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190129500New York: J. F. Taylor & Company 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Folio over 14" tall. 411 pp. Three-quarter pale green morocco over marbled boards. This is number 110 of 450 copies of the Edition de Grand Luxe. Color frontispiece with tissue guard present. Edited by William Patten with contributions by Miss ruth Underhill Miss Beatrix Hoyt Herbert H. Harriman and twenty others. Edges worn at places. Some light staining to lower spine area. Still very well bound. Subjects include golf yachting tennis polo and much more. A large and heavy volume. J. F. Taylor & Company hardcover books
1921165081921. 1 vols. Pen and black ink initialled "W.M.R." dated May 2 1921 and inscribed "Oh! you Pinehurst"; 13-3/4 x 9. The drawing depicts a 1920s golfer clutching his ball and clubs; it is highly probable that this is a caricature of a Pinehurst North Carolina Golf Club figure. 1 vols. Pen and black ink initialled "W.M.R." dated May 2 1921 and inscribed "Oh! you Pinehurst"; 13-3/4 x 9" Amusing Golfing Drawing. unknown books
40517Pen and ink on paper. 7-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Fine. Pen and ink on paper. 7-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Original Golfing Cartoon Presented to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. The pipe-smoking artist is shown in caricature adressing the ball while an athletic figure labeled "Alfred" snaps him from afar. unknown books
188915578London: W.H. Allen 1889. First Edition. Frontispiece tailpiece and folding diagram. xi i 388pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 3/4 tan calf by Root upper cover detached and other cover wear internally fine and partially unopened. First Edition. Frontispiece tailpiece and folding diagram. xi i 388pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Includes a detailed fifteen-page chapter on Golfing its history description and a discussion of the desirable characteristics of its players. Not in Donovan and Murdoch W.H. Allen unknown books
193929150n.p. 1939. 1 vols. Image 12 x 12 inches. 1 vols. Image 12 x 12 inches. Golf Cartoon Original by Nate Collier. Optimism doesn't necessarily pay. Collier a talented illustrator did the pictures for Charlie Gaal's Your Golf 1949. unknown books
193929148n.p. 1939. 1 vols. Image 12 x 12 inches. 1 vols. Image 12 x 12 inches. Golf Cartoon Original by Nate Collier. One hole does not a champion make. Collier a talented illustrator did the pictures for Charlie Gaal's Your Golf 1949. unknown books
193929146n.p. 1939. 1 vols. Image 12 x 12 inches. 1 vols. Image 12 x 12 inches. Golf Cartoon Original by Nate Collier. A slight disagreement over the score. Collier a talented illustrator did the pictures for Charlie Gaal's Your Golf 1949. unknown books
193929149n.p. 1939. 1 vols. Image 12 x 12 inches. Fine. 1 vols. Image 12 x 12 inches. Golf Cartoon Original by Nate Collier. One-upmanship on the links. Collier a talented illustrator did the pictures for Charlie Gaal's Your Golf 1949. unknown books
194037926Perrier 1940. I 2 variants III IV VI VII VIII IX X XI XII 2 variants XII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XX XXXI XXXII XXXIII. Approximately 6 x 8-1/2 inches image size. Framed and glazed. I 2 variants III IV VI VII VIII IX X XI XII 2 variants XII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XX XXXI XXXII XXXIII. Approximately 6 x 8-1/2 inches image size. Crombie 1885-1967. Donovan & Murdoch 13510 Perrier unknown books
189829929New York: The Blanchard Press 1898. Fifth edition. Illustrated throughout with humorous lithographic drawings and lettered captions by the author. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/4 inches. Original lettered burlap wrappers multcolored paper label of a golfer on upper cover cover edges slightly frayed first and last few pages loose two with slight chips but overall an attractive copy of a fragile work. Fifth edition. Illustrated throughout with humorous lithographic drawings and lettered captions by the author. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/4 inches. Humorous 1898 Golfing Alphabet. A most amusing alphabet in rhymed couplets mostly focusing on the misadventures of neophyte or simply inept golfers; printed on gray stapled coated stock with an inherently fragile burlap cover this is a book almost doomed to self-distruct; the publisher's advertisement herein describes a hardier format including a buckram binding which presumably replaced earlier copies such as this one. Donovan and Murdoch 4560 The Blanchard Press unknown books
