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Author: van Hengel, Steven J. H.
Title: Early Golf
Place: [Netherlands]
Publisher: [Drukkerij Tesink]
Date: [1982]
Item # : 123177
Offered by: PBA Galleries
End Date   01/20/2003 19:30:00 CST
Price realized   $ 25

Item was sold in an online auction !

Description:
76 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles, facsimile maps, paintings, drawings, etc., many of which are in color. 10x7¾, green cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial jacket. First Edition.
The uncommon first edition of this, which, at the time of its' publication, differed from other golf books that portrays the early origins and history of golf, in that it contains a well documented story of golfs' earliest days, "about which to date there has been more guessing than knowing."
Condition:
From the U.S.G.A. library with Duplicate bookplate on the front pastedown; spine ends and corners a bit bumped to jacket and volume, light rubbing, else near fine or better in like jacket.
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