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Auction archive: Lot number 166

WITHDRAWN A Game of Golf: A Book of Reminiscence

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 166

WITHDRAWN A Game of Golf: A Book of Reminiscence

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: WITHDRAWN A Game of Golf: A Book of Reminiscence Author: Ouimet, Francis Place Boston Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Date: 1932 Description: x, [2], 274 pp. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated with several plates from photographs. (8vo), green cloth, lettered in gilt over red cloth background on the spine and front cover, edges untrimmed, many pages unopened, original glassine, publisher's red slipcase with paper spine and cover labels. No. 52 of 550 copies printed by the Riverside Press. First Edition. The scarce signed limited first edition, signed by Ouimet on the limitation page. Ouimet emerged as a "player of the highest rank" in the 1913 Open, and he had a tremendous influence on American golf throughout his brilliant career - Murdoch 580; D&M 28460; D&J O6310. A cornerstone to any good golf library. Lot Amendments Condition: Slipcase spine yellowed, some faint dampstaining and other light soiling to slipcase, some chipping at spine and rubbing; glassine jacket yellowed with some light chipping at edges; fine volume in near fine jacket and very good slipcase. Item number: 223162

Auction archive: Lot number 166
Auction:
Datum:
1 Mar 2012
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: WITHDRAWN A Game of Golf: A Book of Reminiscence Author: Ouimet, Francis Place Boston Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Date: 1932 Description: x, [2], 274 pp. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated with several plates from photographs. (8vo), green cloth, lettered in gilt over red cloth background on the spine and front cover, edges untrimmed, many pages unopened, original glassine, publisher's red slipcase with paper spine and cover labels. No. 52 of 550 copies printed by the Riverside Press. First Edition. The scarce signed limited first edition, signed by Ouimet on the limitation page. Ouimet emerged as a "player of the highest rank" in the 1913 Open, and he had a tremendous influence on American golf throughout his brilliant career - Murdoch 580; D&M 28460; D&J O6310. A cornerstone to any good golf library. Lot Amendments Condition: Slipcase spine yellowed, some faint dampstaining and other light soiling to slipcase, some chipping at spine and rubbing; glassine jacket yellowed with some light chipping at edges; fine volume in near fine jacket and very good slipcase. Item number: 223162

Auction archive: Lot number 166
Auction:
Datum:
1 Mar 2012
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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