192836891NY: Golf Guide Co. Inc. 1928. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. NY: Golf Guide Co. Inc. 1928. Compiled from official sources. Several b/w photographs illustrations tables and advertisements. 626 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth. Head heel and corners lightly bumped and starting to wear. Board edges mildly rubbed. Spine shaken. Boards lightly soiled. Edges and pages uniformly toned with minimal scattered foxing extending only to front and end matter. Three inch tear at top fore-corner of first advertisement. Otherwise quite good. Text block clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply Golf Guide Co., Inc. hardcover books
1920252588New York 1920. Vintage gelatin silver print mounted on card. 13-3/4 x 10-3/4 in. Fine. Vintage gelatin silver print mounted on card. 13-3/4 x 10-3/4 in. A great candid shot of "Long Jim" Barnes who won the first US PGA Championship in 1916 wrote several books on golf technique and was one of the great early stars of the game. unknown books
1903243907New York: J.F. Taylor 1903. Autograph edition no. 24 of 50 copies. Hand-colored frontispiece in vol. I The Girl Who Rides painting by Henry Hutt inserted hand-colored frontispiece in vol. II Off Sandy Hook painting by J. Verrier not called for in contents. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings; in this edition the frontispieces and many of the small illustrations have been hand colored. xvi 1-280; iv 281-554 2 pp. 2 vols. Folio. Full green morocco gilt sporting device centered on upper cover with thistles as cornerpieces panelled spine also gilt with thistles t.e.g. others uncut by H. Blackwell. Fine. Autograph edition no. 24 of 50 copies. Hand-colored frontispiece in vol. I The Girl Who Rides painting by Henry Hutt inserted hand-colored frontispiece in vol. II Off Sandy Hook painting by J. Verrier not called for in contents. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings; in this edition the frontispieces and many of the small illustrations have been hand colored. xvi 1-280; iv 281-554 2 pp. 2 vols. Folio. One of 50 copies Superbly Bound. An imposing compilation of sporting personalities and statistics illustrated with drawings and numerous photographic portraits taken especially for this book. THE TWO CHAPTER 80-PAGE SECTION ON AMERICAN GOLF IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING being divided into "Golf-The Women" and "Golf-The Men" written by the sport's recent champions Ruth Underhill and Beatrix Hoyt and H.M. Harriman and Findley S. Douglas and featuring the leading competitors in the field as well as tournament statistics for 1895-1900. There is a large six chapter 53-page section on COURT-TENNIS AND RACQUETS along with three chapters 48 pages on LAWN TENNIS; four chapters 43 pages on POLO the chapter "Polo in England" being written by Foxhall Keene; chapters on FOX HUNTING COACHING by Oliver H.P. Belmont MOTORING and a final four chapters 80 pages on sail and steam YACHTING by H.B. Duryea and W.P. Stephens. <br/><br/>A MONUMENTAL AND BEAUTIFUL RECORD OF TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY SPORT. Phillips p. 287 noting only the "Edition de luxe" of 1500 copies; N.Y. Racquet and Tennis Club catalogue 2:26 no mention of limitation; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 281-2; not in Donovan and Murdoch or the yachting bibliographies J.F. Taylor unknown books
191260770Manchester VT: The Equinox House "Photographs / copyright by / W.H. Wallace / Photo- Illustrator 2231 Broadway / New York" 1912. 4to. 17 photographs plus a duplicate of one laid in each 6 x 8 inches mounted on stiff black photo album leaves each captioned in white ink plus 4 larger photographs each 8 x 10 inches laid in at the rear. Seven of the photographs picture views around Manchester the Equinox House a famous New England resort hotel the first two photographs the "Elms" on Main Street 1 the Battenkill River and Green Mountains 2 and Equinox Point 2; the four larger photographs that are laid in feature interior scenes of the hotel. Of importance are the ten golfing photographs taken at Ekwanok Country Club picturing the club house and the golfers on nine different holes of 18 and featuring major golfers of the era Warren Cockran the first President's Cup Winner Fred Herreshoff sometimes referred to as the greatest player to never win a major Walter J. Travis designer of the Ekwanok course and 3-time U.S. Amateur champion and Francis Ouimet who shocked the world with his 1913 U.S. Open Championship defeating the heavily favored Harry Vardon and Ted Ray of Great Britain Ouimet also won the 1914 U.S. Amateur Championship on this Ekwanok course. Other golfers pictured include James L. Taylor one of the