Title: Hints on the Game of Golf Author: Hutchinson, Horace G. Place: Edinburgh Publisher: William Blackwood Date: 1886 Description: [8], 69 pp. (16mo) 16.8x10.8 cm (6¾x4½"), rebound in three-quarter brown calf and marbled boards, marbled edges; housed in custom made clamshell box, brown quarter morocco and cloth, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands. First Edition. Hutchinson's rare first book, and one of the first books of golf instruction - Murdoch asserts that this was, in fact, the impetus for all other books of instruction in the game. "The first truly successful golf instructional..." - D&J H29290; D&M 3100; Murdoch 392. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine sunned, edges a bit rubbed; front joint cracked, ownership signatures of golf book collector H. Thomae, March 1947 on front paste down, and another on front flyleaf; near fine in fine box. Item number: 257954
Title: Hints on the Game of Golf Author: Hutchinson, Horace G. Place: Edinburgh Publisher: William Blackwood Date: 1886 Description: [8], 69 pp. (16mo) 16.8x10.8 cm (6¾x4½"), rebound in three-quarter brown calf and marbled boards, marbled edges; housed in custom made clamshell box, brown quarter morocco and cloth, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands. First Edition. Hutchinson's rare first book, and one of the first books of golf instruction - Murdoch asserts that this was, in fact, the impetus for all other books of instruction in the game. "The first truly successful golf instructional..." - D&J H29290; D&M 3100; Murdoch 392. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine sunned, edges a bit rubbed; front joint cracked, ownership signatures of golf book collector H. Thomae, March 1947 on front paste down, and another on front flyleaf; near fine in fine box. Item number: 257954
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