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GOLFING CURIOS AND "THE LIKE"
by WOOD, Harry B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- ISBN 10
- 085972042X
- ISBN 13
- 9780859720427
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SENT FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression 1st. Facsimile* Date of Publication: 1980 (Facsimile of the 1911 edition)* Publisher: Pride Publications* Binding and cover condition: Tan Faux Leather, Gilt title to spine & Face. Very slightly bumped at corners not rubbed on edges. VG+* Jacket condition: Brown paper cover with a selection of newspaper reviews of the original publication in 1911. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, Slightly ?Baggy?, Some minor shelf wear to top & bottom edges, Slight nicks & small (3/8?) tear to head of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, sage green endpapers, clean, crisp, tight and bright throughout. VG+ * Illustrations: 32 pp. Original B/W photographs* Pages: 87 pp. text. 63 pp. Appendices, Bibliography, and Index of 1st. subscribers.* Front end paper bears a dedication to Bob McNeil ?The Golfing Curio we all Like? 15th December 1982 signed by 26 other persons. Could include some interesting signatures ? A really nice copy of a rare item of considerable interest to the golfing collector and bibliophile.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4270
- Title
- GOLFING CURIOS AND "THE LIKE"
- Author
- WOOD, Harry B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 085972042X
- ISBN 13
- 9780859720427
- Publisher
- Pride Publications
- Place of Publication
- Ilkley UK 0
- This edition first published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Golf, Golfing, Memorabilia
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
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- Shelf Wear
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- Gilt
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