founders of Ekwanok and Horace Rawlins an Englishman who won the first U.S. Open in 1895. Wallace was well-known for his golfing photographs in the period with many published in the "Century Illustrated Magazine" and other periodicals and books. We have not been able to locate other copies not in Donovan/Murdock or recorded on OCLC or in other sources consulted. Some of the images are toned but most are sharp and clear full of detail. An important photograph album picturing the sport and in its early years in the United States. Original pebbled leather rubbed. #7987. <br/><br/> The Equinox House ("Photographs / copyright by / W.H. Wallace / Photo- Illustrator 2231 Broadway / New York") hardcover books
191523767London: L. H. Lefèvre & Son 1915. First Edition: "A Limited number of artist's proofs signed by Sadler and Dobie.were printed on rice paper. Golf print in black and white by James Dobie after W. Dendy Sadler. 1 vols. 14 x 18 1/2 inches. About fine with full margins. First Edition: "A Limited number of artist's proofs signed by Sadler and Dobie.were printed on rice paper." Golf print in black and white by James Dobie after W. Dendy Sadler. 1 vols. 14 x 18 1/2 inches. This scene shows the negotiation of the stymie a rule on the putting green which is no longer in force. One of the special copies signed in pencil below the image by both W. Dendy Sadler and James Dobie. L. H. Lefèvre & Son unknown books
193124317n.p.: The Central Press Association 1931. The cartoon shows three young men one with golf clubs renting rooms next door to a pretty girl. 1 vols. 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches. The cartoon shows three young men one with golf clubs renting rooms next door to a pretty girl. 1 vols. 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches. Original Cartoon Drawing. A vintage cartoon by the artist who later created the popular comic strip "Skeets". The Central Press Association unknown books
196445289London: Frost & Reed 1964. Golf print after the watercolor by Arthur Weaver signed in pencil by the artist on the mount. 1 vols. 16-1/2" x 22" image size. Fine in simple black and gilt frame. Golf print after the watercolor by Arthur Weaver signed in pencil by the artist on the mount. 1 vols. 16-1/2" x 22" image size. With pencilled sketch of a man holding golf flag in lower margin. Frost & Reed unknown books
194930526New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1949. FIRST EDITION. Near fine book in a fine bright dust jacket faint crease at spine. <br/><br/> Thomas Y. Crowell unknown books
194630524New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Near fine book in a fine bright dust jacket. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
193730525New York: Whittlesey House 1937. FIRST EDITION. Some light spotting to page edges. Else a fne book in a fine bright dust jacket. <br/><br/> Whittlesey House unknown books
1961305191Englewood Cliffs N.J. Prentice-Hall 1961. 1961. First edition. 4to. 5 page introduction of Cary Middlecoff. Illustrations by Lealand Gustavson. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 171 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1961]. hardcover books
1950232880Oahu: United States Army 1950. Single cardstock leaf 7x4 inches printed in blue and red inks and folded once to make a scorecard with rules of play; mildly edgeworn with corner-tip crumple-lines and faintest touch of dust. Quite a nice look to this and it has never been filled in or marked in any way; a very good exemplar. Accompanying the item is a googled pagelong printout from 2005 giving Leilehua's history built 1948 and playing characteristics viz the unique 8th hole which forces a drive to the top of a hill before pin can be seen. Dating is problematical but in 1953 Norman Thibodeau was a "new head pro" who "started planting the Norfolk pines that today are found throughout the golf course United States Army unknown books
189215089London Longmans Green 1892. 1892. Third edition probably printing. 8vo. Numerous illustrations by Thomas Hodge and Harry Furniss. Index. 3/4 gilt stamped green morocco by Bayntun-Riviere spine with raised bands marbled endpapers t.e.g. Fine fresh copy. Series: The Badminton Library. Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green, 1892. hardcover books
1979305192New York Harper & Row Publishers 1979. 1979. First edition thus updated and revised. Large 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 439 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Harper & Row, Publishers [1979]. hardcover books
198916118LA: Sloan 1989. First edn. 4to pp. 192. VG copy in dj. Illustrated in color throughout. Sloan unknown books
