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1896r3847aEdinburgh: T & A Constable. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. 1896. First Edition. Marbled hardback boards with blue cloth spine. 300mm x 220mm 12" x 9". xix 516pp xxxiv plates. 9 b/w & sepia plates. 270 b/w vignettes. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . T & A Constable hardcover
18903061London: Day & Son; Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. 1890. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 250mm 7" x 10". 27pp 25pp ads. According to the Badminton Library. . Day & Son; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd hardcover
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
182813090Paris, 1828. Folio (43 x 33 cm). Mit 50 Stahlstichen (gest. Titel m. Vign., 2 Karten, 36 auf Taf. mont. Ansichten sowie 10 mont. Vignetten). 65 S. Ldr. d. Zeit m. Blind- u. Resten v. Goldprägung. Kopfgoldschnitt.
18241702361824. Verso bezeichnet mit "Castello di Ischia, 1824" Auf festem Velin. 25,5 x 39,5 cm (blattgoß).
1900664unknown: unknown 1900. 9 1/2 x 8 inches 8 x 8 inches 8 x 8 inches. Very good condition. This is a set of three very rare etchings of golf. The first is a layout of the first tee and closing hole at St. Andrews Old Course. The second is of a golfer finishing his swing with. golfers in the background. The third is a golfer loonig at a difficult shoe if not impossible. These are very old and quite rare. They have been in my possession for 40 years and are new to the market. At one time I had the name of the artist but have misplaced my fact sheet. See pics. unknown unknown
1807ST12145Edinburgh: Printed for Peter Hill et al. 1807. FIRST EDITION. 197 x 114 mm. 7 3/4 x 4 1/2". 2 p.l. v-viii 244 pp. <br/> PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS paper label on spine edges untrimmed. In a felt-lined morocco-backed folding box. Four engraved plates three views and a city plan. Front free endpaper inscribed "Edin. 27th April 1807 / Agnes Cockburn / in memory / of the author." Donovan & Murdoch 270. Boards a little soiled front joint cracked rear joint starting at tail extremities with the expected considerable wear spine label chipped with a fourth of the letters gone but the boards still attached and the extremely insubstantial publisher's binding still appealing because of its original materials. Title page with a bit of offsetting from frontispiece isolated minor foxing in text other trivial imperfections but an excellent copy internally the untrimmed leaves bright fresh and clean with all of their ample margins intact.<br/> <br/> This is an invaluable early book on the history of St. Andrews in general and more specifically on St. Andrews as the home of the game of golf offered here in the publisher's original boards. It is the first work by the clergyman and polymath James Grierson M. D. 1768-1844 and the first printing of the first work on the ultimate destination of all those who consider golf sacred.The final chapter here entitled "The Company of Golfers" gives a short history of golf provides "an idea of the nature of this elegant amusement" and describes how the earliest golf balls called "featheries" on account of their stuffing were made. The book is dedicated to Lady Elizabeth Moncreiffe the daughter of the renowned military leader and politician George Ramsay 9th Earl of Dalhousie Governor General of British North America and later Commander-in-Chief of India wife to Sir Thomas Moncreiffe and a woman of considerable wealth. Grierson had served as tutor to her son Sir David Moncreiffe 6th Baronet 1788-1830 early in his career and apparently maintained a connection to the family. Our first edition is uncommonly found in publisher's boards. Printed for Peter Hill, et al. unknown
