. Daley's chosen essayist's take you on a tour around the worlds most renowned holes, Scotland to Australia with plenty of stops on the way. Each chosen hole has a full essay and plan, giving some insight in to why it is such..... More
Golf Architecture A Worldwide Perspective 'Volume Seven'
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2019. 355p. simulated leather Limited edition of 75 numbered and signed by author. Foreword by Paul Daley Over 40 essays from renowned golf architects of the world, Tom Doak, Clive Clark (Dumbarnie GC), Cynthia Dye.... Trump International on the Aberdeen coast... Fascinating reading and very..... 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 Three
Victoria: Full Swing Golf Publishing, 2005. 352p. simulated leather Ltd ed. 1 of 100 signed by author. Foreword by Bill Coore. 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
Golfers Guide for the United Kingdom Volume I - 1894
Worcestershire: Grant and Wilson, 2020. 208p,. decorative cloth. 250 copies only. Reprinted with a foreword by Don Wilson. Faithful reprint of the original. Only published 1894 to 1899. Hard edition to find, the most impressive of all the annuals published. Murdoch. This in its original is the scarce first volume..... 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 watercolours by Harry..... More
The Golf Courses of the British Isles.
London: Duckworth, ca. 1910. 254p, dec. cloth. Illustrated with plates (mostly in color) from paintings by Harry Rountree; printed tissue-guards, original green cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, First Edition. Darwin's famous book covering the courses of Scotland, England and Ireland. The illustrations, from original water..... More