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First Edition of The Diehl-Vardon Golf Manual; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
DIEHL, R.W. AND TOM VARDON.
Diehl-Vardon Golf Manual: Golf Complete.
St. Paul: Western Golf Publishing Co 1927.
First edition of this early golf instructional manual. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations from photographs. Some light dampstaining, near fine in the rare original dust jacket. Murdoch 203; D&M 15090; D&J D14740.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 75680
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First Edition of Play Golf With Player; SIGNED BY GARY PLAYER
PLAYER, GARY.
Play Golf with Player: Instruction of Every Aspecct of the Game.
London: Collins 1962.
First edition of this early instructional by Gary Player. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, “With Very Best Wishes Gary Player.” Very good in the original dust jacket that shows some wear to the crown.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 988
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First Edition Of John Updikes Collection of Golf Writings; With A Full Page Drawing by Illustrator Paul Szep
UPDIKE, JOHN; ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL SZEP.
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1996.
First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by John Updike. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Paul Szep. Signed by the illustrator Paul Szep, who has drawn a full page sketch of John Updike. Also laid in is another illustration of Updike signed by Szep. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 7275
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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
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First Deluxe Edition of The Game of Golf; Inscribed by Roger Wethered
WETHERED, JOYCE AND ROGER; BERNARD DARWIN; HORACE HUTCHINSON; & T.C. SIMPSON.
The Game of Golf….Lonsdale Library, Vol. IX.
London: Seeley, Service & Company 1931.
First edition, deluxe issue of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half green morocco over cloth. Inscribed by Roger Wethered in the year of publication, “Hope this will help you to beat Harry! Roger Wethered 1931.” Illustrated with plates, which some folding from 100 photographs. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 14008
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First Edition of Jerome Travers' The Fifth Estate: Twenty Years of Golf; In the Rare original Dust Jacket
TRAVERS, JEROME D. AND JAMES R. CROWELL.
The Fifth Estate: Thirty Years of Golf.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1926.
First edition of this work by the four-time U.S. amateur champion. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, illustrated with plates from photographs. An excellent example in the rare dust jacket with some small chips and tears.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 14024
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"The pleasures of golf are not measured by successes but by the love of the player for the game": First Edition of Golfing Legend J.H. Taylor's Golf: My Life's Work
TAYLOR, J.H. (JOHN HENRY); INTRODUCTION BY BERNARD DARWIN.
Golf: My Life’s Work.
London: Jonathan Cape 1943.
First edition of Taylor’s classic autobiography, who is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time and a pioneer of modern golf. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 48095
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Rare First Edition of William Reid's Golfing Reminiscences: The Growth of the Game, 1887-1925; Inscribed by Him
REID, WILLIAM.
Golfing Reminiscences: The Growth of the Game, 1887-1925.
Edinburgh: J. & J. Gray 1925.
First edition of William Reid’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With the author’s compliments.” Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with a few small closed tears and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 26007
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Nine Bad Shots of Golf and What To Do About Them; Warmly Inscribed by Jim Dante
DANTE, JIM AND LEO DIEGEL WITH COLLABORATION WITH LEN ELLIOT .
Nine Bad Shots of Golf and What To Do About Them.
New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company 1947.
First edition, later printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To: Julian Lovitt Here’s hoping you improve your game. Golfingly Jim Dante 4/24/48.” Light rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 38032