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Author: Barnes, James M.
Title: Picture Analysis of Golf Strokes: A Complete Book of Instruction
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott
Date: 1919
Item # : 127209
Offered by: PBA Galleries
End Date   01/06/2003 19:00:00 CST
Price realized   $ 70

Item was sold in an online auction !

Description:
[4], 252 pp. Illustrated with a photographic series by L. F. Deming. 4to. Gilt-lettered green cloth, pictorial cover label. First Edition.
"An unusually handsome book of instruction in which Mr. Barnes was the model for more than 300 illustrations. It was also unusual for being the first book in which photographs were reversed so left-handers could compare their swings with that of a professional" - Murdoch 37; Donovan & Murdoch 6170.
Condition:
Cloth with some insect wear, tiny "white-out" streak to lower spine, light rubbing and wear to cover label; binding a bit shaken, occasional fingering, bookseller's small label on rear pastedown, else very good or better.
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