GOLF
PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY KERR 26. KERR, John. THE GOLF BOOK OF EAST LOTHIAN Private, printed by T and A Constable, 1896. First edition, limited to 500 copies, of which this is 292, signed by the author. 4to. Original olive buckram, with gilt vignette and title to cover and spine, dark green endpapers. Further inscribed by the author, “to Professor Mackinnon who loves ‘The Royal and Ancient Game’ from John Kerr” on the front free endpa- pers. Portrait frontispiece, nine full page plates and many more illustrations in the text. A very good copy with some fading to the boards and wear to the head of the spine. Internally bright. [45919] £1,250 This is the first of the histories written of an area or club, and in- cludes reprints of many of the earlier pieces, the most important of which is “Golfiana” by Thomas Brown (1869) Murdoch 419.
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