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199620121Barry: Panmure Golf Club 1996. hard cover with dustjacket. VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear signed by the Club Secretary G.W. Paton on label on inside cover and gift inscription signed by the author on front endpaper. Dust jacket protected with a plastic cover./Very Good. Signed by author. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations Maps Portraits Plans. Limited ed. of 1500 numbered copies this being copy number 450. Panmure Golf Club hardcover
1985171723Riyadh: G.B.O.S.S. 1985. Our great efforts to build up our modern society First and only edition of this densely illustrated work on the modernization of Saudi Arabia providing a panorama of the country and its people. The foreword describes it as the country's "national duty" to combine development with historically rooted values. WorldCat shows only two institutional copies AUC and Pennsylvania. The chapters not only focus on commonly appreciated aspects of Saudi modernization such as the oil industry but also on issues such as girls' education youth welfare and the media. Arresting images include pictures of Saudi citizens in hospital on the sports field and in news studios. Many colour graphics and bar charts illustrate the financial allocations made to different ministries agricultural figures and even the number of students enrolled in vocational training centres. Small quarto. Original green leatherette over boards front cover and spine lettered in gilt. With 2 loose leaves handwritten in Arabic. Minor soiling to boards spine and fore edge bumped a touch of rubbing to gilt contents fresh and bright. A very good copy. hardcover
1990016936Augusta Ga: Augusta National Golf Club 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed and Dated in the Year of Publication. 1st Edition. A lovely copy in green leatherette inscribed & signed by Jay Hebert. Jay Herbert " Junius Joseph "Jay" Hebert February 14 1923 - May 25 1997 was an American professional golfer. He won seven times on the PGA Tour including the 1960 PGA Championship". Augusta National Golf Club Hardcover
200026852Dublin OH: Memorial Tournament 2000. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperbound quarto. 196 pp. Glossy bound magazine format. Article on Jack Nicklaus by Ken Bowden included. A near fine copy. SIGNED by Nicklaus on the front cover. Magazine includes lots of color glossy photos articles adverts and more having to do with the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin Ohio for the May 22-28 2000 Memorial Golf Tournament. Memorial Tournament paperback books
1929205593New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First edition. Bookplate; tips slightly rubbed else fine in an edgeworn dust jacket with a scratch on the spine and evidence of general dampness book unaffected. 8vo 167pp; cloth-backed plush green boards mimicking the manicured texture of a putting green. A psychological study of the game. Gene Sarazen was a dominant golfer of his generation winner of seven major tournaments and a career grand slam. Bookplate of H.E. McFaddin apparently a Maryland businessman. Horace Liveright unknown
1924k3297London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Covers lightly rubbed and sunned. Sm. chip to head of spine. Previous owner's inscription to fep. Occasional light foxing. 1924. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 180mm x 130mm 7" x 5". viii 292pp. ads. B/w plates and b/w illustrations within the text. . W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd hardcover
200022625Old Saybrook CT: Borough of Fenwick 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. A fine copy in decorated green cloth in fine unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce book on the history of the Morgan Cup. 144 pp. Illustrated. <br/><br/> Borough of Fenwick hardcover books
199129384Worcestershire: Grant Books 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Wide hardbound volume in dustwrapper. 233 pp. With some illustrations. Bibliography of the golf book library of Joseph Mursoch. A near fine example in dustwrapper. Published in an edition of 950 copies and signed by Shirly Grant the publisher. Grant Books hardcover books
194727787New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill 1947. First edition. Cloth. Very Good . Small clothbound 8vo. 189 pp. First edition with no additional printings noted. A classic in the field with numerous illustrations on how to avoid some common pitfalls in your swing. A very handsome copy in illustrated green cloth binding. Lacks the uncommon dustwrapper. Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill unknown books
190207156THE ONE BEFORE Scribners 1902 first edition a bright vg copy in pictorial cloth. A fantasy with golf being a strong component. Profusely illustrated. Scribners / Scribner's hardcover
