This Game of Golf by Henry Cotton - 1949

London: Country Life Limited, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First edition and printing. Foreword by Bernard Darwin. In very good minius lime green cloth boards, white titles to front and spine. The boards are quite clean, with light mark to top of spine; with collapsed hollow due to cracked hinge; spine ends and corners a little bumped. Unmarked end papers. Fairly clean cut edges. The text block is tight, straight and clean, very good plus, and illustrated with many b/w photos and some sketches. No dedications etc. Overall condition is very good minus. In fair tan dust jacket with white titles and b/w photo of golf player to front. The jacket is unmarked, edges very worn with many small open and closed tears. Not price clipped. Inside plastic cover.

Country Life , 1949. Pages - 248. 2nd Impression. Jacket - None/Hardcover. 1. Used - Very Good. Spine, binding and cover all fine; boards robust. Contents very clean and no inscription.

London: Country Life, 1948. Cloth. Good+/Poor. Part of dustjacket is missing. The front and front inner fold are intact. Part of the spine section is missing, all of the back and half of the rear inner fold (see photos). Interesting Olf instruction book, well illustrated with B&W Photos. Green cloth cover with white lettering and Golfer silhouette on front. White lettering on spine. 248 Pages, 900g, 10 1/4" Tall. Spine colour faded and a little fading around some edges (see photo). Previous owner's name of ffep. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Country Life, 1948. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth boards with silver lettering and silhouette of a golfer. Boards are faded and stained. Spine is very faded and fraying. Internally sound but slight foxing at front and rear. A classic golf book, full of black and white illustrations. Previous owner's comments on back endpaper. Henry Cotton's autobiography. Good 1948

London: Country Life, 1950 green cloth white titled cover, lacks fep, frontis + 248pp, photogravure throughout. foreword by Bernard Darwin, sixth Impression 1950 (after 1948). DW very good and unclipped been under plastic for years, 2 paper labels to front fold in flap that held down the plastic still affixed, one to rear flap. small tear at foot of spine rear joint. contents very tidy indeed. . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Country Life & New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1949]. Fifth Impression. 4to. pp. 248. frontis. & numerous illus. cloth (quite worn & faded, joints cracked, extremities frayed, few ms notes). original pen drawing on front free-endpaper of Scottish champion golfer Tommy Armour [1896-1968]. dola2064

London: Country Life, 1948. A first edition, first printing published by Country Life in 1948. A very good book inscribed on the front free endpaper 'To Fred Taylor/with best wishes/sincerely/Henry Cotton/1949'. Fading to the spine and to the edges of the front panel. In the fragile and rare dust wrapper which has a large tear (repaired) to the front panel. With chips to the spine tips (larger at the top) and to the corners. Good example only. Rare signed and in the dust wrapper.