Title: Golf: My Life's Work Author: Taylor, J[ohn] H[enry] Place: London Publisher: Jonathan Cape Date: [1943] Description: 236 pp. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated with plates from photographs. (8vo) original red cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by Taylor on the rear of the frontispiece: "The pleasures of golf are note measured by successes but by the love the player for the game. Very Sincerely Yours, J.H. Taylor. Open Champion Golfer 894-1895-1900-1909-1913. French Champion 1908-1909. German Champion 1912." Autobiography of one of England's greatest golfers whose contributions to the game were far more than an ability to play championship golf. John Taylor (1871–1963) won the British Open an astounding five times and was a co-founder and first chairman of the British PGA. Bernard Darwin wrote that Taylor "had turned a feckless company into a self-respecting and respected body of men." Murdoch 762; D&M 36410; D&J T2980. Provenance: From the collection of Joseph P. Garrity. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket lightly worn, slight lean to spine; near fine. Item number: 266346
Title: Golf: My Life's Work Author: Taylor, J[ohn] H[enry] Place: London Publisher: Jonathan Cape Date: [1943] Description: 236 pp. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated with plates from photographs. (8vo) original red cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by Taylor on the rear of the frontispiece: "The pleasures of golf are note measured by successes but by the love the player for the game. Very Sincerely Yours, J.H. Taylor. Open Champion Golfer 894-1895-1900-1909-1913. French Champion 1908-1909. German Champion 1912." Autobiography of one of England's greatest golfers whose contributions to the game were far more than an ability to play championship golf. John Taylor (1871–1963) won the British Open an astounding five times and was a co-founder and first chairman of the British PGA. Bernard Darwin wrote that Taylor "had turned a feckless company into a self-respecting and respected body of men." Murdoch 762; D&M 36410; D&J T2980. Provenance: From the collection of Joseph P. Garrity. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket lightly worn, slight lean to spine; near fine. Item number: 266346
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