19913554907191371991. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Droitwich Worcestershire: Grant Books 1991. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR JOHN ADAMS AND LIMITED TO 125 COPIES THIS BEING # 69. Publisher's full red morocco with gilt lettering to the front board and spine with vignette of a golfer in gold to the front board. Four raised bands to the spine. All edges gilt. Title to the spine in gilt on black leather label. Marbled end-papers. A very fine copy in like publisher's slip-case. Hand-written letter from the publisher dated 6.4.91 laid in about the forthcoming publication of this book. A stunning production. Note: This limited edition of 125 copies should not be confused with the separate limited edition of 750 copies which is signed by Shirley Grant the publisher which was NOT published with a slip-case. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
1938369654Pittsburgh 1938. With two illustrations from photgraphs. 70 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Red cloth. Minor soiling near fine. With two illustrations from photgraphs. 70 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Constitution by-laws and membership lists for this long-standing Pittsburgh club. The photographs show the Club in 1897 with members on the porch and an aerial view of the club and grounds. The membership lists includes hosts of Laughlins Mellons and Scaifes and other Pittsburgh families. There is a memorial roll listing both men and women members. OCLC reports single locations only for Club books from 1904 1915 and 1946 and nothing from the interwar years. RARE. <br/><br/> hardcover
1917000214<p><strong>We believe this to be the first complete collection of its kind</strong> including several items that we have not encountered in public libraries or archival sources. In any case it represents the most comprehensive collection of issues that we have traced over a period of twenty-five years of Ottoman state publications many of which are difficult to assemble. The collection essentially consists of official reports most of which were prepared by the two ambassadors <strong>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu</strong> and <strong>Muhammad Nâbi</strong>. These reports are highly restricted official documents.</p>Description of the Collection<p>The reports were prepared in <strong>Ottoman Turkish</strong> except for four items written in modern Turkish after the alphabet reform; these were prepared by <strong>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik</strong> and <strong>Abdulgani Seni Bey</strong>.</p>1. <em>Najd Issue</em> Najd Question<p>Ottoman Turkish report published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Istanbul 1918. 15 pages octavo.<br />Prepared by Ambassador Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and the Ottoman Ambassador in Rome Muhammad Nâbi dated 11 March 1917.</p><p>The report discusses the political borders of Ottoman Najd; the treaty signed between Süleyman Şefik Pasha and Abdulaziz ibn Saud; the Ottoman–British treaty concerning Najd including Qatar; and the Ottoman treaty with Ibn Saud converting Najd from a <em>mutasarrifate</em> into a province <em>vilayet</em> appointing Ibn Saud as governor and commander-in-chief including military organization.</p><p>Topics include:<br />Midhat Pasha's report; Wahhabis; the conflict between Saud and Abdullah ibn Faisal; the sheikhs of Muscat Mukalla Oman Hadhramaut and Bahrain and their relations with Britain; Saudi movements along eastern Najd; Ottoman naval response under Midhat Pasha; the administrative difficulty of Najd; support of Mubarak al-Sabah for the Ottomans; coercion of Abdullah al-Faisal to sign the al-Ahsa treaty; Ibn Rashid's advances; tribal dynamics; British support of Al-Sabah; British protection; Ibn Saud and the Muntafiq sheikh; Ottoman–Wahhabi agreements 10 April 1905; British protests regarding Ibn Saud's border violations and interference in Qatar and Oman; the 12-article Ottoman–Ibn Saud treaty of 12 July 1913 including the separation of Qatar from Najd; maritime boundaries; recognition of Jasim Al Thani; compensation to the Sheikh of Bahrain.</p>2. <em>Muscat Issue</em><p>Ottoman Turkish report Ministry of Foreign Affairs Istanbul 1918. 6 pages.<br />Prepared by Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and Muhammad Nâbi dated 27 November 1916.</p><p>Covers Muscat modern Oman the Imamate foreign involvement Ottoman views rejecting Muscat's independence from the Arabian Peninsula; relations between Najd Muscat and British India; strategic location; occupation history; Al-Sa'id relations with Wahhabis; British and French recognition of Omani independence in 1862; Ottoman perspective on Oman's connection to Arabia.</p>3. <em>Qatar Coasts Issue</em><p>Prepared 8 January 1917. Printed at the Imperial Press. 7 pages plus 9 pages of French appendices.