DUFFER'S HANDBOOK OF GOLF by Rice, Grantland & Clare Briggs - 1926

Stratford, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Classics of Golf, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover.

Stamford: The Classics of Golf. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 094088920X . A humorous look at the game of golf--with funny illustraitons by Clare Briggs. No dust jacket, as issued. Facsimile of the original 1926 edition. Green cloth binding. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book. Publisher's advertising sheet laid in. Foreword by Herbert Warren Wind and afterword by Jim Murray. ; The Classics of Golf Series; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 161 pages .

Stratford, Connecticut, U.S.A. : Classics of Golf, 1988.. Very Good/No Jacket. Quarto, hardcover, near fine in green boards. Just a hint of corner wear. No dj. B&W Illustrations. Foreward by Herbert Warren Wind. Publisher's bulletin describing the book laid in. Green decorative endpapers. After WW I, two million Americans became golfers and thence it became a fabric of American life. Originally published in 1926 this is a golf classic with sportswriter Rice and cartoonist Briggs at the helm. 163 pp. and afterword by Jim Murray.

The Macmillan Company, 1926. hardback. good+ condition in green cloth with some wear and bumping - no dust jacket.

Pages 163 pp.4to. Bound in plaid cloth, paper labels on front cover and spine. 1st edition, limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by Rice and Briggs. Text by sports wrtier Grantland Rice, illustrated by cartoonist Clare Briggs. Wool binding cloth somewhat moth-eaten, as usual. Minor damp-stain to bottom corner of last few pages, not effecting text. A good copy of this scarce edition.