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82. “CALAMO CURRENTE” [McHAR- DY, James] HALF HOURS WITH AN OLD GOLFER George Bell & Sons, 1895. First edition. 8vo. Original light brown cloth with elaborate gilt lettering and design to upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Four chromolithograph plates under tissue guards and 35 (mainly full page) engravings of scenes and diagrams by G.A Laundy. A very good copy with some darkening to the spine which is cocked and has fraying to the spine ends. Library stamp in blind and previous
84. HILTON, Harold H.; SMITH, Gar- den G. THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME OF GOLF The London and Counties Press Association, 1912. First edition, limited to 900 subscriber’s copies, this copy marked 492. Large 4to. Bound in publisher’s full red morocco with gilt decoration and lettering to the front board and spine. All edges gilt, with silk ribbon marker present. Colour frontispiece, two full-colour illustrations, two photogravures under tissue guards,
two full page black and white illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations in the text, also head and tail pieces drawn by Harry Rountree. A very good copy with some wear to the head of the spine and corners and light scratches to the boards. Internally clean, with previous owner’s name on the ver- so free front endpaper. [45931] £1,250 “One of the most magnificent books in the entire library of golf, com-
owner’s name stamped in ink to front endpapers. [45923] £300 “This elegant volume should be every golfer’s ‘Companion,’ and its au- thor the laureate of golf... Mr Laundy’s illustrations reflect both the poetic and the practical aim of this pretty book on the art of golf.” [Sat- urday Review, 1895].
83. DARWIN, Bernard; FARNIE, H. B. THE GOLFER’S MANUAL: 1857 Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland The Dropmore Press, 1947.
prehensive in con- tent, very handsome in appearance and attractively illus- trated. It includes a listing of golf books published up to this date. Mr Hilton was one of the greatest of English golfers and succeeded Mr Smith as editor of Golf Il- lustrated , one of the oldest golf mag- azines.” [Murdoch] Murdoch, 348.
First Dropmore Press edition. Small 8vo. Number 543 of 750 copies. Quarter green buckram, lettered in gilt with patterned paper covered boards. In the original dust- wrapper with wood engravings decorat- ing the upper panel. Printed on handmade paper. A fine copy with previous owner’s name on the free front endpaper, in a very good dustwrapper indeed with fading to the spine and a small, short closed tear to the head of the spine. [46111] £225 A beautiful private press edition of Farnie’s 1857 golf classic, intro- duced by Bernard Darwin. John O’Connor studied wood-engraving under Paul Nash and later exhibited at the Royal Academy. Today, his work can be seen in the Tate Gallery and the British Museum in London.
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