</p><p>Topics include British expansion from Bahrain to Qatar; Ottoman claims; British intervention since 1891; correspondence with the Ottoman state; Bahrain–Qatar disputes over Zubarah and al-'Udayd; appointment of Abd al-Rahman Al Thani; British encroachments; Qatar within the Kuwait treaty framework; confirmation of Jassim Al Thani's authority in 1913.</p>4. <em>Kuwait Issue</em><p>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu & Muhammad Nâbi. Imperial Press Istanbul 1334 AH. 34 pages.</p><p>Geography population sect history of Al-Sabah; Ottoman administration of Baghdad and Basra; British policy; secret treaties 1899–1904; borders; railways; maritime flags; taxation refusal; British attempts to place Kuwait under protection; Ottoman responses; oil islands Bubiyan Khor Abdullah; Sheikh's declaration of being an officer in the British army. Dated 31 August 1918.</p>5. <em>Basra Gulf Issue</em> Bahrain Qatar Pirate Coast/Emirates<p>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik. Ankara 1931. 32 pages.<br />Political tribal and documentary history in Turkish English and French.</p>6. <em>Irrigation in Arabia</em><p>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu & Muhammad Nâbi. 14 pages.<br />Ottoman irrigation projects; British interference since 1910; German involvement.</p>7. <em>Asir Revolt of 1911</em><p>Report by Consul General İsmail Hakkı. 31 pages.<br />Ottoman military actions; Idrisi revolt; tribal loyalties; Wahhabi involvement; detailed military maps.</p>8. <em>Aqaba Issue</em><p>By Rashdi Infantry Brigade Commander. Istanbul 1326 AH. 154 pages.<br />Ottoman–British relations; Egypt's role; Hijaz railway; Aqaba dispute.</p>9. <em>War in Arabia between Ibn Saud and the Imam of Yemen</em><p>By Abdülgani Sünni Bey. Ankara 1934. 20 pages.<br />Unique copy. Covers causes tribal alignments Asir Aden Najran foreign involvement.</p>10. <em>Guide to the Gulf of Aden</em><p>Ottoman Turkish. Istanbul 1310 AH. 276 pages.<br />Includes maps; authored by naval officer Süleyman Nutqi.</p>11. <em>Tripoli Benghazi and the Twelve Islands Issue</em><p>Report dated 27 November 1916. 24 pages French treaty texts.<br />Ottoman North Africa American conflicts Italian ambitions Lausanne Treaty.</p>12. <em>Sheikh Sa'id Island Issue</em><p>Istanbul 1916. 4 pages.<br />Strategic Bab al-Mandab island dispute with France.</p>13. <em>Palestine Issue – Zionist Claims</em><p>Istanbul 3 March 1918. 43 pages.<br />Origins of Zionism; European diplomacy; Jerusalem administration.</p>14. <em>Notes on the Iraq War</em><p>Military Press 1333 AH. 88 pages.<br />Translated from English for official use only. Rare.</p>15. <em>Bahrain Issue</em><p>Report dated 8 January 1917. 12 pages French texts.<br />History British protection treaties 1820–1898 inclusion in 1913 Gulf treaty.</p>16. <em>Muhammarah Issue</em><p>Report dated 1 March 1917. 8 pages.<br />Borders oil Sheikh Khaz'al Anglo-Iranian-Ottoman relations.</p>17. <em>Oil Concessions in Arabia</em><p>Report dated 26 March 1917. 9 pages English treaty.<br />Mosul Baghdad Basra Shell Najd Kuwait.</p>18. <em>Baghdad Issue</em><p>Report dated 31 August 1917. 53 pages French texts.<br />Baghdad Railway; British–Ottoman rivalry; Gulf politics.</p>19. <em>Farasan Islands Issue</em><p>Report dated 28 November 1916. 8 pages.<br />German coal depot request; British occupation; oil and gas.</p>20. <em>Hadhramaut Issue</em><p>Report dated 11 March 1917. 6 pages.<br />Tribal governance; British relations via Aden.</p>21. <em>Aden and the Nine Districts</em><p>Report dated 27 November 1916. 39 pages French annexes.<br />Portuguese Ottoman British rule; Yemen administration; sovereignty claims.</p>22. <em>Memorandum on British Claims Regarding the Baghdad Line and Basra Gulf</em><p>Istanbul 21 January 1911. 35 pages appendices.<br />Detailed diplomatic negotiations since 1903.</p>23. <em>Guide to the Red Sea</em><p>Istanbul 1307 AH. 459 pages.<br />Comprehensive nautical and railway guide with ports and routes.</p>24. <em>South Arabia Issue</em> Hadhramaut Socotra etc.<p>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik. Bulgaria 1935. 132 pages with photographs and maps.</p>25. <em>The Egyptian Issue</em><p>Prepared March 1918. 186 pages.<br />Ottoman legal and political analysis of Egypt from Muhammad Ali to British occupation.</p>26. <em>Shatt al-Arab Issue</em><p>Istanbul 1917. 30 pages.<br />1913 treaty with Britain; navigation borders Iran Muhammarah.</p><p><strong>Note</strong><br />İsmail Hakkı Tevfik was a senior Ottoman and Republican diplomat and son-in-law of Sultan Mehmed VI. Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and Muhammad Nâbi were leading Ottoman statesmen. Other contributors include Süleyman Nutqi naval officer and Abdulgani Seni Bey later a key Republican thinker.</p><ul><li><strong> 26 items</strong></li></ul> Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs paperback
