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Title: Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture Author: Colt, H[arry] S. & C.H. Alison Place: London Publisher: Country Life & George Newnes Date: 1920 Description: 69 + [2] ad pp. Contributions by A. MacKenzie, Horace G. Hutchinson, John L. Low, et al. Illustrated with several plates from photographs, including frontispiece; course map drawings. (12mo) original blue cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in black, jacket. First Edition. A fine copy of this cornerstone work on the design of the golf courses. H.S. Colt was the first non-professional golfer to work with course design and employ formal renderings, as well as to incorporate turf and tree transplantation as part of his layout model plans. Murdoch 141; D&M 12800; D&J C16810. Inkstamp on front endpaper "J.S.F. Morrison, "The Lea," Dogmersfield, Basingstoke, Hants." Provenance: From the collection of Joseph P. Garrity. Lot Amendments Condition: Just the slightest of wear to book or jacket; a truly fine copy, virtually as new. Item number: 266393