London: George Bell and Sons, 1895. 58p. decorative cloth. Third edition. First 1889, second 1892. illustrated with four photographs of "Old Tom" Morris, and an image of Tom to the front board. Author was the founder and Captain of the Cambridge University Golf Club and a personal friend of Old..... More
England: Golf Illustrated Ltd., 1927. Interesting articles. many period advertisements. cover. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
England: Golf Monthly, 1948. 3 issues. Interesting articles. many period advertisements. 1 extra issue included but cover missing. cover of Vol. 39 No. 1 cover missing. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: John Ouseley, 1909. Illustrated with 21 color plates by G. E. Shepheard. 13x9, original pictorial boards. First Edition. A fun and rare illustrated humor book providing pictorial accounts of golf's most frustrating moments. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J S20590; D&M 34620. More
London: Humorist, 1930. 80p illustrated wrappers. Very Scarce. Colour cover illustration by Lawson Wood of a Scottie dog bringing his old Scottish master a golf ball, the ball the golfers in the background are looking for! Several other balls lay at his feet. An anthology illustrated in the punch style..... More
London: Simkin, Marshall Hamilton, ca 1892. 17p. illustrated wrappers. Early fiction, lovely illustrations. Very fragile and scarce item in very good condition, spine professionally strengthened. Clam shell box. Superb copy Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J I3190. More
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1888. 40p. Drawings by John Smart. 15.2x12.2 cm. (6x4¾"), original tan front wrapper re-backed with a later paper spine and rear facsimile wrapper. First Edition. A very scarce little book with nice drawings that accompany some humorous golf instruction, under each drawing a famous quote. Extremely scarce..... More
London: Fine Art Society, 1899. [8] + plates. Introduction by Horace Hutchinson. With 7 loose color lithograph plates of a golfer at various stages of his life, wrapped with original tissue-guard. Folio, 16¾x10¾, contents loose in cloth-backed boards portfolio (as issued), pictorial color lithographed cover label. First Edition. The golfer..... More
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
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent and Co., 1892. 123p, Red decorative cloth edition. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Privately Printed, 1939/40. 124p. wrappers. Only published for PGA members, likely low print run. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London, England: Sherratt and Hughes, 1911. 151p. de luxe quarter vellum. With scarce dust jacket as published. Limited edition of 150 copies. 15s. nett. Rare large-paper edition, published after the trade edition, with new material added. With the list of subscribers in the rear giving the limitation statement: "the list..... More
Edinburgh: James Thin, 1911. 158p. cloth. gift dedication from unknown givers and recipients. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
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. Part..... More
London: Methuen, 1947. 204p, cloth History, twin to Fresh Fairways published in 1949 Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J S33760. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent and Co., 1892. 123p, Red decorative cloth edition. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1897. 104p. cloth. First Edition. Smith was editor of "Golf Illustrated," the British weekly, for many years and an important contributor to the literature of the game. He wrote three titles solo, this being the first, plus the monumental The Royal & Ancient Game of Golf..... More
St. Andrews: Henderson & Son University Press Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, 1919. 129p. Cloth. Extremely early and important title, only the 3rd edition of the decisions. An important work on the rules of golf. Contributions from 309 clubs, sending questions to the R&A rule committee, published..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. 302p. Cloth. Introduction by Grantland Rice. Illustrated with "McDuffer" cartoons. (8vo) cloth, First Edition. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J E8800. More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1895. 58p. decorative cloth. Third edition. First 1889, second 1892. illustrated with four photographs of "Old Tom" Morris. Author was the founder and Captain of the Cambridge University Golf Club and a personal friend of Old Tom. Brevity is common in these early golf volumes..... More
London: Murray and Evendon LTD., ca 1920. 76p. cloth. Poetry, very scarce title, exact publishing date unknown. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J S20740. More
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. 98p. illustrated boards. quarter cloth. Poetry. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J 7390. More
London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1887. 300p. original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition. Stewart's purpose in publishing this book was to bring golf literature to the attention of the public, since although Clark's magnificent book had appeared years before, it had been in a limited edition and generally unavailable..... More
Scotland: L.M.S., 1926. Fold-out map by map specialist McCorquodale & C. Glasgow. Gleneagles opened in 1919 and this map was probably completed as both courses King's and Queens opened. The map in the Macleannan book is black and white. Very attractive scarce item Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. More
London: Mills and Boon, 1924. 254p. Illustrated (59) with plates from photographs, including frontispiece portrait of the author "Auntie Mabel" with her facsimile autograph, original gilt-lettered navy blue cloth. Early references to the ladies open championship. Seldom seen title. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J S40450. More
