Title: Drives and Puts: A Book of Golf Stories Author: Camp, Walter & Lilian Brooks Place: Boston Publisher: L.C. Page Date: 1899 Description: 243 + 14 ad pp. Frontispiece of a woman golfer by H.C. Ireland, with tissue-guard; vignette on title page. 7x4½, pictorial green cloth in an arts and crafts trade binding, depicting a man and woman strolling on a green, holding golf clubs, top edge gilt, matching pictorial jacket. First Edition. A collection of short stories by the father of American football (he authored the first book on the subject) and Miss Brooks, a popular writer of magazine stories of the time. Rare in jacket. Murdoch 108; D&M 780; D&J C2710. Signature of golf collector H. Thomae dated July 1947 on front pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: Fading to jacket spine and edges, slight darkening, lightly chipped at edges; evidence of label removal on front free endpaper; near fine in a very good jacket. Item number: 188259
Title: Drives and Puts: A Book of Golf Stories Author: Camp, Walter & Lilian Brooks Place: Boston Publisher: L.C. Page Date: 1899 Description: 243 + 14 ad pp. Frontispiece of a woman golfer by H.C. Ireland, with tissue-guard; vignette on title page. 7x4½, pictorial green cloth in an arts and crafts trade binding, depicting a man and woman strolling on a green, holding golf clubs, top edge gilt, matching pictorial jacket. First Edition. A collection of short stories by the father of American football (he authored the first book on the subject) and Miss Brooks, a popular writer of magazine stories of the time. Rare in jacket. Murdoch 108; D&M 780; D&J C2710. Signature of golf collector H. Thomae dated July 1947 on front pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: Fading to jacket spine and edges, slight darkening, lightly chipped at edges; evidence of label removal on front free endpaper; near fine in a very good jacket. Item number: 188259
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