The Australian Golfer by Soutar - 1906

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Sydney: E.W. COLE, 1908. xv260pp + 75 bw photos at rear, frontis, appendix. Or green cloth titled in gilt to spine. Some spotting to fore- and bottom edges, endpapers toned. Some minor edge wear and a few white spots to cloth mainly on rear. Scarce early Australian golf title by Australia's first star of the game.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1906. Octavo, xvi, 260, [2] pages with 13 illustrations plus 76 plates and a detachable swing-guide sheet tipped in after the plates at the rear (this is not noted in the plate list; it is frequently missing, and often overlooked by cataloguers, but it is referred to in the caption to the illustration on page 69). Dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; top edge gilt; covers slightly marked and rubbed at the extremities; endpapers offset and lightly foxed, with the front inner hinge lightly (read, almost invisibly) reinforced; minimal signs of age and use (including pencil underlining to eight consecutive lines on one early page); detachable swing-guide sheet is now detached (but still present); overall, this is an excellent copy of a scarce book, rarely found complete and in such good condition. The first Australian golf book of any substance. Daniel Gordon (Dan) Soutar was born in… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1919. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Photographs By L. F. Deming. 252 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing With 1919 Date On Title And Copyright Pages, No Additional Printing Indicated. Clean, All Gilt Brilliant On Spine And Front Cover, Touch Of Rubbing To Cloth At Corners, No Fraying, No Stains Or Foxing, A Little Wear To Cover Paste-On Illustration And A Few Flecks To Cloth (Lightening Of Color) But Cloth Clean, Bright, Unfaded; Contents Square And Immaculate. Hinges Tight. Pencil Ownership Signature Of G W Mead, Champion Golfer At Pinehurst Around 1919-1921. This First Printing Is Scarce In Such Well-Preserved Condition.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8vo (20 x 14 cm). 204 pp. Inscribed by author on 2nd free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Tan paper covers with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. Unclipped DJ in protective cover.

Contemporary Books, Inc, 1978. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 106 pp. Very slight crease to front hinge and bottom right corner. All else is Fine.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Sports Media Group, 2004. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Ann Arbor, Michigan: Sports Media Group, 2004, first printing. Oblong 4to., 9" x 11 1/4", 310pp., lavishly illustrated with full color and b/w photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: The Viking Press, 1975. Hardcover pictorial boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrations by Simon Paukov. Signed and inscribed on front endpapers by three 20th century golf greats - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Jim Dent, and Byron Nelson. Rodriguez has written in blue felt tip, To Bernie from your friend Juan Chi Chi Rodriguez. Dent has written in pencil, Friend Bernie - Try using the Black Shaft Jim Dent. Nelson has written All my love Byron Nelson. Also on the endpaper is an inscription, Happy Golfing Irving Palmer and a comical diagram of the chemical composition of TNT. Foreword by Byron Nelson. Prepared by Elias Productions, Inc. 152 pages, spine darkening but pages clean and binding solid. Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican golfer born in 1935, winner of 8 PGA Tour events, and is in the World Golf Hall of Fame. James Lacey Dent is an African-American golfer born in 1939 who has numerous professional wins, especially as a Senior (50+) golfer. Byron Nelson, 1912-2006, was an American pro golfer in the… Read More

NY: Warner Books, 2001. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Warner Books, 2001, first printing. folio, 9 1/2" x 11 1/4", 306pp., numerous color illustrations throughout, fold-out section on techinque of the swing. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Privately Printed, 2007. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Detailed 50th anniversary history of the storied Rio Pinar Country Club of Orlando, Florida, for many years host to the PGA's Florida Citrus Open. Includes tournament winners, rosters of members, profiles and photos of all 18 holes, a full index and much more. Densely illustrated with photos. Also includes supplemental DVD in back sleeve with additional pictures and videos. Dust jacket present in archival Brodart sleeve. Note that the Citrus Open was discontinued in 1978 and moved to Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Country Club and renamed the Bay Hill Classic. 130 pp. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. Dust jacket with minimal shelf wear. A Beautiful copy of an important golf collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

This beautiful book and its slipcover are in 'As New' condition. Book and slip case cover boards are encased in a fine grained padded red leather-like fabrics.

This oversize, heavy book may incur additional charges for international sale.

Privately Printed, 1977. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Lavish, detailed history of the storied Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. SHCC has hosted numerous major tournaments - multiple US Opens, PGA's, and many more - and is scheduled to host the 2023 PGA Championship in May. Course design by legendary golf architect Perry Maxwell. Limited edition. Copy #71 of 1500 copies printed. Inscribed by then SHCC President Harold C. Stuart to Hall of Fame sportscaster Chris Schenkel. His copy. Includes numerous color and black-and-white photos of notable golfers (Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus, etc.) and celebrities (Crosby, Hope, etc.) along with one of the most famous photos ever taken at SHCC - Arnold Palmer hitting his approach shot to the 18th green, his hope of finally winning the PGA dashed. Many course views as well as a historical chronology. Errata slip laid in. 177 pp. 10 1/4" x 7 1/4". Bound in vivid olive-green cloth with bright gilt and white lettering. Tight, immaculate copy.… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcover in a Good Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Poor. Light green cloth with stamped titles in a darker green. 7.5 inches tall;  8vo, 7.5 inches tall; x,115 pages on coated paper; illustrated with 16 b/w photographic plates. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. The dust jacket with the price of $1.50 has age-toning with scuff to the front panel with loss on the bottom spine area, small losses on the upper spine and corners. . Glenna Collett. was known as the female Bobby Jones, as much for her composure and sportsmanship as for her astonishing achievements. She won the U. S. Women's Amateur Championship six times and was the dominant female player of her time. During her career, she won 49 championships, the last of which, the 1959 Rhode Island Women's Golf Association tournament, when she was 56. She wrote this illustrated early book of golf instruction Green cloth, black… Read More