Crotchets and Foibles
London: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1903. 298p. Decorative red cloth. Essays, the first being golf. "The Golf Cure". Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
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The Golfer's Rubaiyat
New York: Duffield and Company, 1907. 79p. Decorative cloth Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Golf Guide and How to Play Golf
London: British Sports Publishing, 1910. 148p. + advertisements. Photograph of Braid stating his Open wins 1901,5,6,8 and 10, illustrated wrappers. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Golf: a Royal and Ancient game.
Edinburgh: R & R Clark, 1875. 284p. decorative cloth. Illustrated by Clark Stanton, C/A. Doyle and G. Aikman. Very significant and well produced early title. Compilation of the earliest literature of the game. Clark collected early press reports, biographical sketches, significant acts of Parliament, municipal records, diaries, a extracts of..... More
Golf: a Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Macmillian and Co., 1899. 305p. red boards, top edges gilt. Third Edition, preceded by the Scotland 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
The Glasgow Golf Club 1787-1907.
Glasgow: John Smith and Son, 1907. 172p. Red cloth. 120th anniversary of the Glasgow Golf Club. Repairs to two pages, previously torn, loose plate, contents clean Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Nine Holes of Golf.
New York: Scribners, 1922. 87p. Boards. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Sixteen Motion Pictures of the Golf Swing
Los Angeles, USA: Country Club magazine, ca 1925. possible supplement to the Country Club magazine. very informative, no doubt used many times by Percy. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
A Golfer's Gallery by Old Masters
London: Country Life, ca 1920. 19p, text, 19 mounted plates, plus 1 extra. Limited edition No. 64/500 signed by Darwin. The plates, designed to be framed, and very impressive art work they would become, So to find this in its original state, in the rare limited edition and in very..... More
Golf Its Rules and Decisions
New York: MacMillan, 1937. 411p, cloth. Comprehensive treatise of the Rules and Handicapping. A thorough analysis of the rules with over 300 decisions by the USGA Rules of Golf Committee. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J F14740. More
The Golfer´s Handbook.
Edinburgh: The Golfer´s Handbook, 1927. 891p 29h edition. This is the longest running and yearbook publication, a treasure chest of information. This is the first year of the larger format the 1926 issue had 1335p. Hard to find edition. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J G24900. More
The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf
London: Golf Illustrated Ltd, by London & Counties Press, 1912. 276p. Full Red Leather. Profusely illustrated from photographs, drawings, paintings, etc.; 3 color plates and 2 photogravures. (4to) 12¼x9¾", original full red pebbled calf, gilt-tooled pictorial lion emblem lettered "Far & Sure" on front cover, lettered in gilt, all edges..... 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
Everybody's Book of Games (Outdoor)
London: Howe & Co., 1890. 167p. leather wrappers. Chapter (13 pages), dedicated to golf. nusual title and reference. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Hoyle´s Games.
London: 1814. 302p, leather boards. Important early reference work, this being the preferred edition. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
The New Book of Golf.
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1912. 361p. decorative boards contributors; May Hezlet, Bernard Darwin, James Sherlock, A.C.M. Croombe, C.K. Hutchinson. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Golf is My Game.
United States of America: Doubleday, 1960. 255p cloth. Jones own account of The Grand Slam and an account of Golf Then and Now. Excellent condition! a classic. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J J9970. More
Mr Punch on the Links.
New York: Henkle, 1929. 147p Decorative cloth More punch humour. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
F.G. Tait A Record Being His Life, Letters and Golfing Diary.
London: J. Nisbet and Co. Ltd., 1900. 304p, decorative red cloth. Introduction by Andrew Lang. Biography of the great Scottish golfer who was tragically killed in the Boer War. Profits from the sale of this book were donated to the Black Watch Widows' and Orphans' Fund. Part of the Percy..... More
F.G. Tait A Record Being His Life, Letters and Golfing Diary.
London: J. Nisbet and Co. Ltd., 1900. 304p, decorative red cloth. I Introduction by Andrew Lang. Biography of the great Scottish golfer who was tragically killed in the Boer War. Profits from the sale of this book were donated to the Black Watch Widows' and Orphans' Fund. Part of the..... More
The "House" On Sport, By Members Of The London Stock Exchange
London: Gale and Polden Ltd., 1898. 470p. Decorative cloth. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Anthology of Sporting Verse.
London: W. Collins Sons and Company, 1930. 288p. cloth. Some golf essays, and some horse tales by George J. Whyte-Melville Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
Académie Universelle Des Jeux, Contenant Les Regles de Tous Les Jeux
Paris: Theodore Le Gras, Parigi, 1739. 588p. Leather. Magnificent rare manual on the ancient board games and on the new ones, for the eighteenth century, mainly treated are the game of Chess and that of Backgammon or Trictrac, to which almost the entire second, more consistent part of the work..... More
Académie Universelle Des Jeux, Contenant Les Regles de Tous Les Jeux
Paris: Amsterdam, 1760. 384p + 294p two volumes in one. Leather. This is a similar volume to Hoyle's Sports and Pastimes. 2 parts bound in a single strong volume In-12 full calfskin, very ornate ribbed spine. 384 + 294 pages. Figures in the text. The 1st part also contains "The..... More