Super Golf.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1919. 143p. cloth Quite hard to find, very hard to find jacket. D&J 41200. More
Rare Dust Jackets
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.
Rubs of the Green.
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
Intimate Golf Talk's
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
Collecting Golf Books 1743-1938. Aspects of Book Collecting series
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
Collecting Golf Books 1743-1938.; Aspects of Book Collecting series
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
The Links
New York: Charles Scribner´s and Sons, 1926. 163p dec. cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece with tissue-guard; plus golf course drawings; decorative end papers with Dr. MacKenzie's St. Andrews golf course illustration present. Scarce Jacket, small chip and loss of the to top of spine, otherwise front..... More
Fifty Years of Golf.
London: Country Life, 1919. 229p. cloth plus ads. Hutchinson's Autobiography of a very full and fascinating life in golf's early days. Hutchinson contested the first three Amateur Championship finals and the 1903 event winning two, the 1886 and 1887. He left a huge contribution to the literal world, with subjects..... More
The Autobiography of a Average Golfer.
New York: Greenberg, 1925. 247 pp. 7½x5, light green cloth, spine lettered in black, pictorial jacket. First Edition. Keeler was described by Murdoch as "Bobby Jones' Boswell"; Keeler saw Jones win all 13 of his major championships and travelled more than 120,000 miles of golfing trails with his cohort. Murdoch..... More
The Boy's Life of Bobby Jones
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 308p. cloth. Signed by Jones and Keeler. Clam shell box, dust jacket some professional repairs. Inscribed by Bobby Jones on front free end paper: "Best Wishes for Theodore P. Le Vino"; Copy also signed by author and sports journalist O. B. Keeler, who closely..... More
Golf.
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
Golf.
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
Down to Scratch
London: Methuen, 1937. 145p, cloth. edited by J.Martin. 5th impression. Quiet scarce and important title. 1st edition September 1933. D&J M31360. More
Whelks Postbag "Still Even More Letters to the Secretary of a Golf Club".
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. 187p. cloth Dust jacket. Third and hardest to find of this series. Illustrated with drawings by Christopher Millett and the author. 7½x4¾, green cloth, spine lettered in gilt D&J does not list a jacket. The scarce final volume in the author's humorous trilogy. Published in..... More
Golf: My Life's Work.
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
How to Play Golf.
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
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
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The Brain and Golf.
London: Mills and Boon, 1923. 96p, cloth. illustrated, with a chapter on Theory and Practice by the dean of English golf writers, Bernard Darwin. The preface states "This little book does not profess to teach beginners how to play Golf, but it aims at interesting Golfers in a branch of..... 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
My Golfing Life.
New York: Dutton, 1923. 246pp. The 1902 Open champions autobiography as told by Clyde Foster. First player to win the Open with a rubber cored ball. Played in the Open until 1939. Very interesting read, and well written by this champion from St. Andrews. This is the much scarcer American..... More
Modern Golf
New York: Outing, 1913. 140p, decorative cloth. First edition in scarce and very early dust jacket. Hilton won the 1911 US Amateur Championship, hence his popularity in America. D&J M17710. More
The Links.
New York: Charles Scribner´s and Sons, 1926. 163p dec. cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece with tissue-guard; plus golf course drawings; decorative end papers with Dr. MacKenzie's St. Andrews golf course illustration present. Scarce Jacket. D&J H27280. More
Down The Fairway.
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
Down The Fairway.
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
Great Golfers In The Making (unrecorded jacket!)
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
Whelk's Postbag "Still Even More Letters to the Secretary of a Golf Club".
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. Third and hardest to find of this series. 187 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Christopher Millett and the author. 7½x4¾, green cloth, spine lettered. The scarce final volume in the author's humorous trilogy. D&M 27350; D&J N1870. More