Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture Author: Colt, Harry 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, dust jacket. First Edition. With a laid-in unmarked score card from Center Square Golf Club. 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. With the bookplate of Joseph S.F. Murdoch. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket chipped at spine ends, lightly so at corners, slight abrasion to upper left corner of front panel affecting the S in Some; a bit of rubbing to volume spine ends and corners; offsetting to endpapers, blue pencil initials WS to front free endpaper, else near fine in very good jacket. Item number: 319055
Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture Author: Colt, Harry 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, dust jacket. First Edition. With a laid-in unmarked score card from Center Square Golf Club. 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. With the bookplate of Joseph S.F. Murdoch. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket chipped at spine ends, lightly so at corners, slight abrasion to upper left corner of front panel affecting the S in Some; a bit of rubbing to volume spine ends and corners; offsetting to endpapers, blue pencil initials WS to front free endpaper, else near fine in very good jacket. Item number: 319055
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