Title: Complete set of 17 volumes from the USGA classics series: Facsimile of Works from the Rare Book Library Author: ** Place: Far Hills, NJ Publisher: USGA Date: 1981-1996 Description: Comprises: Mathison. The Goff: Facsimiles of Three Editions of the Heroi-Comical Poem. [The first book solely on golf, originally published in 1743]. 1981. * Simpson. The Art of Golf. 1982. * Cundell. Rules of the Thistle Golf Club. [&] Chambers. A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf... 2 volumes, together in a single slipcase. 1983. * Darwin. Tee Shots and Others. 1984. * Hutchinson. Fifty Years of Golf. 1985. * Lee. Golf in America: A Practical Manual. 1986. * Low. Concerning Golf. 1987. * Leach, ed. Great Golfers in the Making by Thirty-Four Famous Players. 1988. * Tufts. The Principles Behind the Rules of Golf. 1989. * Thomas. Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction. 1990. * Robb. Historical Gossip About Golf and Golfers. [&] McPherson. Golf and Golfers, Past and Present. Together in one volume. 1991. * Tulloch. The Life of Tom Morris with Glimpses of St Andres and Its Golfing Celebrities. 1992. * Kirkaldy. Fifty Years of Golf: My Memories. 1993. * Hunter, Robert. The Links. [c.1994]. * Tillinghast. Cobble Valley Golf Yarns and Other Sketches [&] The Mutt and Other Golf Yarns (A New Cobble Valley Series). 2 volumes, together in a single slipcase. Typed letter from USGA, laid in. [1996]. Together, 17 volumes. Illustrations. Cloth and/or boards, slipcases. Each Copy No. 410 of various limitations from 1400 to 1900 copies each. Facsimile Editions. Appears to be the complete series, published from 1981 to 1996. Highly unusual to find the same copy number in this large of a set. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional slight wear to slipcases, else fine with fine slipcases. Item number: 154598
Title: Complete set of 17 volumes from the USGA classics series: Facsimile of Works from the Rare Book Library Author: ** Place: Far Hills, NJ Publisher: USGA Date: 1981-1996 Description: Comprises: Mathison. The Goff: Facsimiles of Three Editions of the Heroi-Comical Poem. [The first book solely on golf, originally published in 1743]. 1981. * Simpson. The Art of Golf. 1982. * Cundell. Rules of the Thistle Golf Club. [&] Chambers. A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf... 2 volumes, together in a single slipcase. 1983. * Darwin. Tee Shots and Others. 1984. * Hutchinson. Fifty Years of Golf. 1985. * Lee. Golf in America: A Practical Manual. 1986. * Low. Concerning Golf. 1987. * Leach, ed. Great Golfers in the Making by Thirty-Four Famous Players. 1988. * Tufts. The Principles Behind the Rules of Golf. 1989. * Thomas. Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction. 1990. * Robb. Historical Gossip About Golf and Golfers. [&] McPherson. Golf and Golfers, Past and Present. Together in one volume. 1991. * Tulloch. The Life of Tom Morris with Glimpses of St Andres and Its Golfing Celebrities. 1992. * Kirkaldy. Fifty Years of Golf: My Memories. 1993. * Hunter, Robert. The Links. [c.1994]. * Tillinghast. Cobble Valley Golf Yarns and Other Sketches [&] The Mutt and Other Golf Yarns (A New Cobble Valley Series). 2 volumes, together in a single slipcase. Typed letter from USGA, laid in. [1996]. Together, 17 volumes. Illustrations. Cloth and/or boards, slipcases. Each Copy No. 410 of various limitations from 1400 to 1900 copies each. Facsimile Editions. Appears to be the complete series, published from 1981 to 1996. Highly unusual to find the same copy number in this large of a set. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional slight wear to slipcases, else fine with fine slipcases. Item number: 154598
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