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Original broadside by Edgar Guest of The Time I Played with Vardon
VARDON, HARRY) EDGAR GUEST.
The Time I Played With Vardon.
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Rare original broadside poem by Edgar Guest on golfer Harry Vardon. A photograph of Vardon with a putter and the poem by Edgar Albert Guest is below. Guest who was popular poet in the 20th century and became known as the “People’s Poet”. Matted and framed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 100920
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Robert Clark's Golf: A Royal & Ancient Game; from the library of A.W. Tillinghast with a letter written to him by golf legend Harry Vardon laid in
CLARK, ROBERT. (HARRY VARDON).
Golf: A Royal and Ancient Game.
London: Macmillan and Co 1899.
Third edition of this rare and early work on golf. Quarto, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt vignette to the front panel, top edge gilt. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs and wood engravings throughout the text. Association copy, affixed to the verso of the front panel is a letter signed and entirely in the hand of Harry Vardon to golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast. A.W. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. On Vardon’s letterhead and dated March 30th 1917, the letter reads in part, “Dear Mr. Tillinghast, I was very pelased to hear from you again and hope you are very well…glad you are doing such good work at golf-course making with P. Lee. I hope to come over and see you all once more before I shed my shoes providing this war will be over this century..Your friend, Harry Vardon.” Affixed to the front free endpaper is the original transmittal envelope addressed to Tillinghast in Vardon’s hand. Affixed to the half-title page is an original black and white photograph of Vardon, beneath which Tillinghast has noted in pencil, “Harry Vardon, Shawnee 1913, Photo by A.W.T.” In very good condition. A rare and desirable association.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 90412
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First Edition of Harry Vardon's My Golfing Life; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket and from the library of Albert W. Tillinghast with a letter to him signed by Vardon laid in
VARDON, HARRY.
My Golfing Life.
London: Hutchinson & Co 1933.
First edition of Vardon’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of golf architect A.W. Tillinghast with his handwritten library index card laid in. A.W. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. Affixed to the front free endpaper is a three-page autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Vardon to Tillinghast on Vardon’s letterhead dated February 19th 1914 which reads in part, “Dear Mr. Tillinghast, I thank you very much for clipping & also letter. I fail to understand American people. They ask for my candid opinion of things…then they slate you for doing so…” During his career, Vardon made three visits to North America, 1900, 1913 and 1920. During all three trips he competed in the U.S. Open finishing 1st, 2nd and tie 2nd, becoming golf’s first international celebrity in 1900 when he toured the United States and Canada. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 96787
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"Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty": First Edition of Harry Vardon's My Golfing Life; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
VARDON, HARRY.
My Golfing Life.
London: Hutchinson & Co 1933.
First edition of Vardon’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 96885
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Rare First Edition of Harry Vardon's Progressive Golf
VARDON, HARRY.
Progressive Golf.
London: Hutchinson & Company 1920.
First edition of this work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrated with several folding plates from action-shot photographs. . Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips to the spine. First editions in the original dust jackets are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 13012