Golf

GOLF

19. HUTCHINSON, Horace G. BRITISH GOLF LINKS A Short Account of the Leading Golf Courses in the United Kingdom J. S. Virtue and Co., Ltd., 1897. First edition. 4to. Original olive pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper cover, with pictorial design in black and brown. Printed on coated paper and pro- fusely illustrated throughout with photographic re- productions of golfers, golf courses and club houses. A very good copy indeed, with light spotting to the edges and minimal wear to the extremities. [45912] £950 Murdoch describes it as “one of the more elaborate books of the period”, one which takes the reader on a tour of famous links of Great Britain with illustrations, and also serves as an interesting commentary on the style of clubhouses being built in England and Scotland at the time.

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