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1938405071Hastings-on-Hudson NY: Self-published 1938. Wrappers with a few small spots and some light soiling and edgewear internally clean and unblemished save the library markings to the preliminaries. 8vo 9 x 6.25 inches. 146 4 pages. Color frontispiece black-and-white plates. Original salmon printed wrappers. Provenance: Hastings Historical Society label on front pastedown donor's name in ink on-half-title. Sold on behalf of the Society to Benefit their annual fund. SCARCE FIRST EDITION one of only 400 privately-printed copies most of which were distributed to members of the club. The Saint Andrews Golf Club in Hastings-on-Hudson New York is the oldest golf club in the United States. John Reid of Dunfermline Scotland founded the club in 1888. It has existed in its current site since 1897 and features an 18-hole golf course designed by golf course architects William H. Tucker and Harry Tallmadge. In 1983 the track was refurbished by legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus. <br/><br/> Self-published unknown books
1963216337New York: The New Yorker 1963. 1 vols. 6 x 7 inches. Fine. 1 vols. 6 x 7 inches. The New Yorker unknown books
198827109Endicott: Castalio Press 1988. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine/none. Full green leatherbound book illustrated and printed in gilt. 8vo. 658 pp. Includes an introductory essay by Herbert Warren Wind. Some light handling wear else a near fine copy. Superb golf reference book. Illustrated with some pictures. This is one of only twenty special copies produced in full leather and SIGNED by Donavan Murdocch and Wind. This is Copy #7 Herbert Warren Wind's own copy presented to him at the time of publication. The book comes with a certificate from his widow Rose Wind Stone authenticating the provenance of this copy. Castalio Press unknown books
192512886N.p.: Golfers Magazine 1925. With thirty-seven 8 x 10 inch photographs. 1 vols. The photographs for the most part captioned are mounted on black paper pages laid within black imitation leather covers lettered in gilt on upper cover. Fine condition. With thirty-seven 8 x 10 inch photographs. 1 vols. Vintage Golf Photographs. An extraordinarily interesting series of actual photographs taken on a tour through the Canadian and American Pacific Northwest with a few group shots of the participants but mostly showing views of the courses and buildings of golf clubs in Banff Lake Louise Spokane Moose Jaw Tacoma Portland Calgary Helena Seattle Winnipeg and elsewhere. The photographs are superb the subjects of compelling interest the locales pristine if not indeed primitive and the reaction--even to a non-golfer--is one of almost overpowering nostalgia.<br/><br/><br/><br/>A SUPERB PIECE OF AMERICAN GOLFING HISTORY. Golfers Magazine 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
199226254No Place: Privately Printed 1992. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Elephant folio. Cloth covered folding portfolio containing twelve original SIGNED black and white photographs of golfer Ben Hogan taken by photographer Jules Alexander. One of supposedly five hundred sets this being #92 but it remains the first one we have seen or handled in twenty years in business. Folded booklet with text by Herbert Warren Wind laid in and signed on the rear panel by the photographer. All elements in fine condition. As a bonus item this portfolio includes an extra signed photograph of Tiger Woods taken from the book Tiger Woods in Black and White by Jules Alexander. All of the photographs are 15 1/2" wide x nearly 20" tall including borders. A scarce and beautiful golf item and of particular interest to Hogan fans and followers. Privately Printed 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
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