196154957Pinehurst North Carolina: Richard S. Tufts. Very Good; Dj in Good Condition. 1961. Hardback. 122 pages . Richard S. Tufts hardcover
1972341j0814Toronto Ontario: The Royal Canadian Golf Association / R.C.G.A. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1972. Club-House Edition. Hardcover. 117 pages. Index. Eight page fold-out "Rules of Amateur Status" revised February 11 1972 affixed inside back board. Gift greetings atop first leaf otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear to original red cloth. A quality vintage copy.; Sm 4to . The Royal Canadian Golf Association / R.C.G.A. hardcover
192274414London: Methuen 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Methuen 1922. Octavo xii 128 8 publisher's catalogue pages plus a frontispiece and 7 pages of plates. Cloth lightly bumped on the front bottom edge; spine sunned and a little rubbed; endpapers lightly offset; inner margin of the title leaf and the adjacent leaf a little glue discoloured with trifling adhesion blemishes to the inner margin of the frontispiece and title page; a very good copy. Methuen hardcover
190926468Mills & Boon 1909. 8vo. First Edition Sole Edition with frontispiece and 14 plates; half-title and title lightly spotted; original green cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in black covers mildly age-marked top lightly dust-soiled else a very good clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE Mills & Boon, hardcover
198529008New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Stated first edition. Includes 49 photographs. A handsome near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Trevino on the half-title page. Holt, Rinehart & Winston hardcover books
1992W0719GOMarietta GA: Longstreet Press 1992. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering and upper cover vignette. Endpapers with watercolors of golfers titled Members of the Club. Loose watercolor plate laid in titled Checking the Distance Ballybunnion Ireland. Book and jacket in exceptional condition; dust jacket is price clipped. A marvelous evocation of golf highlighted by 80 oil and watercolor paintings by Ellis. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Ray Ellis. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Trade. Longstreet Press Hardcover books
198725644Cincinnati: Olman Industries 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardbound quarto. 176 pp. Illustrated with photographs. A biography of the great golfer legend Gene Sarazen. A near fine copy in green boards ruled and lettered in gilt. Issued without dustwrapper. This copy has been SIGNED by Sarazen and dated 1990 after his name. Olman Industries hardcover books
19433554907250781943. First Edition. St. Andrews Scotland: W.C. Henderson and Son Ltd. University Press 1943. First UK Edition. A softback. Not issued with a dustwrapper. 75p. Blue illustrated wrappers lettered in white to the front cover. A VG copy. Minor creasing to the bottom right-hand corner of the front cover. No inscriptions. Clean interior. Spine firm. A nice bright and clean copy. Uncommon. Further photographs available upon request. unknown
197528592New York: Alfred Knopf 1975. Third edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Clothbound qurto in dustwrapper. 591 pp. This is the third edition revised and enlarged of the best and most complete book on the story of American golf. Illustrated. A handsome very good copy in pale green cloth covers in a very good price-intact dustwrapper with a long crease and a couple of closed tears to the rear panel of the dustwrapper. Alfred Knopf unknown 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
1993146456Kibdib, HHL Publsihing. (1993). 248 pages. With a lot of photos in colour. Green original hardcover binding and an Illustrated original dustjacket in very good condition. 31x24 cm
1958174959Oxford: Distributed for the Royal institute of International Affairs by Oxford University Press 1958-59. Revised edition of Western Powers updated from the 1958 briefing including a length section on the "British position in the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf" framing six decades of British foreign policy within the context of Lord Curzon's 1899 analysis of the Gulf. "This memorandum had its origin in the need to put together for immediate use during the summer of 1958 documents and statements relating to the latest of the recurring crises in the Middle East". It outlines treaty commitments to different Gulf states and provides a documentary chronology of Britain's diplomatic relationships. The memorandum on Libya discusses topics such as defence population agriculture and fisheries transportation and budgets and finance. Two works quarto. Mimeographed typescript in both vols. Original green wrappers wire-stitched as issued front covers lettered in black. Pencilled price on front wrapper of Libya. Light sunning contents clean: near-fine copies. unknown
